Kurt Ofer Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 We are considering purchase of new Intel Core 2 Duo Mac. We're still using trustworthy VW 10. Will these work together? Also, do the Intel Macs still support Gimp Print (we're still using our HP 230 plotter). Quote Link to comment
Christiaan Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 1st question no, and 2nd question yes is the short answer. Quote Link to comment
fsung Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Christiaan, Are you sure VW 10 won't run under Rosetta? Quote Link to comment
mike m oz Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 VW 9, 10 and 11 all work okay on my Intel Mac. All earlier versions will not run because there is no 'Classic'. This does pose a problem for translating Minicad files because the Translator which can be downloaded from the Fundamentals area is a 'Classic' program. Quote Link to comment
MullinRJ Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 VW 10 & 11 also run on my Intel Mac. I'm keeping my G4 in good working order for as long as possible. There are quite a few programs I don't want to let go of just yet, but losing connection with MC files would be a crime. Raymond VW 12.5 / MacMini / OS 10.4.8 MC 2 -> VW 11 / G4 / OS 10.4.8 Quote Link to comment
Christiaan Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Well officially it's not supported so the short answer to "will they work together?" is no. If there are any bugs (which I'm sure there are) he's not going to get any support is he? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted March 16, 2007 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 16, 2007 For running Classic on Intel Macs, there is SheepShaver: http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/en/projects/sheepshaver Not for the faint of heart, though... Quote Link to comment
fsung Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Well officially it's not supported so the short answer to "will they work together?" is no. I disagree. "Officially," VW 10.5 was not supported in Tiger (OS X 10.4), yet it runs perfectly well in Tiger and is no less stable than in Jaguar (10.3.9), and NNA did (and does) provide support for generic issues. NNA don't say that earlier versions will run on Intel Macs, they don't say they won't; all they say is they don't officially support anything other than VW 12.x, which does not necessarily mean that they absolutely will not provide support under any circumstances, only that they're not guaranteeing support and they're not dedicating resources to ensuring compatibility, bug-squashing, and tweaking performance in Rosetta, so the short answer is, "Use at your own risk." Quote Link to comment
DDDesign Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 (edited) Kurt, what computers are you currently running? Are they Macs? I'm assuming you want to upgrade to intel Macs mainly because of performance - but there's a chance that running v10 on a new Mac may be actually slower than your current setup. In which case you'd have to question upgrading unless you also upgrade your Vectorworks. As an example I had a dual G5 2MHz Mac, and upgraded to a 2.15MHz Macbook Pro. VW11 ran slower - BUT - upgrading to V12, rendering was twice as fast as the G5/VW11! A very satisfying result especially consisering I "dropped" from a desktop machine to a laptop. (by the way, the MBP is a great machine, I think) . he new Core 2 duos would be 20-30% faster again. Edited March 17, 2007 by DDDesign Quote Link to comment
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