Dell New XPS 12 laptop/tablet processor question

[FloridaCAD]

Has anyone purchased the new Dell XPS 12 laptop/tablet with the M5 6y54 processor? I am trying to figure out if AutoCAD runs on that processor or will I really need to go to just a laptop with an i5 or i7 processor.

 

99% of my production work is done on a desktop pc, so the laptop/tablet is only for minor, general use in meetings and such.

 

Thanks for any help you guys can supply.

[BIGAL]

Down load the trail version you get 30 days you will know sooner than that if it works. Or trying to remember WS360 the cloud program for even Iphones.

[f700es]

I think it will be fine for that intended purpose. I run current AutoCAD on a 4 year old AMD Athlon-II X4 on my home PC with no issue. Sure I also have an SSD HDD as well as a GTX graphics card but the cpu does just fine. That new XPS looks like a nice piece of kit imho.

[FloridaCAD]

My thoughts as well. Thanks for the reply. I'm not sure what "nice piece of kit" means but I'll take it as good.

[f700es]

That means it is a nice package

[tzframpton]

With a TDP of only 4.5W, I doubt this thing can pack a real punch. For 2D CAD it may perform very well. But it's very hard to say with a TDP that low. That's even a fraction of the low end Core i3. Again, I'd be cautious but then again it does have a max frequency of 2.7GHz. It may do well.

 

Best thing to do is literally test it and see how it does.

 

-TZ

[FloridaCAD]

Yep...about the testing. It looks like I'm going to have to do it. I was hoping someone had already tried it. Thanks for your input.

[varunhpatel]

We are in the same boat. If you do test it and find it working satisfactorily please update this post. Feedback will be appreciated. I only need to run LT version so I guess I should be mostly fine.