momodot opened this issue on Jan 26, 2006 ยท 21 posts
Angelouscuitry posted Fri, 27 January 2006 at 1:25 AM
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I kinda doubt you would use a laptop for Poser at all, because A.) The display is much poorer quality so things are just going to look different when you load them on ta good desktop, and B.) they really lack punch where it counts. For the really simple stuff you may...want a laptop to take with you, for poking at Poser, I would suggest looking for something that just meets Poser's System Requirements... Dell Inspiron 6000 - Compaq is my favorite computer manufacturer. I love how I switch hard drives on my desktops all the time! Compaq and Dell are now the same company! Intel Pentium M 735 (1.7Ghz/2MB Cache/400Mhz FSB) - This is what will be doing your math when you're rendering in Poser. Your CPU will dictate how fast you renders complete. Unfortunetly, this is also where a laptop looks up to a desktop. To give you an idea of how well this CPU would run Poser take a look at the link I provided. It recommends you use Poser 6 with at least 700Mhz. The computer you've highlighted has 1700Mhz(1.7Ghz) 1Gb Shared DDR2 SDRAM 2 Dimms - This is a nice round, good starting amount of RAM Memory. RAM is place that your computer will temporarily store mathematical solutions, when it's busy preparing other equations. 80Gb Hard Drive - This is where your computer will remember everything for you. 80Gbs isn't small, but it depends on what you're doing. It's first real drawback is that it is your only one, just because a second hard drive is usually necessary for backup, if you are at all serious about your work. Video Card DDR ATI's MOBILITY RADEON X300 PCI Express x16 Graphics - PCI Express is a new technology. Much of your price tag is here. Sometimes, buying into technology right away is like eating something that's not ripe, never mind fermented! With a Laptops display screen, I would say this is even more true! But, you may be interested in knowing how much memory is in that card. It should be measured in MBs, probably something between 64MB-256MBs. Video RAM(DDR in your case) is used when you are previewing scenes and moving the cameras about, but not much of anywhere else. 15.4 inch UltraSharp WSXGA+ LCD Panel - I know a regular, hard glass, monitor is LCD. I'd bee surprised if this laptop had that. Most laptops have a vinyl/plastic screen that is soft to the touch and dull to look at. While looking for a computer to run Poser 6, I wouldn't worry about if it could run Photoshop. But, the Photoshop System Reqs are here: http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/systemreqs.html Most video cards have supported Open GL for a while.