See our Cookie Policy dismiss Sign in Join now Mac vs PC: Does it really matter Not if you are an AutoCAD user Published on January 6, 2016 January 6, 2016 52 Likes 14 Comments Report this post Jim LaPier Follow AutoCAD Instructor CAD Consultant Technology Consultant Mac PC Specialist Like 52 Comment 14 Share LinkedIn Facebook Twitter 0 Regular vs decaf.

Ford vs Chevy. Mac vs Pc.

Everyone has their bias and at the end of the day it comes down to personal preference.

The same way roads are not specific to one car brand, each user should be able to choose an operating system that they prefer (for one reason or another) to get their work done.

I built PCs, ran out to buy Vista when it was released, and used Windows Media Center to run my entire home entertainment system.

Then, at the end of 2007, I bought a white Macbook on clearance from a reseller store.

I suddenly found myself carrying a 17 Sony Vaio to work in CAD and a 13 white Macbook to do everything else on.

Is A Good For Autocad Mac OS X Seemed More

At the time, Mac OS X seemed more intuitive, more straight forward and had so many little things it just sort of won me over.

I even worked for Apple Retail for a number of years as a Genius.

I was fortunate enough to be an Apple employee for the release of 2 products that were very special to me: the first iPad and AutoCAD for Mac.

When AutoCAD for Mac was released in the fall of 2010 I was both overjoyed and slightly saddened.

As overjoyed as I was that I was now able to run AutoCAD natively on my Mac, I was saddened by the feature set.

Realistically, I understood that Autodesk had re-written AutoCAD from the ground up for Mac OS X, instead of some port or emulator.

This process took time, and not every feature AutoCAD had built up in 20-some years would be easily re-coded for a completely different operating system.

With each passing year there has been a new release of AutoCAD for Mac, and with each passing release the gap between the two versions of AutoCAD has grown smaller.

With AutoCAD for Mac 2013 I was able to all but switch completely to Mac for my CAD usage.

Retina displays. 2015 added Dynamic Block creation.

XRef path mapping helps support those who work in mixed use environments where drawings are opened in Mac OS X and Windows interchangeably.

Now we can map a Windows network path to a Mac OS X one, so we no longer need to look for our reference locations every time we open a file.

Is A Good For Autocad How To Really Use

Take a look at Autodesks website to see a rundown of all the new features, and when you are ready to learn how to really use them, head over to lynda.com and take a look at my new course on AutoCAD for Mac 2016 New Features.

Ive embedded a video below from the course where I go over the new DIM tool.

Each user should have the choice to use the operating system they prefer to get their work done.

Whatever environment you prefer, whatever hardware you favor.

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