Impossible on anything made in the last 10-15 years I believe
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Usually soldered in afaik,
Fusion 360 is not exactly speedy on my 2017 i5 running at 5GHz w/ 32GB of memory. Itāll be unbearable on some cheap old lappy.
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Apple wankers. 
Packing what they do into that form factor requires compromises Iām afraid.
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The speed Iāll be drawing at thoughā¦
Youāll have plenty of time to punch yourself in the face and ask why you didnāt just get a decent machine.
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I need to keep it cheap because of horse reasons. So I can punch myself in the face with both fists, continuously. Otherwise itāll be a fire sale Ć la MJ2.
What about an i5 thinkpad, with no shite installed, crammed with as much RAM and as big a SSD as I can manage? It only has to have non spree killing inducing levels of slowness.
i7? 32gb
Just get the horse to kick you.
Which generation i5? Not all are equal as while they keep the monicker, performance increases over then years.
Also, while it doesnāt use 3D acceleration, it requires a GPU with plenty of video RAM - 4GB recommended.
Treat the minimums with caution, anything below recommended specs is likely to run like a pig in treacle. Even thenā¦
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Thanks Pete, good advice, I really am behind the curve with computers these days, Iāve been using fast running tablets for ages so any PC stuff I have to do is frustrating tbh. I had to scan some documents the other week and I nearly threw Claireās computer down the stairsā¦
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Got one going cheap? Ex Uni stock?
not allowed to buy them without the SPG approving
Yeah, I know, I already asked Claire about getting one from her IT dept.
I thought that they were called the Territorial Support Group these days.
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special projects group - i pointed out the error of their chosen abbreviation, but none was old enough to understand
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The wife used to work for FART (fast action response team) and so did I (Finance and Risk Technology).
SiL on the other hand worked for BAPS. No idea.
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Thereās a Performance Related Acronym Team at work 
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It got even more stupid.
They eventually realised what theyād done, but Finance wouldnāt give up their top billing, so we ended up with a sign over our desks that read
RAFT
Finance and Risk Technology
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i knew of an organisation that had an Active Response Security Expert
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and I worked on the Advanced Requirements System Engine.
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