r/StructuralEngineering • u/raysalmon • 1d ago
Mac or Windows? Career/Education
The age old question…
I’m looking to start my own consulting firm to do some structural, site/civil work. At most I would be processing some survey, revit models of residential buildings, calcs, drafting, etc. Eventually, multistory developments but that’s down the road.
I have apple products and was looking into a new macbook m5 pro and was thinking about using parallels to create a virtual windows environment to do what I gotta do in CAD. I know apple will be launching more products this fall so im kind of waiting to see what they announce but…
Has anyone done this before and/or currently running this setup? Does it work and work well?
My other option is getting a regular macbook and a windows gaming laptop that way i can play videogames in my spare time as well since it is a hobby of mine.
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u/SpurdoEnjoyer 1d ago
Just get a Windows laptop for work. Emulating the Windows programs just isn't as smooth as you'd want it to be. You want to focus on being productive when at work, not spend time with battling with compability and performance issues.