Whooo hoooo its coming!!!!!!!!!

http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/

Soon I can tell Winblows to take a hike...

Well all assuming this works

Ben

 

I'm not going to hold my breath that SolidWorks will be one of the apps
guaranteed to work.

Bo

 

You have that right. As complex as SolidWorks is and it's tight ties
to the MFC library, I would be real surprised if it worked. If it
works, what will be the performance hit?

Chris

 

Its only a matter of time - word in the rumour mill is Apple will scoop
everyone and "virtualize" Boot Camp with the next OS X release in ~Nov. Boot
Camp is amazingly stable, I run SW perfectly.

Guy

 

I too see WinXP on my 15" MacBook Pro running just as well as my Dell
M60.

Sure is a pleasure not to have to lug that extra M60 and charger (about
11 lbs) around.

Bo

 

I would be extremely surprised if SolidWorks was a supported
application.

 

While I'm not going to do cartwheels yet, I would not be surprised if
it does work. It is simply amazing what the open source gurus are able
to accomplish (that is what Wine is). If it does work, I will make the
switch. Solidworks is the only reason that I use Windows, and the only
thing that I use Windows for. Should some other similarly priced and
featured CAD system become available, it'll be real tempting do switch
to that.

 

Ed, I assume you mean CAD system that runs native on the Mac OSX
platform.

The guys at SolidWorks aren't behind the curve, yet it does take a lot
to port to a new OS, so I'll continue with Windows, if reluctantly,
though I can certainly use it on Macs now. In a way that is the best
of both worlds, since Windows isolated to only running SolidWorks
doesn't exhibit the problems of interacting on the web and networks
that seem to bring it down all to often.

The article below, though opinion, makes a number of good points as to
how Microsoft has limited itself and stopped significant growth.

http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/4871/106/

I certainly do NOT look to Microsoft for anything "new" or "cutting
edge", and in fact I have to protect myself when using their products
because of the 'ragged dull edges' that can nick me.

Bo

 

Bo,

Not necessarily. Runs natively on any of the *NIX platforms would make
me happy (Solaris, BSD, or Linux would be preferable, however).

I've never tried it, but I'd make a fairly large side bet that that is
an understatement when one of the OSs is Windows. Between two truely
POSIX compliant systems, not quite so bad.

so I'll continue with Windows, if reluctantly,

True enough, but as a user, switching between OS's to accomplish
different tasks is a pain. Having multiple workstations helps, but
there is still the data disconnect, and multiple workstations per user
is not economically feasible. Networked apps for office productivity
is possible, but that too adds overhead and complexity. The best of
both worlds, in my view, is SW running natively on multiple OSs. This
allows the customer to decide what combination of hardware, OS, and
applications fit their needs.

Ain't that the truth.