Which computer?

I didn't leave that much info, did I?

It'll be a desktop for use in the work office.  Apart from what I have on my own Dropbox, everything will be accessed from the work server.

Art, are you suggesting a RAID setup becuase of the speed of access to a remote server?

Error7103, I never knew Autodesk had such a list, so I'll check that out now.  I already have my monitor, space mouse etc, so it's just the computer I'll be getting.

EDIT: How fast processor do you think I'll need?

Start with the list of workstations certified by Autodesk for use with Inventor. The key element there is the graphics. If you're considering a laptop, for example, it appears that AD has certified the Radeon integrated on current AMD A-series processors (which is way more than adequate for everything else you do). Beware of Intel integrated graphics.

Dual-core at least (and Intel hypethreading doesn't count as a core in my book). Win7 Professional 64-bit. I'd get 8GB RAM.

Next question: do you do any critical color work? That would affect a recommendation for monitor.

Publishing and CAD are both very compute intensive, so I'd go with a workstation-class machine:

• Probably an Intel I-7 processor or equivelent
• Lots of RAM -- 8G at least
• Dual monitors
• RAID hard drive setup if possible
• Size of the hard drive isn't too critical unless you're storing all your data/docs locally, which you shouldn't be. But most currently available drives are really big by previous standards, usually measured in tetrabytes.