Does MacBook Air support the designing software like AutoCad, solidworks, Catiav5, solid edge,pro E And NX10

PawanKrGunjan wrote:

I want to buy MacBook Air with m1 chip for using mechanical designing software like autocad, solidworks, pro E, solid edge, Caria v5 and NX10.

You will need to contact each of those developers and ask them.

PawanKrGunjan wrote:

On auto desk web page, it is showing that it supports MacBook Air for intel chip but not for M1 chip ?

I’m sorry, but for many of those companies, you are going to have to pick up the phone, call them, and TELL them that Apple has switched to a new processor architecture. They probably don’t know about it. I’m not kidding here.

MyApple8MyPC wrote:

To clarify, not with boot camp, but with Parallels.

Do you have any evidence that Windows 10 will soon be available on M1 Macs via Parallels?

Like everyone else, I saw the beta version of Parallels running in the keynote. I’ve also heard rumours about Docker and other VM systems. But what the vast majority of people don’t understand is that these systems will not run Windows or Intel distributions of Linux. They will run ARM versions of Linux, but that’s not quite the same thing. There may also be emulated versions of Intel Linux available as there are a couple of such apps already for the iPad. But none of this is happening soon and none it will ever run AutoCAD.

Do not pruchase the M1 MacBook Air for these intense design software packages — because the M1 AIr has no fan. Purchase the M1 MacBook Pro instead, which has a brighter screen, and a fan to cool it. As stated by others here, check with the respective vendors about their design software, and compatibility with Big Sur on Apple M1.

etresoft wrote:

Do you have any evidence that Windows 10 will soon be available on M1 Macs via Parallels?

People are already running windows 10 on the M1 MacBook Air. It’s just not the “official” install.

MyApple8MyPC wrote:

People are already running windows 10 on the M1 MacBook Air. It’s just not the “official” install.

That’s the ARM version of Windows. Apps are more likely to have native Mac M1 support than they are to have Windows on ARM support. When people talk about Windows, they mean all their Windows apps from years gone by. They absolutely don’t mean Windows on ARM - not ever. And it isn’t just “not official”, it’s flat-out illegal. People can do that on the internet, but no VM vendors can support it.

It is not impossible to have Intel Windows 10 in a VM running

on the M1 chip, although it would not be "virtualized" in yhe

true sense of the term. Back in the days of yore I was running

Windows NT and 2000 on a PowerPC Mac via emulation

with Virtual PC.

Now, how efficient modern OS like Windows 10 and associated

apps would work in emulation on an M1 remains to be seen.

As to how soon something would actually be available, well,

marketing and sales will always say "soon".

I m looking for more information about this too. I want to buy a MacBook Air 16GB 256 to use with Autocad, sketchup and photoshop. but I m afraid.... anyone using it now? or anyone using Mac mini m1 already for it also? I 'm choosing between those.

etresoft wrote:

babowa wrote:

Just don't mention anything about it here when you do - not allowed to discuss anything beta related.

I'm sure that only applies to Apple betas.

All depends on a company's beta testing policies. I am

sure every company is different.

woodmeister50 wrote:

All depends on a company's beta testing policies. I am sure every company is different.

This is an Apple website. Apple police neither the policies of every other company in world, nor any users who might be in violation of said policies. Apple only knows about its own policies.

Check with the vendors to verify if they support the new MacBook Air

and the M1 and more importantly macOS Big Sur. They will know better

than anyone else.

PawanKrGunjan wrote:

Does MacBook Air M1 chip support parallel installation and working of windows 10 with boot camp ? And company will provide warranty for this ?

No.

PawanKrGunjan wrote:

Does MacBook Air M1 chip support parallel installation and working of windows 10 with boot camp ?

Not yet, but they're in beta testing for it. Should be out soon.