barkingsheltie
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Imac core 2 duo + solidworks 2006 + build 1922 + xpsp2 = success!
Thanks to kosh (if he/she reads this) for pointing me to the build supporting my machine.
I am nervous when I look through the forum, reading of not just ordinary problems, but substantial ones - but, well, for me this experience so far has be more than I had hoped for:
First, I thought because the emulated svga driver would make this a no show (btw, on a 24 imac, as a result cannot do the full 1920 x 1200 but that's no biggie for right now). But indeed, solidworks runs fine - for my assemblies and work - its more than peppy - and I can look forward to working exclusively on the mac - although I will play it safe and work concurrently on both machines for a while. I am really surprised by this - does soldworks load their own software opengl driver? In any case, the performance was not limiting at all (had full assembly open - approx 50 sub-assemblies linked).
We occasionally use rhino 3d, and that too installed and ran very well.
If future software updates improve the opengl driver, I will be very happy.
That said, I wonder if anyone can tell me whether it will be possible to stick more than 2 gbs with the so dimms in the near future into the imac? Its perhaps not just a limitation of so dimms, but also the OS?
I installed a couple of other winblows app we need in the office, and so far so good - ups shipping software, a couple utilities. Tomorrow I will attempt to instal Comsol & matlab (fingers crossed) - and if my experiences continue to prove positive - I think we will be buying a couple of more imacs at work - more parallel keys and I will also begin to feel more confident recommending this solution to some fence-sitters (windows users who are getting tired of the virus/adware issues).
Thanks!
Shelley
Thanks to kosh (if he/she reads this) for pointing me to the build supporting my machine.
I am nervous when I look through the forum, reading of not just ordinary problems, but substantial ones - but, well, for me this experience so far has be more than I had hoped for:
First, I thought because the emulated svga driver would make this a no show (btw, on a 24 imac, as a result cannot do the full 1920 x 1200 but that's no biggie for right now). But indeed, solidworks runs fine - for my assemblies and work - its more than peppy - and I can look forward to working exclusively on the mac - although I will play it safe and work concurrently on both machines for a while. I am really surprised by this - does soldworks load their own software opengl driver? In any case, the performance was not limiting at all (had full assembly open - approx 50 sub-assemblies linked).
We occasionally use rhino 3d, and that too installed and ran very well.
If future software updates improve the opengl driver, I will be very happy.
That said, I wonder if anyone can tell me whether it will be possible to stick more than 2 gbs with the so dimms in the near future into the imac? Its perhaps not just a limitation of so dimms, but also the OS?
I installed a couple of other winblows app we need in the office, and so far so good - ups shipping software, a couple utilities. Tomorrow I will attempt to instal Comsol & matlab (fingers crossed) - and if my experiences continue to prove positive - I think we will be buying a couple of more imacs at work - more parallel keys and I will also begin to feel more confident recommending this solution to some fence-sitters (windows users who are getting tired of the virus/adware issues).
Thanks!
Shelley