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Sorry, I can't find versions of 3ds Max, Inventor, Solidworks, or AutoCAD for the Mac. Also, no Visual Studio. And no Excel. The Mac "equivalents" where they e

by jwatte 10y ago

Sorry, I can't find versions of 3ds Max, Inventor, Solidworks, or AutoCAD for the Mac. Also, no Visual Studio. And no Excel. The Mac "equivalents" where they exist are far inferior. How does the Mac have better available software these days?

rm445 10y ago
Autocad and Excel have native Mac versions.
sbuk 10y ago
Ah, the "CAD" canard. 1. 3dsmax is but one 3D/animation program, most are multi-platform (see Maya, Cinema 4d, Modo etc...). No, it's not the "industry standard". 2. PLM software like Inventor and SolidWorks are underrepresented on the Mac. Software like Fusion 360 and OnShape[0] are beginning to make up for this 3. AutCAD is available for macOS. Has been of about 5 years. Autodesk in fact produce plenty of software for the Mac... [1] 4. No, but there is Xcode. And IntelliJ. 5. No Excel? Microsoft appear to disagree. [2] Based on your comment, you have no clue what you are talking about, and I'm so bored of seeing this nonsense every time this comes up. Please, stop. [0] https://www.onshape.com/ https://www.onshape.com/ [1] http://www.autodesk.com/solutions/mac-compatible-software http://www.autodesk.com/solutions/mac-compatible-software [2] https://products.office.com/en-gb/excel https://products.office.com/en-gb/excel
- Arcaire 10y ago
  > 5. No Excel? Microsoft appear to disagree. [2] In my considerable experience using Office on Mac in tandem with Office on Windows, the Mac experience is severely, severely degraded in comparison. Extreme slowdowns in large documents, odd crashes, and difficulties handling macros are pretty much the defining experience for Office 365 on Mac for me.
  - sbuk 10y ago
    I think this is case of YMMV as I've genuinely not experienced those problems. That said' i'm not crunching through big data sets. Anecdotally, my partner does. SPSS to Excel and back without issue...
jmnicolas 10y ago
No nExcel ? The whole Office Suite is available on MAC since at least a decade.

by jwatte 10y ago

rm445 10y ago

Autocad and Excel have native Mac versions.

sbuk 10y ago

Ah, the "CAD" canard. 1. 3dsmax is but one 3D/animation program, most are multi-platform (see Maya, Cinema 4d, Modo etc...). No, it's not the "industry standard". 2. PLM software like Inventor and SolidWorks are underrepresented on the Mac. Software like Fusion 360 and OnShape[0] are beginning to make up for this 3. AutCAD is available for macOS. Has been of about 5 years. Autodesk in fact produce plenty of software for the Mac... [1] 4. No, but there is Xcode. And IntelliJ. 5. No Excel? Microsoft appear to disagree. [2] Based on your comment, you have no clue what you are talking about, and I'm so bored of seeing this nonsense every time this comes up. Please, stop. [0] https://www.onshape.com/ https://www.onshape.com/ [1] http://www.autodesk.com/solutions/mac-compatible-software http://www.autodesk.com/solutions/mac-compatible-software [2] https://products.office.com/en-gb/excel https://products.office.com/en-gb/excel

Arcaire 10y ago
> 5. No Excel? Microsoft appear to disagree. [2] In my considerable experience using Office on Mac in tandem with Office on Windows, the Mac experience is severely, severely degraded in comparison. Extreme slowdowns in large documents, odd crashes, and difficulties handling macros are pretty much the defining experience for Office 365 on Mac for me.
- sbuk 10y ago
  I think this is case of YMMV as I've genuinely not experienced those problems. That said' i'm not crunching through big data sets. Anecdotally, my partner does. SPSS to Excel and back without issue...

jmnicolas 10y ago

No nExcel ? The whole Office Suite is available on MAC since at least a decade.