Bence wrote:Last night I saw a demo of the option manager, what a wonderful idea & product!
It is a marketing decision based on the fact that the US builders use Macs in a much lesser extent than architects and therefore we feel the development/marketing/sales investment needed to make this product available for the Macs is not sufficiently justified. Again, "never say never"; Macs are on the roll now, but for the time being we have no plans for Mac release.
First I do not under stand why it is for RESIDENTIAL projects, it is for any building and would save many hours of revision tracking.
Second, no MAC version!? When I switched to MAC from windoz platform I ended-up with ArchiCad because of its availability on MAC (and am very very HAPPY with my selection, over Bentey Architectural).
I do not know what to say to GS in marketing arena to convince them for a MAC version. But all I know is that strength of any company comes from happyINDIVITUALS and there are a lot of MAC INDIVIDUALS, just targeting large companies is not an answers to the marketing issue.
Sorry for heated face.
Thanks for the great product after all,
joseph
archislave wrote:we could start a poll, that way GS could gauage the interest?
After waiting for years to get myself in a position to use a Mac - I would never switch either. In fact, I choose Archicad because Autodesk is not on Mac.
Is there a way we can start a vote? Or a petition to Graphisoft?
Ive never had success in starting a poll, I'll leave it to someone to do
Graphisoft should make it very very clear that "ArchiCAD Residential" is not the new name of our software. Or is it? I thought it was simply a group of add-ons that they are trying to market as specifically intended for ArchiCAD users working with residential design. I dont think any of these new add-ons are uniquely Residential. I am a residential designer and I don't want Residential design software. I need Professional software for Professional results. 
Personally, I think it is a marketing ploy that will generate negative perceptions. The way I read the announcements I think they were trying to imply that ArchiCAD Residential is something more than just some new add-ons. I think they may be trying to create a distinction that allows them to split one product into several. Constructor for example.
Personally, I think it is a marketing ploy that will generate negative perceptions. The way I read the announcements I think they were trying to imply that ArchiCAD Residential is something more than just some new add-ons. I think they may be trying to create a distinction that allows them to split one product into several. Constructor for example.
I agree with Steve that trying to split one product into many by changing or adding some plugins will create a lot of confusion for the new users (ex: Win Xp pro vs Home and the classic AutoCAD Lt vs AutoCAD vs AutoCAD Architectural Desktop) and it can alienate the existing users. This looks like as if the marketing department is running the company ("Look how many products we have, buy our shares").
I have always been baffled by the concept of adding or removing functionality from software in order to change its name and sell it at another price point. I don't want to choose between a version of AC for residential, office, urban planning, construction, presentation, restoration or estimating. I want and need a tool for Architecture I don't have to use different pens to sketch, write notes or do redlines.
My $0.02 and now I have to switch to the email chair and computer combo from my internet surfing one so that latter I can sit at my other desk for doing predesign work and then I can go to my construction document room but not before I do some work at my dedicated presentation computer and monitor. Note to self... have to go and buy another computer to write letters and design its work space
I have always been baffled by the concept of adding or removing functionality from software in order to change its name and sell it at another price point. I don't want to choose between a version of AC for residential, office, urban planning, construction, presentation, restoration or estimating. I want and need a tool for Architecture I don't have to use different pens to sketch, write notes or do redlines.
My $0.02 and now I have to switch to the email chair and computer combo from my internet surfing one so that latter I can sit at my other desk for doing predesign work and then I can go to my construction document room but not before I do some work at my dedicated presentation computer and monitor. Note to self... have to go and buy another computer to write letters and design its work space
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