I have in the past posted about AutoCAD on the Apple Mac platform.
I even posted a survey for feedback which was pummeled with hits in the tens of thousands in only a few days. We appreciate all the great feedback and are considering each and every response. We at Autodesk are growing more and more Mac platform products and who knows, perhaps add AutoCAD to the list.In any case this is not a gratuitous Mac post to get hits instead I am looking for something.
Back in the 1980’s Autodesk actually had an AutoCAD R11/R12 for the Mac.
I have only been a Mac user for a few months but wanted to see if any fellow AutoCAD longtime users and history buffs might have a rare AutoCAD R11/R12 for the Mac or at least some screenshots. I will give a reward to the person who has the best set of images or a boxed product so I can add to my unofficial AutoCAD History web archive and images.
So do you have an old AutoCAD R11/R12 Mac laying around or some images and screenshots, email me at shaan@autodesk.com
Cheers,
Shaan (now both Mac and PC user)
Welcome to the party!
Keep on growing those apps, but don’t add too much water 😉
Shaan,
I don’t have what you are looking for with the AutoCAD for MAC. however I just wanted to comment and say welcome to the MAC world. I have been using (wait, may I say Addicted) to my macbook and iMac since late 2007. I plan to purchase a macbook pro this year.
You will love the new possibilities and you can even set up Bootcamp to run windows xp or vista as a dual boot. That is how I roll on both my macbook and imac and I have no reason to own a PC now.
For the sake of Autodesk, AutoCAD users, and especially potential AutoCAD for Mac users, please don’t go down this path to repeated failure.
http://www.blog.cadnauseam.com/2009/05/29/why-autocad-for-mac-is-a-bad-idea/
Cheers my friend!
If I remember well AutoCAD had also a 10.5 Release on Mac, I remember using it in France baack in 1990/1991…do you need an image of this one as well?
Kal
I had no idea of a 10.5 Mac unless it was a 11 beta. I would love to see images of that animal if you have them.
I hope everything is going good for you.
Cheers my friend,
Shaan
I remember there being some kind of early hybrid release of AutoCAD for Mac, but those brain cells are not fully functional so I’ve asked the question here.
Don’t really care if AutoCAD is Mac or not. It’s not an option at work, not a choice at home. However I wouldn’t want to see it take resource away from Wintel development. Would expect a subscription reduction if it did.
Surely to do justice to the Mac, ie full integration with it’s O/S features, a very different approach would be needed. If not at core level then UX would need to be rather different. Just getting AutoCAD running on a Mac would not be the same as a true “AutoCAD Mac”
Another thought, why not start with a Mac DWF Viewer before worrying about AutoCAD?
Seems a heck of a lot simpler and is required to match your main veiwing competition, PDF.
No, Freewheel is not an option
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TITLE: AutoCAD 2010 on my MacBook Pro
BLOG NAME: Between the Lines
OK so it is not native Mac but pretty close. The new version of Parallels Desktop 5 for the Mac OSX has a new crystal view mode.
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TITLE: AutoCAD and Other Autodesk Software Supported on Parallels
BLOG NAME: Between the Lines
Now you can run AutoCAD and other Autodesk software on a Mac and be supported by Autodesk in both Apple Bootcamp and the Parallels virtualized software.