These new macbook seem to be pretty good but in my line of work (professional 3d CAD), if you handed me a top of the range macbook I’d use it to spec up a useful laptop with said intel or amd hardware, wait for it to be delivered, configure it to my desires and probably still come out ahead in my workload by the end of the month.
Apple hardware is more than up to the task (so long as you spec enough ram)
The issue is the software. There is no natively supported professional 3d CAD software. Everything has to be run through parallels which ads so much overhead that you might as well be using a decade old windows machine
3D CAD, yes. But Blender runs amazingly well, and rendering engines have started supporting the Apple Silicon architecture. It’s so powerful for the power it consumes, it’s crazy.
I’ve waited for this release hoping it would do well in anything 3d, but people are cheering for 2018 level of gpu performance. This release is depressing
Yes, but in that case, you can’t really blame Apple, at least not directly. There is basically no serious CAD software for Mac, and while that comes from the bad legacy the Mac had for office-related tasks, their current hardware can DEFINITELY flawlessly run a hypothetical 3D CAD such as SolidWorks. If there was one for Mac, that is.
I don’t disagree but nevertheless that is the situation.
Its like buying a Alfa Romeo SUV for tackling a 4x4 trail. It can probably do it but it’s going to cost you compared to a Land Cruiser that will do it quicker, faster, cheaper, and more comfortably.
Depends on the programs your using.
These new macbook seem to be pretty good but in my line of work (professional 3d CAD), if you handed me a top of the range macbook I’d use it to spec up a useful laptop with said intel or amd hardware, wait for it to be delivered, configure it to my desires and probably still come out ahead in my workload by the end of the month.
Or you’d use Vectorworks.
Yeha MACs are still lacking for 3D work. In that category they’re still way behind.
I thought the new m3 macs have a ray racing chip that fixes their 3d performance gap. Is that true? I can’t remember where I heard it.
Apple hardware is more than up to the task (so long as you spec enough ram)
The issue is the software. There is no natively supported professional 3d CAD software. Everything has to be run through parallels which ads so much overhead that you might as well be using a decade old windows machine
3D CAD, yes. But Blender runs amazingly well, and rendering engines have started supporting the Apple Silicon architecture. It’s so powerful for the power it consumes, it’s crazy.
Not sure why you’re getting downvoted. The new MacBooks look amazing, but they definitely don’t fit everyone’s requirements.
I’ve waited for this release hoping it would do well in anything 3d, but people are cheering for 2018 level of gpu performance. This release is depressing
I must have hurt someone’s feelings
Yes, but in that case, you can’t really blame Apple, at least not directly. There is basically no serious CAD software for Mac, and while that comes from the bad legacy the Mac had for office-related tasks, their current hardware can DEFINITELY flawlessly run a hypothetical 3D CAD such as SolidWorks. If there was one for Mac, that is.
I don’t disagree but nevertheless that is the situation.
Its like buying a Alfa Romeo SUV for tackling a 4x4 trail. It can probably do it but it’s going to cost you compared to a Land Cruiser that will do it quicker, faster, cheaper, and more comfortably.