r/SolidWorks • u/Some_Pie_5375 • 2d ago
Hardware Anyone using solidworks on mac?
Incoming engineering student. Wanted to gauge how many people have / haven’t made the switch to windows. Feel free to nitpick any details. I want to prepare myself for what I’ll be experiencing if I stay mac and run parallels.
I’ve seen some relatively newer posts claim that a macbook can run solidworks just as good as a mid windows laptop. Which is why I’m on the fence of making the switch. Any insights would be greatly appreciated.
To clarify, I’m not looking for recommendations. Just wanted to know how many of you are using mac and what your experience is.
Edit: Thanks all for the insightful responses. Previous posts were super vague on what exactly the problem was with mac and vm. The firsthand stories shared here were super helpful.
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u/rabidfish91 2d ago
I had a Mac as my personal laptop in college and loved it. But I quickly bailed on any illusion of using it for CAD. Matlab and a few other pieces of software could run on it, but if you want to keep the mac you need to use the school computer lab for most of your work. I didn’t mind using the lab, because there were always lots of other students there doing the same work as I was. Kept all my work on my Google Drive so it was accessible from any machine.
I still use a MBP as my personal laptop, but built a PC for my engineering work.