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Hi fellas!

Anyone using Mac for land surveying and cad? 


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Posted : April 6, 2026 7:23 am
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Hello! I am a huge Mac fan. I’ve tried parallels even with better core organization on sharing space TBC was still laggy, and nothing is like running on native windows. I’ve tried AutoCAD for Mac and it’s ok but then when I need to go into TBC or C3D I still have to transfer files then pick up where I left off. I guess the work could be productive if 100% of tasks can be done in Mac based apps. 


 
Posted : May 17, 2026 6:01 pm
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I can't comment on surveying software directly, but I'm using a MacBook Pro M5 Max and it handles Autodesk Fusion 360 and Blender very well. I can have some pretty heavy-duty 3D models open and it doesn't even break a sweat; the fans don't even kick on. My understanding in reading many subreddits and other forums that the Max chips are the way to go if you want to run Windows in parallel, as they have more cores, higher memory bandwidth and better disk read/write speeds. Lots of folks are using them for gaming and saying that they can run higher resolutions and frame rates than they can directly on their dedicated Windows PCs. Pretty impressive. Apple silicon is a game-changer.


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Posted : May 18, 2026 8:18 am