Bo,
So now that we have had a couple of months on the Mac. How are things? Any big problems, andy small annoyances other than what was mentioned in the last run on this topic? Recomendations that may have come up?
Ben
I use it when I go to hospitals, main office, assembly, & toolmakers, and it performs very well. It totally stopped my need to carry my Dell laptop around. I do use the separate Adesso Mini keyboard if I am going to do much actual drawing work. I use the RadTech BT500 wireless mouse, and it works well with both the Mac side and PC side work.
The MacBook Pro can run a bit "hot", but that is a generic term, and the fan actually rarely comes on. I take it everywhere and it has never had a problem running SolidWorks.
I have NOT tried the Parallel's Virtualization software yet, as there were initial video constraints, and I don't mind the 70-80 seconds to reboot. eDrawings on the Mac can actually open and view both the standard .sldprt and .sldasm files in addition to the eDrawings themselves, so many times I do NOT need to boot into Windows to view a drawing.
If I go back to heavy non-stop SolidWorks and have my Dell available, I default back to that as it has a bigger screen and I keep my primary files on that machine. I use Retrospect software (now from EMC) to do "Duplicate" function to keep the files on the MacBook synchronized with the Dell.
Bo
Does the macbook have a two button mouse next to the touchpad? I was thinking of buying one, but was worried about this. I hate not having RMB!
The MacBook and MacBook Pros do NOT have a 2nd Mouse Button. I agree it is a worthless situation they have now. In fact the "mouse area" should be a touch pad and you can configure it any way you like it. Get rid of the mechanical switches.
That is why I've taken to the Radtech BT 500 mouse which is a 3 button mouse w/scroll wheel & small enough to work on the right side of the palm rest area with ease (for my liking at least).
Bo
Mr. Who wrote:
Bo,
Have you been able to get realview graphics to work on your macbook? I have just got mine and I don't use realview often but sometimes it saves me having to render something.
Ben
I haven't tried any "realview" stuff.
Bo
Ben Eadie wrote:
Ta-da!
Both the MacBook and MacBook Pro have a virtual second button; i.e. when you click with two fingers on the track pad you get a right click.
There isn't yet a driver for Windows for the same functionality, but is likely to be provided with the next/final version of Apple's Bootcamp software.
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