topic Re: Moving From Windows to Mac in Installation & update

Moving From Windows to Mac

Anonymous — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:08:32 GMT

Hi Everyone,

Hopefully this is a simple question 🙂

I am considering replacing my windows pc with an iMac and would like to know if there are any known issues i.e. will the dongle work, will all drawing files open ok etc. I'm running ArchiCAD 12 with a USB dongle.
Thanks in advance

Re: Moving From Windows to Mac

owen — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:45:25 GMT

AC is great on an iMac .. you have nothing to worry about there. Some older models using ATI cards did have a graphics bug triggered by intensive GPU usage, but this was not an AC specific thing and is not a problem on any of the newer machines.

cheers,

os

Re: Moving From Windows to Mac

Eduardo Rolon — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:30:09 GMT

Actually there is an issue with the current iMacs and ATI graphics again that causes freezing.

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/04/imac-owners-reporting-issues-with-radeon-hd-4850-chipset.ars

To avoid the issue get one with a Nvidia video card.

Re: Moving From Windows to Mac

owen — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:34:14 GMT

AGAIN?!

Thanks ejrolon, I read Ars every day yet somehow managed to miss that one.

The problem was 'fixed' in that Apple swapped to NVIDIA cards as the default graphics card. The problem with the ATI cards was not limited to iMacs .. my old firm had a whole batch of new Mac Pros suffering the same problem until we got the cards switched to NVIDIA. This must be pretty embarrassing for Apple to have the same problem again. I wonder why they even offer the ATI cards as an 'upgrade' option when they must know they have heat issues (surely they do some heavy stress testing internally).

Re: Moving From Windows to Mac

Anonymous — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:25:37 GMT

Thanks for the replies 🙂
my only concern was the dongle, it had been hinted to me that there was a different dongle for mac and windows but i couldn't understand why.

Re: Moving From Windows to Mac

Erich — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:14:06 GMT

No the dongles are the same for both machines. I switch back and forth throughout the week as needed.