Autodesk returning to the Mac?!

[owen]

First there is a Mac version of Autodesk Image Modeller and now Autodesk is surveying Mac users to help them 'shape the next generation of AutoCAD products for the Apple OS X operating system'.

More on this at WorldCAD Access

What is going on? Isn't this the little-known 8th sign of the apocalypse?

Regarding that blog post - i actually find it quite amusing. That the blogger and/or Autodesk would consider that AutoCAD could compete with ArchiCAD shows they really must not get it AT ALL. A Mac version of Revit on the other hand would be a different story .. but i thought unlikely to happen due to all the Windows frameworks it is based on (i.e would basically require a rewrite). I assume this is not the case with AutoCAD?

[Eduardo Rolon]

drh64 wrote:
Does anyone remember using AutoCAD on the Mac SE/Plus back in the late 80's? It was a turd program and they discontinued after 2 years....

If I remember correctly,
I did and was surprised that clicking an icon on the Mac was slower than typing the command in DOS. Also clicking the icon didn't guarantee that the command would execute.

[Thomas Holm]

I did too. Turd program is exactly what it was.