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Originally posted by Eric Coffey
If you are going to buy a Dell, I would stick with their commercial/industrial variants (Latitude or Precision). They are more rugged and not pre-loaded with all the useless consumer-based software. I believe they come with a longer standard warranty as well.
That's very good advice. I will say more specifically, go only with the "Precision" models for SWx. --it's all in the graphics cards (see http://www.solidworks.com/pages/services/VideoCardTesting.html )

If you think that you can get by with the cheaper box you will pay with graphic lock-up. (BTDT, btw)
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