I'll be a freshman at Tufts this fall, in the School of Engineering. I'll be getting a new MacBook Pro some time soon (I'll probably go with the 15" model). Anyways the are some engineering applications I'll have to run and a lot of it seems to be primarily Windows software. This page gives three applications that could be problematic for Macs:
Note that the page I got that information from is about a year old. I believe there's a new version of AutoCAD for OS X, and I know there's a Mac version of Excel.
The first question I have is, is there any way to run MathCAD 14 without Windows? Perhaps through WINE? If not, I have to decide between Boot Camp and a virtualization tool. Perhaps it doesn't make sense to avoid using Windows if I'll inevitably have to use it eventually... Anyways if I'm downloading Windows anyway, does it make sense to run Excel and/or AutoCAD on Windows?
Thanks in advance!
- AutoCAD 2010
- Microsoft Excel with VBA
- MathCAD 14
Note that the page I got that information from is about a year old. I believe there's a new version of AutoCAD for OS X, and I know there's a Mac version of Excel.
The first question I have is, is there any way to run MathCAD 14 without Windows? Perhaps through WINE? If not, I have to decide between Boot Camp and a virtualization tool. Perhaps it doesn't make sense to avoid using Windows if I'll inevitably have to use it eventually... Anyways if I'm downloading Windows anyway, does it make sense to run Excel and/or AutoCAD on Windows?
Thanks in advance!