I am simply curious who else is using AutoCAD and uses a Mac either at work or home.

If you are a longtime reader of this blog you may have seen the debates in posts and hundreds of comments, surveys, and requests/demands from many users for native Mac solutions when I mentioned we supported Apple Boot Camp and virtualized solutions like Parallels and VMWare Fusion.

You may have noticed my transformation from a PC only user to a mixed platform user using Microsoft Windows 7, Ubuntu Linux and Apple Mac OSX.

I absolutely love my Mac hardware and now have 2 MacBook Pros. I consider myself as a multiple platform gypsy. Yes, I really do believe when I walk into a room with my MacBook Pro aluminum unibody laptop everyone looks at me like I am much more cool, than I really am. After a few years I realized there is no single perfect platform, yet having a Mac and PC allow me to use the best of both.

Question: Have you made the jump to the sexy, shiny, sleek Apple hardware? Why did you switch? Are you running AutoCAD for Windows on your Mac in a virtualized or Boot Camp solution?

Some of the past posts on Mac going back a few years.

• Run AutoCAD on a Mac
• I Need Your Input on AutoCAD for the Apple Mac OS X
• AutoCAD for the Mac
• AutoCAD 2010 on my MacBook Pro
• SnagIt for the Apple Mac! Come and Get It!
• AutoCAD on the Mac Survey
• AutoCAD and Other Autodesk Software Supported on Parallels
• AutoCAD, Revit, Inventor, and 3ds Max Supported on Apple Boot Camp
• Run AutoCAD 2007 or AutoCAD 2008 on an Intel Based Mac

Autodesk is adding new native Mac solutions each year and details are always available at http://www.autodesk.com/mac. Autodesk really is platform agnostic from Windows, Linux, Mac, iPhone, and cloud computing. We go where it makes sense from a technology and market standpoint and fulfills our customers needs and requests.

Happy Friday to those on the other side of the International dateline such as Aussies and Kiwis, happy Thursday for us on this side.

Cheers,
Shaan