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Laptop for AutoCAD

Hi! I'm wondering what kind of hardware and software would be required to run AutoCAD on a laptop - I mean in terms of memory, CPU, OS, etc.

Any help would be appreciated.
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Thanks. I also read the specs, but recommended specs are not as good IMO as experience and recommendations from experts.

But I was wondering about SSE2 - I'm assuming it will probably be a laptop with an Intel Core2 Duo, and as far as I know they all support SSE2. Is there anything else I should take into account regarding this? Special motherboard or something? Or can I take that any laptop with Core2 will have SSE2?

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Thanks everyone!

So, a dual core CPU would work but a quad core would be much better ... ?

Could you give me more details about the graphics card? I presume onboard graphics is out. I'm not really up to speed with latest graphics technology. Quadro is obviously an Nvidia brand. How important would this be and what is the minimum I should be looking for. Does ATi have an equivalent?
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Thanks again!