Hi,

I can't see why there would be a problem, but those are often famous last words!

I've an opportunity to pickup a newish Dell Precision M6300 mobile workstation and want to run Poser 6 and Vue 6 Infinite on it.

It specs at duo core t7700 2.4 GHz 4M L2 cache, 800 MHZ

XP Pro SP2

Nvidia Quadro FX 1600M 512MB

4GB DDR2-677 SDRAM [2 CHIPS] and a 120 GB 7200rpm HD.

Any experience or feed back on this?  A client in trouble owes me, and I'm willing to settle for this to call it even, it's like a month or so old.  There is a second one with a different chip set: T9300 2.5 GHz with 6M cache, 800 MHz - I don't anything about this chipset, all else specs the same].

Thanks in advance, all help and advice is greatly appreciated -
tim

Hi,

By the looks of the hardware,it was originally bought to do graphics. the main problem with laptops compared to desktops is the cooling.
 I have read about people here in the forums that use them and some wouldn't have anything else, but they realise the limitations and act accordingly.

Chris

 Other than heat, what do you mean by ". . . they realize the limitations and act accordingly."?

Thanks for the reply - tim

I suppose he meant that you can't expect to take your laptop with you if you have Vue running for a 72 hours render of your favorite scene :)

That also means you have to turn your laptop into a desktop while rendering - Vue doesn't react well to sleep mode and other reduced power strategies.

That's got a better spec than the laptop I use when I'm not at the main pc.

I have a cooling thingy that plugs in via a usb - it's just an aluminium base thats sloped and has 2 fans underneath.  The brand name is 'Cooler Master'

Hi again,**

**agiel and gillbrooks are both right. You'll need to get as much cooling onto/into the machine as possible and no power fluctuations, maybe put it onto a heavy marble or metal topped table and a desk fan would suffice, just make sure you save the Vue file out first (like you should anyway) because windows likes to die when the CPU overheats,

Hope this helps.

That's a nice spec laptop by the way.

Chris

 Yes, thanks all.

I'll look for Cooler Master if this arrangement goes through; it was used for CAD applications or at least was bought for that.

My copy of Vue Infinite arrived today  - guess I'll have to wait a bit to start playing with it.

thanks again, tim

Tim,

I am a Trainer for Dell Tech support.

The Mobile Workstations should not have a problem with cooling, they are designed as desktop replacement systems and are Dell's highest end portable computers. I use one (an older model than the one you ask about) and it handles Vue 6 Pro just fine. The downside is it won't run very long on a battery.

The M6300 is still a currently shipping system, and does have a 17" display. And the nice thing with Dell, the warranty transfers with the new owner, and Mobile Workstations come standard with a 3 year warranty, however when ordered, the customer can specify a shorter or longer warranty. But it is at least on site service for the MWs.

If you can get the service tag for the system (on the UPC tag on the botthom), you can go to support.dell.com and look up the warranty and what all the system came with. If the deal does go through, you need to go to support.dell.com, click on customer service, and then ownership transfer before you need support for the system.

If you have any other questions, fell free to PM me and I can look the system up and give you more info if you need it.