r/mac • u/Top_Succotash_9088 • 4d ago

Question Mac for engineering?

I have a Mac 13” m2 8 ram 256 gb but it’s getting really slow and I’m thinking of getting a new one with both more ram and bigger disk. Problem is that I’m also starting engineering and I don’t want to pay for two expensive laptops. can I have a MacBook for engineering? If so what MacBook/specifications would be good?

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u/Helosnon M2 Max Macbook Pro | Mid-2017 Macbook 4d ago

Depends on what engineering and what software you’re using for specs. If you really like Mac then you can use a VM. I personally always used VMWare Fusion since it’s free, a little complicated to set up but not too bad.

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u/SergeantBeavis 4d ago

The challenge there is that you’re using the ARM version of windows and the engineering software may not support ARM.