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Running Paralles and Windows on my new MacBook Pro M2 16GB to run Auto Cad like it appears on PC or n my classroom. Help with configuration

I’ve installed Windows with Parallels and need help starting up Autocad with the same interface as Autocad on PC.

MacBook Pro (M2 Pro, 2023)

Posted on Jul 31, 2023 4:50 PM

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Posted on Aug 1, 2023 12:16 AM

Running Windows in an emulator is not going to give you the exact same "look" as that of running it on bare metal. You are running it inside another app, and that app wants its own slice of the screen pie.


If you have issues with the way Parallels displays Windows, you need to talk to the Parallels developers. All Apple does is supply the compatible hardware and OS, 3rd party developers determine how their app works within that environment.


Everyone here is a volunteer and anyone familiar with your issue may or may not ever check in. For that reason alone, quizzing Parallels tech support is likely going to serve you better.

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Aug 1, 2023 12:16 AM in response to kenfrommarrickville

Running Windows in an emulator is not going to give you the exact same "look" as that of running it on bare metal. You are running it inside another app, and that app wants its own slice of the screen pie.


If you have issues with the way Parallels displays Windows, you need to talk to the Parallels developers. All Apple does is supply the compatible hardware and OS, 3rd party developers determine how their app works within that environment.


Everyone here is a volunteer and anyone familiar with your issue may or may not ever check in. For that reason alone, quizzing Parallels tech support is likely going to serve you better.

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Aug 1, 2023 1:15 AM in response to kenfrommarrickville

wmware (a competition to parallels)

claims to have support for the 3d gpu features of the apple cpus comming

VMWare Tech Preview 2023 has full hardware 3D acceleration (appleinsider.com)


normally virtuel machines only really get basic video card features, so 3d stuff and gaming is not really enjoyable

autocad may benefit from that

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Running Paralles and Windows on my new MacBook Pro M2 16GB to run Auto Cad like it appears on PC or n my classroom. Help with configuration

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