Just out of interest has anyone tried AutoCAD on an Apple Mac

[revacservice]

Just out of interest has anyone tried Autocad on an apple mac, and is it any better than a common or garden PC?

[Mike.Perry]

Hi "revacservice" ( Sorry, I do not know your real name )

Please note I have *moved* this thread from the AutoCAD Gallery forum to this one, as I feel this particular forum is a more appropriate place for such a topic.

Thanks, Mike

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[H-Angus]

I may be wrong (and often am) but I didn't think Autodesk did a Mac version of Acad or any of the vertical products.

[Mike.Perry]

I may be wrong (and often am) but I didn't think Autodesk did a Mac version of Acad or any of the vertical products.

Hi

You are correct, but...

Windows on Apples

Plus, plugging the following into the forum search facility ( initially you may wish to limit your search to CAD Management )...

Key Word(s): Apple

Have a good one, Mike

[rkmcswain]

I may be wrong (and often am) but I didn't think Autodesk did a Mac version of Acad...

They did as recently as R12 (±1992)

[avdesign]

You can run AutoCAD on the new Macs using Apple's Boot Camp software. Where you'd run a dual boot environment. I haven't seen anything on the web of someone doing this and running AutoCAD yet. I myself am waiting until Leopard is released before I buy another Mac to play with.

[revacservice]

Thanks for all your input, my query was purely out of curiosity and have no intention of using an Apple Mac.

Apple Mac are running a bit of a negative advertising campaign in this neck of the woods claiming to run Microsoft Office etc. and implies that a PC is little more than a game console. This sort of advertising get up my nose and tends to have the opposite effect avoiding the product like the plague.

Thanks again

Don Smith

[avdesign]

Macs do indeed run Windows Office. Either in it's dual boot mode, in Parallels,
or it's own version made by Microsoft.