Everybody's on a budget. At the same time, work deadlines are getting tighter and workloads are growing larger. So, what are the best investments that actually return higher productivity relative to their costs? When it comes time to upgrade your CAD workstation, here's where you can get the boom for the buck.

The primary difference between SSDs and HDDs is that SSDs don't move, whereas HDDs are continually spinning. The price is also considerably different, with SSDs costing six to eight times as much as the same amount of storage space in an HDD. So, when is it worth the exorbitant cost of an SSD? There are actually several instances when the cost is worth the performance.

When Dell announced the new Precision T1700, reviewers went wild. Is this compact workstation truly that innovative? After all, Lenovo and HP already had compact workstations well before Dell jumped on the mini wagon. As a latecomer to the world of CAD compactness, the true innovation in the Precision T1700 is not so much the size of the machine as the price. This workstation sells for about the same amount as a high-end desktop computer. Is it worth raving over?

The problem with new innovations like CAD and BIM (Building Information Modeling) is that, to most executives, it all sounds like a normal extension of the job of the IT manager. After all, it's all "technology," right? So the "information technology" specialist ought to be able to handle it.

I hope you could help me please find a printer which will print output from Drafix Cad Ultra. Which I have used sine 1993 for 2 d office layout plans.
The program is DOS and the drawings were saved as dwg. Not autocad and converted by a local s / w program called Printit. My epson Stylus 1000 has gone to gad and cannot be repaired I need a new reasonable printer as at 81 yo I am not going to get a lot of work but would still like to draw plans for family and friends.
I would appreciate your advice as the new printers seem to be only getting input from Windows. Sh rely there is still one which can either convert the Drafix drawing files to is it GD1 which then would work
Please help. Thanks. Russell
My tel is 0732787899. 0411889030
Or 26 Murray Place. Forest Lake Brisbane Queensland. Australia. 4078

I cannot access your occasional free issues anymore without a "commercial" Email address. I have been using AutoCAD since Release 12 and am a practicing licensed architect and have used information from Cadalyst to purchase display cards, printers and monitors.
Now that I'm in the process of purchasing a new workstation to run AutoCAD Architecture 2015 I could use Cadalyst's information and advertising of workstations but am precluded without the "commercial" Email address. I don't have a websited because I've never needed one, either as an employee or the last 14 years as fully self-employed with enough work with no marketing necessary beyond a listing in the phone directory.
So how about doing a service to me and your workstation advertisers by allowing me access with my present Email address?

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I wish to learn CAD from basics. Can you suggest book or software- program that can guide me from home for preparing simple layouts to sectional drawings.