Behold the Beast
The new CADstation arrived today, a Dell Precision 390 with an Intel 2.4GHz Quad-Core, 4GB RAM, two 80GB hard drives, and 256MB video card. Oh, yeah, it's running MS WinVista 64-bit.
The premise for the new machines is to replace the old Dell Dimension 4500 (2.26GHz Pentium 4) with 1GB RAM, and 64MB video. 1GB NICs were added to speed up file transfer a few months ago. OS is WinXP, 32-bit.
We've been running AutoCAD 2004 for a quite a while and are upgrading to AutoCAD 2008 as these new machines are rolled out and have the intention of moving on to BIM software in 18-24 months.
Our IT staff (an outsourced company that is on-site daily Mon-Fri for a scheduled few hours) will be installing the standard list of software as successful as it may be for the 64-bit part. AutoCAD will of it own install process determine whether to install the 32- or 64-bit version based upon the operating system. Saw the Beast in the server room with the monitor showing the installation of some software within an hour or so of arrival. I think they want to get the machine on my desk as fast as possible.
Now to clean off the desk to make room for two boxes with a KVM switch.
The premise for the new machines is to replace the old Dell Dimension 4500 (2.26GHz Pentium 4) with 1GB RAM, and 64MB video. 1GB NICs were added to speed up file transfer a few months ago. OS is WinXP, 32-bit.
We've been running AutoCAD 2004 for a quite a while and are upgrading to AutoCAD 2008 as these new machines are rolled out and have the intention of moving on to BIM software in 18-24 months.
Our IT staff (an outsourced company that is on-site daily Mon-Fri for a scheduled few hours) will be installing the standard list of software as successful as it may be for the 64-bit part. AutoCAD will of it own install process determine whether to install the 32- or 64-bit version based upon the operating system. Saw the Beast in the server room with the monitor showing the installation of some software within an hour or so of arrival. I think they want to get the machine on my desk as fast as possible.
Now to clean off the desk to make room for two boxes with a KVM switch.
posted by Sketcher | 9:12 PM
1 Comments:
Lets see... new phone, new blog, pretty soon you'll be buying a new yellow shirt for Sundays.
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home