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Laptop or Desktop? What Do You Run SolidWorks On?Yesterday

Suddenly and without warning all of our robots have become decrepit, obsolete piles of gears and we now depend on virtual synthanoids that require no pre-programmed set of commands.

Hmmm. Interesting thought for the future. But apply this to that mass sitting on your desk right now. Is it a workstation desktop wired to the hilt or a more portable laptop? Take the quick 1 second poll below and tell us what you use.

I’m also curious. Desktop Computers are grow more obsolete everyday. Are you/your company preparing to move to laptops or looking into Rack technology like the Dell Precision R5400? Hit the comments!

What do you run SolidWorks (or other 3D CAD) on most often?

• Laptop
• Desktop

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