Quad-Core Workstations - Velocity Micro ProMagix W160 high performance
workstation was highly recommended among Xi MTower PCIe, HP xw4600, and Poly
i780SLI3 workstations, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, May 1, 2008
Saluting Outstanding CAD Products - Acrobat 3D v8, Photoshop CS3 Extended,
ENOVIA MatrixOne, MAXON CINEMA 4D v10, Newforma Project Center Fourth Edition,
LightWave v9, Solid Edge v20, Xi PowerGo 2Duo XT mobile workstation, Dell
Precision M90 mobile workstation, Dell UltraSharp 3007WFP-HC flat-panel monitor,
HP LP3065 Flat-Panel Monitor, LaCie 321 flat-panel monitor, MultiSync LCD2470WNX
flat-panel monitor, VX2835wm flat-panel monitor, UltraSharp 2707WFP display,
Poly P3503-DDR3 workstation, NetZoom 6, PhotoModeler 6, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, Dec
1, 2007
Poly P3503-DDR3 Workstation
- fitted with Intel quad core microprocessor and DDR3 RAM, Poly P3503-DDR3 gives
good performance, excellent warranty, more, highly recommended by Ron LaFon,
Cadalyst, Sep 24, 2007
CAD Unplugged - mobile workstations reviewed: Xi PowerGo 2Duo XT, Dell
Precision M90, PolyNote V512iD, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, August 1, 2007
Polywell Poly A680X2 SLi4 Workstation - fitted with AMD Athlon
64 FX-74 CPUs, Poly A680X2 SLi4 has expansion options, but slower than
Intel-based systems, moderately priced, more, David Cohn, Desktop Engineering,
May 2007
Polywell PolyStation 939CF-V7350 - fitted
with AMD Athlon64 FX-60 dual-core processor and
ATI
FireGL
V7350 graphics card of 1GB RAM, this workstation is well suited for large
models, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, June 1, 2006
PolyNote 915P4-MXM - available in two basic configurations, the PolyNote
notebook computer is useful for CAD and engineering applications, but has short
battery life, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst Management, November 1, 2005
Polywell 2050A Dual Core AMD Workstation - this quiet mid-range system has
expandability options and 3Dlabs Wildcat Realizm 500 graphics card with 256MB
memory, John Virata, Digital CAD, November 16, 2005
Need Speed? - Xi MTower 2P64 and Polywell Polystation beat out the HP xw9300
and the Monarch Empro workstations, earning 'A' grades, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst
Management, November 1, 2005
Extreme Speed-Six Workstations Push the Limits -
reviews of high-performance workstations: XI 3600E MTOWER (@Xi Computer),
MJ-12 X2 (Alienware), Dell Precision 370 (Dell), IntelliStation A Pro
6224 (IBM), Poly 1100A-150 (Polywell), Vision FX A/V/D (Velocity Micro), Ron
LaFon, Cadalyst, November 1, 2004
Hardware Roundup - Workstation Reference Guide - looks at workstations - both high-end and low-end - most suited for MCAD purposes, Alexandra Pratt, Inventor Connections, October 5, 2004 (requires free registration)
2004 All-Stars - Cadalyst's semiannual awards for the best new hardware and software, Sara Ferris, Cadalyst, June 1, 2004
How Today's Chips Stack Up - roundup of single-processor systems: @Xi MTower SP, Velocity Micro ProMagix A/V/D, TriCAD/CAM StarStation FX, HP Workstation xw4100 Polywell Poly 900NF3-FX and SYS Technology PowerHouse 148, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, March 1, 2004
64-Bit Takes Off - in a comparison of an Athlon 64 FX-51, a 2GHz dual Opteron, a 3.2GHz Pentium 4 and the Apple PowerMac G5, the FX-51 excelled at AutoCAD, where it was about 44 percent faster than the P4 unit, Tom Mainelli, PC World, November 2003
Workstations Fall in Line - reviews of Pentium 4-based workstations from BOXX, HP, IBM and Polywell, and @Xi's 64-bit AMD workstation, Peter K. Sheerin, CADENCE, October 2003
Whiz! Zoom! Workstations! - blazing fast Pentium 4's from @Xi, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Polywell and Tri CAD/CAM Systems, Peter K. Sheerin, CADENCE, July 2003
8 Great CAD Workstations - stylish and powerful are these CAD-friendly systems from Boxx, HP, IBM, Polywell, Samsung, SYS Technologies and Tri CAD/CAM, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, March 2003
The Highs and Lows of Workstations - reviews of 11 low-end and high-end workstations from BOXX, Compaq, Dell, Polywell, TriStar and Xi, Peter K. Sheerin, CADENCE, October 2002
Towers of Power - in a roundup of workstations tested on a variety of CAD/CAM applications, Dell is the editors' choice in both the mid-range and high-end categories, Jan Ozer, PC Magazine, September 17, 2002
Dual Athlon MPs, for Here or To Go - reviews of Polywell’s 890S deskside box and MaxVision’s MaxPac6200 transportable, Mark Devlin, DE Online, August 2002
Mid-Range Pentium 4 Workstations - 1.7 GHz CAD workstations from Compaq, Dell, HP and Polywell achieve parity, Peter Sheerin, CADENCE, Sep 2001
