Macs no longer supported...

[March_ Bruce]

Since ArchiCAD 10 is unavailable for any shipping Macs we have effectively lost mac support...

ArchiCAD is currently a WINDOWS ONLY application that offers a legacy Mac version...

We were promised Wintel by July where I am located...

I am still struggling with rosetta issues & have given up on the MacTel beta - it has been costly & exasperasting...

If I'm going to suffer windows I can/will likely get autocad & be able to actually hire people easily & sub out work - expanding my practice beyond the 'studio' scenario...

Has anyone been wondering how this 'Mac last' culture at GS might be fixed ?

[Djordje]

March, wrote:
Since ArchiCAD 10 is unavailable for any shipping Macs we have effectively lost mac support...

ArchiCAD is currently a WINDOWS ONLY application that offers a legacy Mac version...

We were promised Wintel by July where I am located...

I am still struggling with rosetta issues & have given up on the MacTel beta - it has been costly & exasperasting...

If I'm going to suffer windows I can/will likely get autocad & be able to actually hire people easily & sub out work - expanding my practice beyond the 'studio' scenario...

Has anyone been wondering how this 'Mac last' culture at GS might be fixed ?

Your frustration shows ...

However, please consider the fact that Graphisoft is the first fo the big Mac software vendors to provide the Mactel version. Adobe does not have anything yet.

And I don't really think that AutoCAD will help you in any way ...

Maybe you could use a long weekend and a good drink, along with a punchbag with a Graphisoft dealer photo on it?

I am sure that many Mac users will chime in with their experiences.

[Dwight]

I expect that things will be put right soon.
It is hard to get things done in August.

[March_ Bruce]

Please tell that to my clients...
Actually I am the one working evenings & weekends to compensate...

[Dwight]

Why did you upgrade now?
The G5 was available until just a few days ago.

[March_ Bruce]

How does naive optimism sound? Of course it must be the end users fault - it's software after all...

I actually bought a G5 & it seemed quite slow...

I'd say the more correct question is why was I sold an upgrade (june) with a lure of an imminent working wintel option within weeks (july) - surely Graphisoft.hu has more of an idea of their product limitations & timelines than I...

They took my money & it now seems both I & GS support staff have paid the price in a difficult situation of 'ship & tell'... I have skipped upgrades in the past for these reasons...

[Dwight]

I just thought that you were whining,
but I can see that you have me on this one.
They made you an empty promise.
I owe you an amend.

Perhaps the new Canadian reseller will be more direct.

[March_ Bruce]

The 'local canadian reseller' has been quite helpful - it would seem to be my own naivety & the 'horses mouth' yet again - other than speaking with our wallets I don't know how to fix the 'ship & tell' mentality - I think I'm pretty understanding of bugs but I consider obvious flaws (such as shipping a mac upgrade when Safari can't even upgrade the keyplug) to be pretty poor...

'thank you for your money, and here's your fantasmic new hydrogen powered car with a zillion great new features to replace your deisel fueled vehicle, and the ignition key, but you actually need to boost it with the gasoline vehicle many others drive the first time you fire it up'... or something like that...

[Dwight]

There's a hydrogen powered car in this trailer, but it needs some help, too:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/borat/