kerpez Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 My G5 just went Kaput ! Cooling system failure. I'm not ready to spend the $$ or go through the learning curve to update my software to "2009". Facing a decision about buying a new or used Mac, if I buy a new Mac with the Pentium chip and install OS 1.4.11 Operating System will the machine run Vectorworks 11.5.1 without issues? Has anyone out there done this. I heard that 11.5.1. won't run on OS 10.5 Philip Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Sorry to hear about your computer. I believe VW 12.5.3 is the oldest version that will run on 10.5. I'm not sure if the intel chip makes any difference..... michaelk Quote Link to comment
kerpez Posted April 5, 2009 Author Share Posted April 5, 2009 Michaelk, Thanks, but what I'd like to know is if I can run vectorworks 11.5.1 on an intel chip machine. The Mac Pro's come with 10.5 loaded but I would reload it with 10.4.11 Operating System in order to use my existing Vectorworks software, (I think you can do that). Phil Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 If 11.5.1 runs on Intel, it will be running in the Rosetta emulation layer. I don't think that you can run any of the current shipping machines on OS 10.4. The original Core2 and Core2 Duo machines MAY be able to run 10.4, but check the Apple web site before buying. If you really don't want to have to upgrade your VW, my recommendation would be to buy a used G5 machine and start budgeting for Intel and VW upgrades the next time it dies. Quote Link to comment
kerpez Posted April 5, 2009 Author Share Posted April 5, 2009 Pat, Thanks for the informed reply. I think I would buy a G4 before buying another G5 Mac that has the liquid cooled system. I'm finding a lot of G5 liquid cooling system failure stories online. Many thanks, Philip Quote Link to comment
islandmon Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 The original 1.8 G5 is great ... or consider buying an older Mac Mini ... Quote Link to comment
kerpez Posted April 6, 2009 Author Share Posted April 6, 2009 Thank you for the advice, I'll look into that. Philip Quote Link to comment
ccroft Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Up until about 7 months ago I was running 11.5 in OS 10.4 on a G4 MDD tower. Performance for simple 2d wasn't very different than 2009 in OS10.5 on MacPro. It is true that 11.5 won't run in OS10.5. You get extreme screen artifacts and other bizarre behavior. And it's also true that you can't instal an OS earlier than that which comes with the machine. We were forced to upgrade vWorks when we got the MacPro. Turns out I'm really quite happy about that, by the way. (Confirmation from some-one who's been around this race-track fairly recently.) Quote Link to comment
kerpez Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 Thanks Charles, Guess I'll get my choppers, (and wallet), ready for bullet biting. Phil Quote Link to comment
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