If you need to know more, its worth reading this article on Aecbytes from Scott Onstott as he has recently migrated from Windows to using Parrallels on a Mac Book Pro. I haven’t tried it myself, but I know a number of architects as well as Engineers who are working with Parrallels on a Mac and are more than happy with the performance. What is interesting is that the latest version of Parrallels has DirectX and OpenGL support, even going as far as saying on their website that Revit Architecture 2008 has been tested and works. It's a pity, these new chips seem very powerful and efficient. I'm thinking of replacing my MacBook with a new generation one, but because Apple has created their own M1 chips, its not possible to run virtual windows anymore.
RUN REVIT ON MAC MAC OS X
If anybody attended AU last year they will have noticed that Phil Read of Autodesk Consulting fame presented his Advanced Revit session on a Macbook Pro using Bootcamp, which allows him to boot between Mac OS X and Windows, so that he can run Revit on his Macbook.Īlso, a company called Parallels Inc introduced virtualization software last year which allows you to run Mac OS X and Windows side by side. Revit for new Apple M1 Macs I use Revit in a virtual Windows machine on my mac. However, the landscape has now changed and it all comes down to the fact that all current Apple hardware are based on Intel processors rather than the aging PowerPC. I'd love to see Autodesk port Revit to the Mac, but commercially I don’t think its viable, well that’s what Autodesk insiders have told me in the past. I'd go as far as to say that over half of these are Mac users running Vectorworks. I live near Winchester, Hampshire,UK and this is a strong hold for architectural firms. The performance of the new MacBook Pro is impressive if compared to Windows PCs with dedicated graphics cards. A lot of architects still use Mac's, its just one of those design things. Revit 2023 for MacOS With the release of the new MacBook Pro with M1 Pro and M1 Max CPUs, Apple has revolutionised the computer industry (once again), putting Intel and Nvidia (in my opinion) in a much more difficult position. I meet a lot of architects and designers in my role and I have lost count how many have asked whether Revit runs on the Mac. These days I don’t got too bothered about the platform wars, because to me its just an interface to your hardware, Revit as a BIM platform excites me more. I personally love the Mac environment, but I have learned to get on with PC's and the Windows platform. My first computer was a Macintosh LCII, if anybody can remember one of those? I've worked for companies which have used both platforms.
RUN REVIT ON MAC PC
This is often a hot topic on the Revit AUGI forums and it some times gets very heated! Whats better, Mac or PC? Well, I've been a long term Mac user as well as a Windows PC user.