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		<title>Tech Tip: Shut Down vs. Restart</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 21:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebekah Haag</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿When you Restart your computer it’s considered a “warm boot”.  Performing a Shut Down is referred to as a “cold boot”.  During a “warm boot” power to the memory chips is not completely lost as it would be on a “cold boot”.  Therefore, if you want to ensure that memory on your system is completely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Configuring a Workstation for SolidWorks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 22:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Zink</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone &#8211; we have a very popular lunch and learn webinar archived for our active subscription service customers regarding the very latest in hardware and a peek at what&#8217;s coming soon. Registration and acknowledgment of subscription service is required. Here are the URL&#8217;s that are used in the webinar. Enjoy!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y99mD_A1uug http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/workstation-graphics-charts/SPECapc-SolidWorks-2007-Overall-Score,123.html http://www.hardcorecomputer.com/ProductConfigurator_productReactorX.aspx http://www.solidmuse.com [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HP First with Six Core Xeon Processors</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Zink</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HP is the first workstation vendor to announce support for Intel&#8217;s new six core Xeon 3600 and 5600 Series processors. They also announced the Elitebook Pro 8740w Mobile Workstation and a small footprint version of the entry level E200 workstation. Of most interest to SolidWorks users is the 3.33 GHz six core Intel® Xeon® Processor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Affordable Mobile Workstations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Zink</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HP and Lenovo have begun shipping new mobile workstations that offer exceptional performance and mobility at affordable prices. Lenovo has also announced, but is not yet shipping, a new high-end ThinkPad for power users. Finally, Dell has also introduced new lower cost Intel Dual Core Processor i5/i7 options for their top end Precision 6500M. HP [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dell Introduces First Core i7 Mobile Workstation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Zink</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dell has launched the Precision M6500 &#8211; the first mobile workstation based on the Core i7 Mobile processors.  Based on the same chassis as the popular M6400, the M6500 supports up to 16 GB RAM, up to three hard drives and/or solid state drives, and a choice of high-end graphics from nVidia and ATI. There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Notebooks Certified for SolidWorks 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Zink</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SolidWorks continues to update the list of mobile workstations certified for SolidWorks 2010.  The last two generations of mobile workstations from Dell and HP using nVidia Quadro FX graphics are certified for both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of XP and Vista.    The Lenovo ThinkPad W700 has been certified with Quadro FX3700M graphics only, but the FX2700M [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Windows XP and SolidWorks 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Zink</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contrary to our previous announcement, SolidWorks 2011 WILL continue to support the Windows XP Professional operating system.]]></description>
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		<title>Xeon 3500 Series Processors</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Zink</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Intel Quietly Ships Faster Xeon 3500 Series Processors Without much fanfare, Intel has begun shipping new and faster Xeon 3500 Series processors.  The new W3580 and W3550 CPUs run at 3.33 and 3.06 GHz, marginally faster than the 3.2/2.93 GHz W3570 and W3540 chips introduced earlier this year.  So far, Lenovo is the only major [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SolidWorks 2009 Hardware Recommendations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Zink</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following are recommendations for new workstations for SolidWorks. See http://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/SystemRequirements.html for minimum requirements.   SolidWorks 2009 Hardware Recommendations 090812   Please contact Jim Zink at (763) 560-8600 x219 for more specific recommendations.]]></description>
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		<title>New nVidia Drivers Certified</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Zink</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SolidWorks Corporation has newly certified updated drivers for both Windows XP and Vista for desktop nVidia Quadro FX graphics cards.  These drivers support the full range of desktop boards &#8211; from the three year old FX 540/1400/3400 generation to the newest products.  Download the new drivers from www.solidworks.com/sw/videocardtesting.html .  Be sure to follow installation instructions carefully.]]></description>
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