Recently, I've been working on an assembly drawing with 4 configurations, 6 sheets, 363 components, 200 of these "unique", and many of these unique parts are sheet metal components. Using my 20 month old Toshiba Laptop, the "save" times were getting too long and were effecting my productivity. I made some improvements to both my Laptop and Desktop and here are the summary results: Note: All times from my wristwatch. Default: Toshiba Laptop 5105-S501 512MG Ram = 35 seconds to "save" and/or "crash". Add 512 MG Ram = 25 seconds and/or "crash". Enable 3 GB "Switch" = 13 seconds. (no more crashing)
Desktop P4 2.6 No H/T 2GB Ram 750 XGL 80GB HD IDE UMA 100 = 18 seconds to "save" Add SATA 74GB 10,000 Raptor HD, Retain existing 80GB HD as second HD, partition this second HD (15/60), move "page file" to first partition, move all data to second partition, enable 3GB "Switch" = 8 seconds
Best Regards, Devon T. Sowell