J. Miller Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 So I am considering moving from PC to Mac. What things should I look for in buying a desktop from Apple? I still need to use the Microsoft Office Applications though. Does Excel for Mac support Visual Basic again? Should I consider a dual boot machine? Will my copy of Vector Works work on a Mac? I am a preferred Subscriber. Granted I will have to download the new software, but will my license allow me to do that? TIA Jeff Miller Quote Link to comment
Damon Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Jeff, I use VW on a 27" iMac 2.66 4/ 1TB and a 24" iMac 3/320 GB. The 27" is three years old and the 24" six years old. Both run 2012/2013 very comfortably. I don't do 3D but I do use lots of hatches and symbols. I don't think VW supports multi core machines, so there is likely little benefit in getting a new Mac Pro (though they look very cool). Any mac can have a separate partition and run windows natively in boot camp, though I don't see the logic unless there is some excel thing that office on the mac won't do; I rarely use office. If you're buying an iMac, I'd definitely go for the 27" as VW palettes take up a lot of space IMHO. Or a 21.5" and get a second monitor and do screen spanning. Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Visual basic seems to work on Mac Excel 2011. I run Parallels for the times I absolutely need windows, which is pretty rare. It allows you to run windows software and mac software at the same time. I don't know if it matters, but I always buy the machine with the most vram. Quote Link to comment
Peter van der Elst Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 I have a MacPro from 2006. This machine still runs VW2013 and with nice speeds. Try that on a PC from 2006? :-) I too use Parallels from time to time, works great, you can even play some nice games this way ;-). Or run Revitviewer.... Quote Link to comment
gester Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 @peter what mac os is on your macpro? rob Quote Link to comment
J. Miller Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 "Visual basic seems to work on Mac Excel 2011. I run Parallels for the times I absolutely need windows, which is pretty rare. It allows you to run windows software and mac software at the same time" So is this a Mac machine you are starting with or a PC? Kind of a newbie to the other side. What machine are you using? I am using a handful of excel VBA files for business use. If its a Mac what are the base parameters I should look for for a new purchase? Jeff Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Jeff I'm using a 2012 15" MacBook Pro. Microsoft office 2011 for Mac. hth mk Quote Link to comment
VincentCuclair Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 (edited) 2011 17" MacBook Pro, Microsoft Office for Mac and Windows 7 on Parallels Desktop.....works like a charm....... Will be putting Parallels and my graphics card/CPU to the test for real with Revit within the next few weeks (if I get the license to work, which is no simple feat with AutoDesk!) Edited August 1, 2013 by Vincent C Quote Link to comment
Peter van der Elst Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 (edited) @peter what mac os is on your macpro? rob The MacPro runs on 10.7. Mountain Lion doesn't run anymore on this "old" machine ;-) PS. I only run Parallels on my iMac here. The MacPro can run Bootcamp quite fine though. Edited August 2, 2013 by Peter van der Elst Quote Link to comment
J. Miller Posted August 3, 2013 Author Share Posted August 3, 2013 Thanks for all the Information! Jeff Quote Link to comment
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