Design Tools: CAD Users Hit the Road with New Mobile Workstations

				June 17, 2008
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View All Software/Hardware Resources			CAD Users Hit the Road with New Mobile Workstations Wind River, Intel Bring Linux to Infotainment New PTC Products Zero in on Collaboration Siemens Launches NX, Velocity Series Upgrades Paris-to-Beijing Run to Spawn Bio-Realistic 3-D Foot Model DN's Latest Podcasts, Webcasts & Videos Resource Center Contact Us Beth Stackpole, Contributing Editor What engineer hasn’t looked on in envy at laptop-equipped office professionals who can work anywhere, at any time? Thanks to a new crop of supercharged, reasonably priced mobile workstations, CAD users can now do the same. Would your work style and productivity be impacted by the ability to take CAD or simulation work on the road? Drop me a line. CAD/CAM Corner Blog Stay connected: Software/Hardware RSS News Feed Products/Services Companies
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