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@poisonsm buy thes mac verision. I run it and the mac verision of AutoDesk products run better on a mac then ever. I rock a imac 27 inch i5 8 GB ram
No need no more 🙂
Hi man!.. i need help, (sry about my english) i just buy an imac, and i need autocad for my wife, i downloaded parallel, windows 7, an autocad, it looks cool untill now, but autocad is just tooo slow!.. a creat my virtual machine with 1 GB ram..
do i need create 1 with more!? Ram is my problem!? =(
Thnx!!
Not necessary anymore… There’s a native version of Autocad for Mac now! =) Cheers!
Totally off topic but where did you get that wallpaper from? Its pretty cool!
hey. i’m wondering if i can run autocad on windows via parallelsdsktop and save the files i’ll produce in mac’s directorys, so i can import those files on sketchup, using only mac then.
lollll
make a render first.
draw in 3d.
that´s not a great help to see a virtual machine.
the most powerful function in autocad that goes for your real or virtual hardware is rendering, is 3d, understand??
this doesn´t learn nothing.
lol.
Yes. but i don’t have the CD.
You mean insert the CD to install Windows?
man i need your help!! i installed the parallels desktop and when i try to open the windows say insert the CD.
what i need to do? Help me please!
Can you tell me how to get the serial number please
hey dude,,its nice,,im planning to buy new laptop but must be compatible with autocad..it’s nice to know that on mac i can use autocad,,tnx for the video
I have installed Windows via Bootcamp on my macbook pro, then I heard about Parallels
and I installed it…
But when I start Windows thru Parallels, Autocad requests the serial number, and it also happens with 3dsMax, so I have to put on a serial number everytime I run Windows…
How can I solve this problem?
Have you ever got this kind of troubles?
But run wit parallels desktops is more respond..
could i run this with crossover?
i know this works fine with the small drawing you did there but how about heave 3D models? does it still run smooth?