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pauldelong1-Visitor
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May 26, 2010
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ProE on a MAC

  • May 26, 2010
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I've got someone who swears ProE will run ona Mac... can anyone absolutely confirm or deny his claim?

Paul

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    lococnc1-Visitor
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    jimklaas1-Visitor
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    May 26, 2010
    on another note .....PC vs Mac regarding the state of affairs in general.

    As of TODAY....Apple now has a Market Value HIGHER than Microsoft. Apple also has *over* $40 Billion in *cash* just sitting waiting to do, who knows what with....

    Apple is now the second most valuable company in America...Exxon is the only one ahead of them...


    Jim

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    BrentDrysdale12-Amethyst
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    May 26, 2010
    Hi Paul,
    There are several hits when searching www.proesite.com for "mac". All of
    these were running windows on a Mac.


    Regards, Brent Drysdale
    Senior Mechanical Designer
    Tait Radio Communications
    New Zealand
    DDI +64 3 358 1093
    www.taitradio.com


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    ocorten-212-Amethyst
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    gkbeer1-Visitor
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    May 28, 2010
    Absolutely, it works. I have the windows student edition of WF4 running on
    my 13" MacBookPro.

    You do have to install Windows under Apple's bootcamp. Boot into Vista and
    install Pro/E. Apple makes it easy with all the drivers needed. (Win7 can be
    installed instead of Vista <">http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3986> See this
    link for info about setting up a Mac to run Windows)

    The MBP runs Vista better than most PC laptops do.

    You will need a 3 button mouse. The trackpad just doesn't provide suitable
    alternatives to the lack of the extra buttons.

    You should also be able to use something like Parallels if you want to run
    Pro/E without having to boot into Windows. I'd suggest more ram should you
    go this route.

    I've got someone who swears ProE will run on a Mac... can anyone absolutely
    > confirm or deny his claim?
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    > Paul
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    FredericVannest1-Visitor
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    May 28, 2010
    I have WF3 + inlink 3.4 installed on a small windows 7 partition on my
    macbook pro.
    Installed win 7 through bootcamp and everything works great.

    I hope there will be a native version one day, but I don't get my hopes
    up...

    Kind regards,

    Frederic
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    Frederic Vanneste
    Development Engineer Mechanics
    CAD Administrator
    Security & Monitoring division
    BARCO N.V.
    Pres. Kennedypark 35
    B-8500 Kortrijk
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    nkaminakis1-Visitor
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    May 28, 2010
    Facts:
    1) Autodesk announced Autocad beta for MAC, (code name Sledgehammer)
    2) Unigraphics NX 6.0 is already available for Mac, search for videos in
    youtube.com
    3) Alias Studio (from Autodesk), Maya, and other Autodesk products are
    already available for Mac
    4) Apple passed Microsoft in values (Wall Street)
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    ptc-5936191-Visitor
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    May 28, 2010
    "Apple passed Microsoft in values (Wall Street)"



    Maybe PTC has put the saddle on the wrong horse?


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    lylebeidler1-Visitor
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    May 28, 2010
    The fact remains that, despite the fact that Apple is now the largest tech
    company by market cap, they still only own 10% of the desktop & laptop
    market. It's hard for PTC to justify expending that much effort for such a
    small market.



    That said, I'd love to see some integration of the glide pad gestures that
    Mac OS X includes used for Pro/E - two fingers to pan, three to spin,
    something like that.



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    Lyle Beidler
    MGS Inc
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    Denver PA 17517
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    ptc-19327451-Visitor
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    May 28, 2010
    No, it just means that owning all of the hardware rights ‘may’ make you some money if you have a visionary like Jobs at the helm.



    Apple offers a complete ‘ecosystem’ that Microsoft does not, with hardware, OS, and applications software from ONE vendor, and no other. As others have said, Apple only owns about 10% of the computing market.



    By having a higher market cap (valuation) than Microsoft, just shows that items like the iPad make money…



    BTW, just because PTC ports its product(s) to a Mac, I don’t see them taking any advantage of the advanced features of the Mac interface, including the mouse features. Don’t fall for the ‘Grass is always greener…’ wishful thinking about PC vs. Mac.






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