New to Artcam here. I downloaded the Express trial version to test it out but haven't been able to run it. I initially tried it on an off the shelf cheap laptop and as soon as I clicked on a clipart to add it to the model it crashed. So I tried it on my good laptop, the same one I run Mastercam X5 on, and it crashed on it also. It has a core i5 quad-core CPU with 4GB RAM and Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit. It has an Nvidia Quadro 880M card. IIRC it only has 512MB dedicated RAM, maybe 1GB.
If this isn't powerful enough then I can try it on my other computer. It has a core i7 quad-core with 6GB RAM. Don't remember what graphics card but it's a pretty good one. It's running Windows 7 Pro 64 bit.
I plan to make some signs. Is Express good enough for that or will I need Pro? Guestimate on the cost of Pro (in the U.S.)? I looked briefly but didn't see anything.
Thoughts/opinions?
If this isn't powerful enough then I can try it on my other computer. It has a core i7 quad-core with 6GB RAM. Don't remember what graphics card but it's a pretty good one. It's running Windows 7 Pro 64 bit.
I plan to make some signs. Is Express good enough for that or will I need Pro? Guestimate on the cost of Pro (in the U.S.)? I looked briefly but didn't see anything.
Thoughts/opinions?