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    Looking to buy new laptop, really interested in the macbooks, but not sure if there is a way to run mastercam.

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    I have been asked this many times , my answer is No as I have not seen or heard anyone running this on a mac.And for sure not under the Mas OS.

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    Default Mastercam on Mac

    Yes you can on OS X. You need to purchase a copy of XP pro sp2. Then run boot camp, parallels or VM ware. It will run no problem.



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    Have you tried this.I have allot of people asking but know one has done it.
    So I am not sure this is a for sure thing.

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    If you get one of the newer macs with the intel processor you can partition your hard drive and dual boot the computer with WindowsXP. Unfortunately you can't run Mastercam in the MacOS... in fact there is almost no cad/cam software that runs in the MacOS. If you want a Mac, get one with the Intel and dual boot it.



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    It is true that it does not run directly in OSX. But with VM ware or parallels you can run it from OSX and it acts like a Mac program. I just used a Mill Level 1 seat today that was running on parallels and it ran faster and smoother than the station I use dailey. Which is a XP Pro, 3ghz Core 2 Duo, 4gb ram and a Nvidia Quadro video card. It is also nice because you can back up your files in OSX. I plan to buy a Mac Book Pro in the next couple of weeks.



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    Mastercam v9 and X2 MR2 both run VERY well on a Macbook Pro using Apple's bootcamp software. I tested them Running under Windows XP. I will be running further tests with VMWare, Crossover mac and Parallels Desktop to see how well it will run in the Mac
    environment at a later date. I'll post results when available.



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    Works perfect.
    Macs are the way to go even in regards to network.

    to run mastercam and others APPS, either running a virtual pc like the one mentioned (VMWare) or using a inter dual processor with both OS installed, right now on my powerbook I have Tiger and Alinex with a dual-boot, very easy.



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    Are any of you guys doing full time 3d or more programming on the Mac using mastercam to see how stable it is. have you done any bench Mark testing.

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    It would be interesting to find out how well Mastercam does on a Mac but even if it's slower, my next computer is going to have a big Apple on the lid. I was a Mac guy. I'm still a Mac guy.

    I bought this Winblows machine for only two reasons: Solidworks and Mastercam. If there had been anything competitive out there for the Mac, I'd have bought it instead. And believe me Jay, you've made me a believer in MC. I do like it now but this PC...ahhh...not so much.

    Life with this PC has been trojan after worm after virus. Firewalls, anti-virus software, careful surfing and it still gets infected. Now it's reloaded for the fourth time and I'm running under a restricted user account. None of the programs run right. Winblows won't let the programs write preference files. Mastercam starts with errors. Solidworks starts with errors. Even MS Word has fits because it can't write a 'Normal' template when I start up.

    I'll either run Mastercam and Solidworks under a PC partition on the Mac, or I'll just strip Windoze down on this HP, disconnect from the Internet and just run it as an engineering workstation.

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    That sucks greg. you have those issues. I have 7 workstations and 4 laptops and two servers. I have not have a worm or a viruse or a trojon in any of my systems in about 7 to 8 years. I have two boy young that surf all day for the free games and get the dowloads. still know issues.

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    PC security is a bit off topic but...

    The biggest problem I notice is on motorcycle info sites and other forums like this one. People hotlink photos to their posts. I'll open a thread and suddenly Zone Alarm starts getting reverse hits from other servers. I decline all of them but I suspect that's where the trojans and worms have come from.

    I was in the middle of my most recent reload and got a worm courtesy of the latest Active X plug-in. I wouldn't have downloaded Active X except that Microsloth uses it for navigating their service pack pages. I needed the latest XP patches because Mastercam demands the .Net framework (besides the supposed security patches).

    Somewhere after that, while downloading patches and drivers, I picked up the worm (went right through the anti-virus too). So I got a worm trying to patch the as-yet unused operating system. Really frustrating.

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    No full time programming on the Mac here.......yet.
    Previously, I could not find any info to support that Mastercam definitely worked on the Intels'. I will be doing some additional testing with emulation softwares as stated above in the near future. I also have plans for some benchmark testing in the next couple weeks with the bootcamp XP install. I did a minor amount of testing after the install. I ran a test part with several setups using stl stock files and everything seemed to be in order. I even posted the code and it seemed fine. I would Imagine the benchmark tests will be similar to a Windows box with the same hardware specs Mastercam is running in Windows XP natively with the bootcamp setup. I will keep you posted as I have more info. Are there any specific benchmark tests you would like to see results for?

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    Perhaps this will help you with your decesion.

    "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mMAg9djtY4"]YouTube - Mastercam performance on VMware Fusion



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    I bet if CNC Software wrote code for native OS X, there would be a lot of people jumping over to the Mac. I know my Mac is much better than any of my PCs, and I still have a Powerbook G4.



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    the video does not show much but that the Software runs and you can move the part. I want to know if it runs faster is it more stable . I know everyone says that the Mac is more stable. how does it compare to PC?

    Can you use a standard mouse with a center roller?
    Can I use a space ball in the Mac?

    I am looking for the advantage of the Mac running MC

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    The spaceball is a very good question. I couldn't live without mine.

    Even if MC was produced for the Mac, I'd still be stuck with Solidworks so there will always be a Winblows partition in my life: either on a dedicated PC or an Intel-based Mac.

    I don't think the Mac (in this case) offers any greater stability or performance than Windows. The Mac simply sets up a partitioned PC inside of itself.

    The real advantage seems to be to not upgrade, patch and modify the Windoze installation. It could be loaded, stripped down and optimized for just running Solidworks and Mastercam, then you could use the Macintosh portion of the machine for everything else. You'd never have to patch Windoze because it would never see the web. Nothing could attack it because you'd neuter it right from the start.

    My fully patched XP installation is noticeably slower and more buggy than it was pre-SP2. Keeping the Windoze operating system away from the Internet is a good thing in my not-so-humble-opinion.

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    TurboCad is available for Mac OSX.


    Works Great.



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    Greg I might have to have you bring me you box. you are having way to many issues. we should look at your network to.
    I think we should talk later.

    Talk soon Greg.

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    If it just "runs" on the Mac, that's not a very compelling reason to switch. If it runs Faster, More stable, for complex work, that would be very interesting to know.

    It would have to be run under more demanding conditions to prove that it's a viable option.

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