Does the mac mini is ok for cad

Oh by the way i'd like to use cad also with Windows 7 via Parallele

Thanks for the reply rkaufmann87, i actualy use a french cad/cam named TopSolid. It onlyworks on a Windows op. sys. That's the reason why i'm actualy using Parallele on my Mac Book Pro(which is perfect).
I'd like to run it on something with a large screen(and low budget).
I wonder if something exist for upgrading the videocard with an external device since we can't update the Intel HD4000?

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