Cadalyst - July 2008 - (Page 18) cadalystlabsreview By Ron LaFon Y MOBILE MIGHT TIONS ARE WORKSTA EADY FOR KED AND R ! PAC DVENTURE A obile workstations have enough power — and battery life — to let you take your design applications with you and get work done wherever you roam. The performance might not be quite as good as what you can get with your desktop workstation, but the newest mobile workstations are powerful enough to let you be truly productive away from your familiar CAD system. This comparative review looks at three new mobile systems. With the gains in processing power afforded by new microprocessors and high-performance mobile graphics 18 M subsystems, mobile workstations are providing useful tools for design professionals on the go. Whether it’s the ability to reference or update building designs onsite or present visualizations to a client, these new mobile platforms are valuable extensions to what we’ve traditionally thought of as workstation-bound applications. The evolution of battery technology has made it possible to let you work longer and productively, even with applications as demanding as CAD, digital-content creation (DCC), and engineering applications. The trend towards larger, higher-resolution screens has added to the popularity of these powerful portables because they provide enough information onscreen to be able to clearly see the tasks at hand. Although both the weight and size of mobile workstations has been creeping upwards steadily, many consider it a good trade-off for the benefits they provide. Indeed, an increasing number of users are using these mobile workstations as their primary system. Whatever your specific needs in terms of a portable computing system, you now have more and better choices than ever before. www.cadalyst.com cadalyst July 2008 http://www.cadalyst.com
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Cadalyst - July 2008 Cadalyst - July 2008 Editor’s Window CAD Central FIRST Robotic Beasts Draw Students to Engineering Power! Speed! Action! — Mighty Mobile Workstations are Packed and Ready for Adventure! Vico Virtual Construction Suite 2008 AMD ATI FireGL V8600 and FireGL V8650 — 1-GB and 2-GB Graphics Cards Gaining Independence and Influence The Current State of MCAD Rewriting the Rules of PDM BIM Goes Residential CAD Cartoon Issue Indexes Pleasures of Customization Cadalyst - July 2008 Cadalyst - July 2008 - Cadalyst - July 2008 (Page Cover1) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Cadalyst - July 2008 (Page Cover2) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Cadalyst - July 2008 (Page 3) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Cadalyst - July 2008 (Page 4) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Cadalyst - July 2008 (Page 5) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Editor’s Window (Page 6) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Editor’s Window (Page 7) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Editor’s Window (Page 8) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Editor’s Window (Page 9) Cadalyst - July 2008 - CAD Central (Page 10) Cadalyst - July 2008 - CAD Central (Page 11) Cadalyst - July 2008 - CAD Central (Page 12) Cadalyst - July 2008 - CAD Central (Page 13) Cadalyst - July 2008 - FIRST Robotic Beasts Draw Students to Engineering (Page 14) Cadalyst - July 2008 - FIRST Robotic Beasts Draw Students to Engineering (Page 15) Cadalyst - July 2008 - FIRST Robotic Beasts Draw Students to Engineering (Page 16) Cadalyst - July 2008 - FIRST Robotic Beasts Draw Students to Engineering (Page 17) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Power! Speed! Action! — Mighty Mobile Workstations are Packed and Ready for Adventure! (Page 18) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Power! Speed! Action! — Mighty Mobile Workstations are Packed and Ready for Adventure! (Page 19) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Power! Speed! Action! — Mighty Mobile Workstations are Packed and Ready for Adventure! (Page 20) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Power! Speed! Action! — Mighty Mobile Workstations are Packed and Ready for Adventure! (Page 21) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Power! Speed! Action! — Mighty Mobile Workstations are Packed and Ready for Adventure! (Page 22) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Power! Speed! Action! — Mighty Mobile Workstations are Packed and Ready for Adventure! (Page 23) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Power! Speed! Action! — Mighty Mobile Workstations are Packed and Ready for Adventure! (Page 24) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Power! Speed! Action! — Mighty Mobile Workstations are Packed and Ready for Adventure! (Page 25) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Vico Virtual Construction Suite 2008 (Page 26) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Vico Virtual Construction Suite 2008 (Page 27) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Vico Virtual Construction Suite 2008 (Page 28) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Vico Virtual Construction Suite 2008 (Page 29) Cadalyst - July 2008 - AMD ATI FireGL V8600 and FireGL V8650 — 1-GB and 2-GB Graphics Cards (Page 30) Cadalyst - July 2008 - AMD ATI FireGL V8600 and FireGL V8650 — 1-GB and 2-GB Graphics Cards (Page 31) Cadalyst - July 2008 - AMD ATI FireGL V8600 and FireGL V8650 — 1-GB and 2-GB Graphics Cards (Page 32) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Gaining Independence and Influence (Page 33) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Gaining Independence and Influence (Page 34) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Gaining Independence and Influence (Page 35) Cadalyst - July 2008 - The Current State of MCAD (Page 36) Cadalyst - July 2008 - The Current State of MCAD (Page 37) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Rewriting the Rules of PDM (Page 38) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Rewriting the Rules of PDM (Page 39) Cadalyst - July 2008 - BIM Goes Residential (Page 40) Cadalyst - July 2008 - BIM Goes Residential (Page 41) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Issue Indexes (Page 42) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Issue Indexes (Page 43) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Issue Indexes (Page 44) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Issue Indexes (Page 45) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Pleasures of Customization (Page 46) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Pleasures of Customization (Page Cover3) Cadalyst - July 2008 - Pleasures of Customization (Page Cover4)
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