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Autocad for Macs, huh? Maybe so, but that’s a moot point since the new Macs can run Windows programs out of the box and no additional money involved as you stated earlier. No money because everybody can find a pirated copy of Windows someplace. You were using the old Mac OS at your previous job and not OS Lion with the Intel chips. Otherwise, you…[Read more]

You haven’t read the comments after your post, Heather. After reading everyone’s post, I’ve come to realize that the PC users simply do not understand or have any knowledge of the current Mac OX Lion. Their references from Macs are obsolete, because they refer to using the old Macs. I haven’t read anyone here with the latest from Apple, hence the…[Read more]

I know it’s tough all over, but when people with Masters degrees advertise on ASLA’s joblink resume page seeking entry level work at $30k per year. You know it’s a sad profession.

Let me give you my 2 cents worth: I am a graphic designer and former landscape designer. I’m employed by an advertising agency/graphic design firm in Las Vegas. We use iMacs on all of our machines. Our primary softwares are Adobe CS Web version, Persuasion, inDesign, Msword, Fontographer, Realsoft 3D, Poser, Color It, Painter and iPhoto. These are…[Read more]

The misinformed, ignorance and delusional continue to ramble on. Right Tim? Those who don’t know are truly out of touch. Your descriptions about Macs are obsolete and inaccurate. The latest Macs are able to run windows software without any addition. Today’s Macs are equipt with dual Intel chips and you can switch platforms in 2 steps or clicks. I…[Read more]

The misinformed, ignorance and delusional continue to ramble on. Right Jared? Those who don’t know are truly out of touch. Your descriptions about Macs are obsolete and inaccurate. The latest Macs are able to run windows software without any addition. Today’s Macs are equipt with dual Intel chips and you can switch platforms in 2 steps or clicks.…[Read more]

The misinformed, ignorance and delusional continue to ramble on. Right Joshua? Those who don’t know are truly out of touch. Your descriptions about Macs are obsolete and inaccurate. The latest Macs are able to run windows software without any addition. Today’s Macs are equipt with dual Intel chips and you can switch platforms in 2 steps or clicks.…[Read more]

I dunno, Jon Q but last time I checked a Mac laptop cost less than your $3,000 PC machine. The virus/stability thing is real. Before you criticize, learn about the opposition.
 
The misinformed, ignorance and delusional continue to ramble on. Those who don’t know are truly out of touch. Your descriptions about Macs are obsolete and inaccurate.…[Read more]

Tim,
You need to look at page 1 at my “original” response. It was simple and to the point. I didn’t attack anyone or make cute, Starbucks comments. You PC users seem to think Mac users are superior, when its also vice versa. Your “Starbucks” comment was a subtle way of looking down at Mac users.
The latest comments from people in here should put…[Read more]

MVV started his career in a CE firm…for what it’s worth
 

As with any laptop, do research and find reviews for any model you are considering, and if there are no reviews and the deal seems too good to be true, DO NOT BUY.  Some notebooks have some serious design flaws.  My brother purchased an HP, and the heat sink for the CPU was shared with the on-board video, which is a seriously fail.  The CPU ge…[Read more]

Yes I think that is the problem my classmate had with hers. It always happened right during crunch time of course. Her husband worked for HP so she was constantly having to send one back and get another one.

I recently graduated and now work at a small firm.  I had a macbook throughout my degree program and it is still running strong.  I have been a simultaneous mac and pc user for the past 10-12 years.  It seems most people on this thread are either a “fan” of mac or pc and spew their opinions about them respectively and so, after reading through so…[Read more]

I think one point that may be getting overlooked here is that, with the Intel architecture of modern Macs, you can also run Windows either as a separate system or within a virtual machine…IF you need it….so you would really never be limited in the software you could use.  (If that got brought out in the other comments, I’m sorry…there are…[Read more]

Thanks for this idea. I will have to look into more civil jobs. As I have done grading etc. by hand as part of the first year of my MLA.

HP’s seem to be hit or miss. Both my new and old laptops are HP and I’m pretty happy with them. Like you though, they’re higher end models and well furnished power wise. I do like my old one better..though that was top top of the line…cost me close to 3000 bucks…even the sales rep I spoke to said he was jealous…lol. My new one is ok but not…[Read more]

We have always had great luck with refurbished Dells! We still have a refurbished desktop from six years ago when my husband first went to school. It has recently had issues connecting to the internet. We also had a lap top that we never had problems with…the only people that had laptop issues when I was in school was someone with an HP…[Read more]

I’ve been running Autocad 2009 on my Mac Book for the past year. I have VMware Fusion installed on it so that it functions as both a Mac or PC. The interface works well but it takes a bit longer to boot up in the PC mode. I also use Sketchup and I like the way it functions on the Mac better than the PC. Being a former long-time PC user, I am much…[Read more]

Buy a Mac, then buy a student copy of VM Fusion or Parrellels for about 30 bucks, student Windows 7 Ultimate for about 80 bucks, then you have a PC and a Mac……..PROBLEM SOLVED!

COMPLETELY FALSE: VECTORWORKS (ORIGINALLY MINICAD) WAS CREATED FOR THE MAC!!