Dell Mini 10 running Solidworks 09 im10-2895 Intel Atom Z520 1.33 GHz 1GB memory 160 GB HD GMA500 I picked up this netbook for $240 at Walmart it was on clearance. I posted this up after reading all the negative reviews on the Dell Mini 10. The computer is well built and is working perfectly for me just upgrade the video and the touchpad drivers. Don’t believe the hype Asus might be a good machine but as you can see this Dell is no slouch. … im10-2895 “Dell Mini10″ “Dell Mini” “Asus …
March 10th, 2010 at 12:00 am
yeah, because when you get a program that takes too much processing speed, your processor will blow up. lol
March 10th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
You can do anything you can do with a sub 600 dollar laptop on this netbook. Unless you will use it for real work I would not use it for study and for small assemblies on the go its great. Just dont expect great things but for 240 that I spent on it you cant beat that!!! I use more than my 15 in dell.
March 11th, 2010 at 6:26 pm
DONT DO THAT! Don’t you know netbooks don’t have the processing speed capable enough to run and render almost any type of 3d software..Its more of an email, internet, word, movies..that sorta thing..very light. The reason it was slow zooming in and out is because the object has to render, and the integrated video chip can’t render it at a good speed because it is weak!
March 14th, 2010 at 10:54 am
im in an advanced robotics class in my high school and we use SolidWorks all the time. i need a computer that will run it for the versions they give us that last the school year. would a dell mini be good for it or will it lag enough that i should choose something else
March 16th, 2010 at 1:54 am
OMG – just what is your job really?? That looked difficult!
March 19th, 2010 at 5:22 am
how does the HDMI input work on this machine? Like can you just hook up a PS3 to it and just start playing away? Also, i cant find any info on this.. but does it have a VGA out?
March 19th, 2010 at 8:03 pm
thats a little work horse hah
March 20th, 2010 at 6:26 pm
As you can see it was a bit slow in zooming and opening the assy file but the software is fully functional. If you your working with individual parts its fast. FEA is also fully operational on it and has no problems running analysis, All of my fellow colleagues were impressed. Two or three asked were to get the Dell mini.
March 21st, 2010 at 4:27 pm
WOw, cool project. i cant believe you made that whole thing on a netbook. was it not slow?