Running SolidWorks on a Mac mini?

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Running SolidWorks on a Mac mini?

Has any tried installing and running SolidWorks on the Mac mini 2.0Ghz computer?
How was the performance?

I am looking to buy a Mac mini, but would like to be able to run SolidWorks once in a while. Thanks!

Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Aug 11, 2008 8:50 PM

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gregmote

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Oct 26, 2008 2:04 PM in response to Corporal_Mac

SolidWorks works quite well on the Mac Mini, but the motherboard graphics are a bit weak for the big complex models I usually work on so I still use my dedicated XP machine for most of my SolidWorks tasks. I am planning on getting a new MacBook which I suspect should work great with its high power graphics system. The question that remains to be answered is how well will Parallels (which is supposed to have better OpenGL support ) or VMWare (which is supposed to have better DirectX support) work.

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