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Can this work with Archicad 21

Anonymous
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MacBook Pro
Retina 13 inch
Processor 2.6 Ghz Intel Core i5
Memory 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics Intel HD Graphics 4000 768 mb
Software OS X 10.8.5
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Karl Ottenstein
Moderator
While the hardware is a a bit underpowered, the main problem is your OS 10.8.5. The system requirements for AC 21 are OS 10.11 and above, with OS 10.10 likely to work - and OS 10.9 and earlier incompatible:

https://www.graphisoft.com/support/system_requirements/AC21/

Your MacBook Pro should be able to run El Capitan / 10.11.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206886
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AC 27 USA and earlier   •   macOS Ventura 13.6.6, MacBook Pro M2 Max 12CPU/30GPU cores, 32GB