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Currently MathCAD 15 and MathCAD Prime 2.0 run slowly on both of my older computers. Prime 2.0 is especially bad, recalculating a page of equations after adjusting a variable takes about 10-20 seconds and when typing in a text box the characters displayed on the screen lag what is typed by 2-5 words. It is time for a laptop upgrade and I'd like to get the most bang for the buck. What base level of CPU/memory is adequate for 2.0 to run smoothly? I use 2.0 for structurally engineering which is mostly iterative equation solving with an occasional 2-D graph. Is it best to avoid CPUs that have integrated GPUs? Also, should I expect 2.0 to experience a performance reduction if run in parallels on a Mac vs. running on a PC?
Hello,
You can find hardware notes for Mathcad Prime 2.0 in the attachment.
Mathcad Prime 2.0 performs best on a Win 7 64-bit computer. You can take advantage of multi-threading if you have a new 4 processor dual-core system.
Mona
Thank you Mona and Vladmir. Have either of you had any experience with MathCAD running on a MAC?
Daniel Sochor wrote:
Thank you Mona and Vladmir. Have either of you had any experience with MathCAD running on a MAC?
I have a colleague who has managed to run Mathcad on MAC without any issues.
Mike
Daniel Sochor wrote:
Thank you Mona and Vladmir.
You're welcome.
Daniel Sochor wrote:
Have either of you had any experience with MathCAD running on a MAC?
Please see this message (and the whole topic): http://communities.ptc.com/message/174009#174009
That means we'll have to move to Win 7 though
Mike
Win 7 64-bit .