Hi, I am an engineering designer, and I need a Quadro capable laptop for 3D CAD and SolidWorks. I have had quotes at £3000 and much more for a suitable notebook. I did have a Dell M90, but this has recently died! And cost nearly £3000 new! So I am wondering if anyone can tell me the best "Standard" laptop with good Nividia Gforce or similar grahics, that I can softmod to a Quadro using RivaTuner? I am happy to softmod or flash... recently I modded my Windows 7 32-bit so that it accesses 8GB Ram, and was quite annoyed at the artificail limit imposed by MicroSoft. I was always told that Win 7 could only support 4GB! So now could someone reccommed a suitable notebook or laptop that I could consider modifying to a Nvidia Quadro emulated graphics for 3D CAD. I am happy to purchase any brand. Just so long as I dont have to pay over £3000 for the 'official ones' which are a real rip off. Many thanks, Bid
Unfortunately, all current notebooks are using GPUs that cannot be softmodded. BTW, why are you using Windows 7 32-bit? Unless your notebook has less than 4 GB of RAM, you should be using Windows 7 64-bit. For certain, you should use 64-bit Windows 7 since your notebook has 8 GB of RAM. It's okay if you have the 32-bit Windows 7. You can use the same licence key for the 64-bit version. The only thing is you have to find a copy of 64-bit Windows 7 and install it.