Hi William,

Thank you for your feedback.
Would you like to elaborate on your statement quoting V17 runs more stable than V18? In what sense and area do you find that noticable?

If you refer carefully to the system requirements quoted by UGS, GeForce and other gaming graphics cards are not recommended for Solid Edge. Fairly speaking, Solid Edge do not need a high-spec machine to run, but if your application requires to design more complicated and huge designs, a better spec machine will be much appreciated.

However, if you've the budget to spare, i would personally suggest workstation class machines from either DELL or HP. IF you would ask me, i'll prefer those XW machines from HP. You don't neccessarily need DualCore or CoreDuo processors; P4 works just as well. For optimal performance, you would probably need more memory (at least 1GB) and a reasonably good graphics card (Quadro series).

The above suggestions are based on my experience in supporting Solid Edge with SI applications.

Andrew