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Neither SolidWorks nor QuickBooks runs in browser. Those two pieces of software are absolutely essential to many companies.

JumpCrisscross 2y ago
Both run on macOS.
- ziddoap 2y ago
  Not officially, therefor not with support.
  - JumpCrisscross 2y ago
    > Not officially Yes, officially [1][2]. [1] https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/help-article/install-products/install-set-quickbooks-desktop-mac/L4rzUusTS_US_en_US https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/help-artic... [2] https://www.solidworks.com/support/system-requirements https://www.solidworks.com/support/system-requirements
    - ziddoap 2y ago
      Sorry, I should have been more specific. QuickBooks for Mac is not feature-equivilent to QuickBooks Enterprise. You cannot run QuickBooks Enterprise on a Mac, as far as I know, and if you can, it isn't on the supported OS list. >"Note: Linux and Windows 10 S Mode not supported. QuickBooks requires you to use Windows natively and not through an emulator or virtual environment." From https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/help-article/product-system-requirements/system-requirements-quickbooks-desktop-2024/L3PMFJBjS_US_en_US https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/help-artic... Solidworks only supports eDrawings for Mac. eDrawings is not what I was referring to.
      - JumpCrisscross 2y ago
        Fair enough.
      - vetinari 2y ago
        Software like Quickbooks is easy to run via RemoteApp. In fact, many probably do that, because it makes for easier maintenance. (I've seen several companies to run Dynamics AX exactly this way, for exactly this reason). With Solidworks, it would be much more difficult. It is a kind of software, you want to run locally on your beefy workstation.
    - FileSorter 2y ago
      eDrawings for Mac is not Solidworks
  - mrkeen 2y ago
    'Support' is such a nebulous, catch-all term to justify throwing good money after bad. The author paid for Windows 11. Why try to crowdsource help for free when they can presumably just pick up a phone and get Microsoft to fix their problem for them?
    - ziddoap 2y ago
      >Support' is such a nebulous, catch-all term to justify throwing good money after bad. Or it means that QuickBooks is running into issues, and there is no in-house IT department to troubleshoot it, so they call up QuickBooks support.
      - TheNewsIsHere 2y ago
        > QuickBooks support. Now that really is throwing good money after bad. QuickBooks has some of the absolute worst support money can buy.
        ziddoap 2y ago
        I mean, I'm not going to defend the quality of their support. But if your a small company (i.e. no in-house IT) and you have to choose between using the support included with your purchase of QuickBooks or paying a third-party IT company an hourly consulting rate to fix a QuickBooks problem... The choice is pretty clear.
bsder 2y ago
QuickBooks online doesn't seem to need Windows. Since it works from apps, I assume it works from macOS as well. Fusion360 works on macOS and has been pounding the hell out of SolidWorks in the small business sector.
- ziddoap 2y ago
  QuickBooks online is a very far cry from QuickBooks Enterprise. Like, they aren't even close to the same program.
ranger_danger 2y ago
Technically QuickBooks is no longer available outside of a web browser connected to Intuit's servers.
- deleted 2y ago
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JumpCrisscross 2y ago

Both run on macOS.

ziddoap 2y ago
Not officially, therefor not with support.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago
  > Not officially Yes, officially [1][2]. [1] https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/help-article/install-products/install-set-quickbooks-desktop-mac/L4rzUusTS_US_en_US https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/help-artic... [2] https://www.solidworks.com/support/system-requirements https://www.solidworks.com/support/system-requirements
  - ziddoap 2y ago
    Sorry, I should have been more specific. QuickBooks for Mac is not feature-equivilent to QuickBooks Enterprise. You cannot run QuickBooks Enterprise on a Mac, as far as I know, and if you can, it isn't on the supported OS list. >"Note: Linux and Windows 10 S Mode not supported. QuickBooks requires you to use Windows natively and not through an emulator or virtual environment." From https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/help-article/product-system-requirements/system-requirements-quickbooks-desktop-2024/L3PMFJBjS_US_en_US https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/help-artic... Solidworks only supports eDrawings for Mac. eDrawings is not what I was referring to.
    - JumpCrisscross 2y ago
      Fair enough.
    - vetinari 2y ago
      Software like Quickbooks is easy to run via RemoteApp. In fact, many probably do that, because it makes for easier maintenance. (I've seen several companies to run Dynamics AX exactly this way, for exactly this reason). With Solidworks, it would be much more difficult. It is a kind of software, you want to run locally on your beefy workstation.
  - FileSorter 2y ago
    eDrawings for Mac is not Solidworks
- mrkeen 2y ago
  'Support' is such a nebulous, catch-all term to justify throwing good money after bad. The author paid for Windows 11. Why try to crowdsource help for free when they can presumably just pick up a phone and get Microsoft to fix their problem for them?
  - ziddoap 2y ago
    >Support' is such a nebulous, catch-all term to justify throwing good money after bad. Or it means that QuickBooks is running into issues, and there is no in-house IT department to troubleshoot it, so they call up QuickBooks support.
    - TheNewsIsHere 2y ago
      > QuickBooks support. Now that really is throwing good money after bad. QuickBooks has some of the absolute worst support money can buy.
      - ziddoap 2y ago
        I mean, I'm not going to defend the quality of their support. But if your a small company (i.e. no in-house IT) and you have to choose between using the support included with your purchase of QuickBooks or paying a third-party IT company an hourly consulting rate to fix a QuickBooks problem... The choice is pretty clear.

bsder 2y ago

QuickBooks online doesn't seem to need Windows. Since it works from apps, I assume it works from macOS as well. Fusion360 works on macOS and has been pounding the hell out of SolidWorks in the small business sector.

ziddoap 2y ago
QuickBooks online is a very far cry from QuickBooks Enterprise. Like, they aren't even close to the same program.

ranger_danger 2y ago

Technically QuickBooks is no longer available outside of a web browser connected to Intuit's servers.

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