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Rick_gonzalez


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Hello, I dont yet own a Mac, but really really want one< however im in school learning architecture and though my school uses bth platforms, i have been told that in the design profession its not all that wise to invest in a mac> Does anyone know anything about this?
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The Vindicat3d

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I do not know much about it, but it seems like you just have some mac haters on you hands... if you like mac than get one, and if you ever need to use windows you have multiple options (VMwarefusion, parallels, crossover, and of course boot camp) so if you like the Mac OS or just the way the cases look go ahead and buy one you will be fine =].
 
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Mac is certified UNIX. Most CAD/CAM/CAE systems run on one or another flavor of UNIX (AIX, IRIX, HP-UX, SUN/Solaris for example). I'm pretty sure there are ports for AutoCAD and CATIA v4 and v5. Not sure about others but thats a start for an afternoon of Googling. Parallels and Bootcamp can run anything else.
 
Derek McNelly

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XJ-linux said:
I'm pretty sure there are ports for AutoCAD and CATIA v4 and v5. Not sure about others but thats a start for an afternoon of Googling. Parallels and Bootcamp can run anything else.
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You're gonna need Windows for AutoCAD. It's Windows only.

Not 100% about CATIA, but I know AutoCAD for sure is only on Windows.
 
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But with Apple hardware being able to run OS X and windows both natively I'd say that's the go. As you will have both the operating systems needed and can always choose the industry standard software no matter what system it needs.
 
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XJ-linux said:
My bad Derek, I meant CADAM. Good catch!
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It's cool.

I checked up on it, and AutoCAD is indeed Windows only, while CATIA is Windows and Unix only. There are no native ports to OS X yet, but a lot of people have been speculating about an eventual release of CATIA for OS X.

Which shouldn't be too difficult to do, considering that Mac OS X is certified Unix. We just have to be patient for some enterprising soul to do it.
 

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