Solidworks & MacBook Pro ???

vertical horizo · 发表于 2022-7-8 19:10:55

Does anyone use Solidworks on a MacBook Pro?

If so, what are the specs on your Mac?
Is there a certain MBP graphics card to look for?
Any MBP graphics cards to avoid?

It the Mac can handle SW, I was planning on getting as much RAM as possible & a good sized HD, then using BOOT CAMP, I'd install Windows, then SW onto it.

For me, I think that the 13" screen would be too small, but the 15" or 17" would be the right size.

I'm sure that the Quad-core setups would handle the load better than the Duo-core setups. But, would the Quad-core machines be adequate?

Opinions?

stevsmith · 发表于 2022-7-8 19:41:20

One of the big problems will all of this is that some systems just get more time in development than others. It could be a bad gcard driver or just some piece of hardware that wasn't "approved". Some CAD programs want to see really fast processor, others want tons of ram etc. My laptop does great with solidworks, Fusion, mastercam(thats all ive tested so far), but a laptop will never be ideal.

Some things that really affect the comparison come down to what was running on the windows machine. If IT has a ton of stuff that has to run, if the user had Outlook open, a browser, streaming music etc. That all comes off the first core on the machine which is also trying to run Solidworks. I am not a "details" guy when it comes to this stuff. I gave up trying to keep up with the tech after building my last computer many years ago. I just use them, but i do know that Solidworks, across the board, requires different things at different times. And just a few years in tech difference can make a big deal.

welldriller · 发表于 2022-7-8 20:08:15

While very true there is still one constant.........emulation will never be faster than native hardware.

shift1313 · 发表于 2022-7-8 20:26:08

I was in I.T. at the time and set the machine up.
The Eng Dept ordered it so all I did was install the apps.
Back then you didn't need tons of security software.
I think we were running Norton or McAfee AV and nothing else.
I would always remove all the BS that Dell had pre-installed.

The mac belonged to my friend and I don't know if he
was running Parallels/Boot Camp/VM Ware.
(I can see the armies gathering.)
I couldn't care less if ANY of you believe it. :-|
I was there, I believe my friend.
I don't know LDD or what features are more intensive than others.
So I don't know which functions/procedures or what he used as a benchmark...

In reality...
What kind of idiot would want to work on a slower system in a production environment?

If I had access to some nuclear supercomputer, I'd be damned if I'd work on anything else...
I just know if you went by his desk, he did his design work (LDD) on the mac.

If you want to hate anyone, hate him.

I guess to all of you, I saw Bigfoot or a Unicorn or a UFO.
I don't make the news, I just report it.

It's starting to look like a Microsoft commercial filled with Mac-haters and if I had HD Video showcasing
the performance benchmarks, someone would say the video was fake.

If you drive a Camaro then drive a Mustang and the Mustang is faster,
you don't go back to the Camaro and see "why."
You stick with what gets you to your destination the fastest.

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