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Re: LEGO CAD with Mac OS X & Virtual PC?
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Date: 
Thu, 7 Oct 2004 22:13:25 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Sean Kenney wrote:
Hi, everyone...

I have a question for the Mac folks...  I'm interested in exploring LEGO CAD,
but I don't want to have to buy a PC.

I thought that I might be able to go buy a copy of "Virtual PC" for my Mac and
try the various Windows CAD tools, like LDD or MLCad.  Has anyone tried this?
Does it work?

I don't want to go spend $150 (or whatever) on Virtual PC only to find out that
they don't work under the emulation.

Thanks!

Sean

I'm not a Mac user but there are Mac LDraw programs.  Please reference the Mac
getting started page on Ldraw.org:
http://www.ldraw.org/article/97

-Orion



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  Re: LEGO CAD with Mac OS X & Virtual PC?
 
(...) I tried stuff with Virtual PC, and it stunk. The CAD tools aren't worth it in my opinion. Even with the latest VPC 7 and the fastest G5, the equivelent PC is a 533 MHz (people are saying). Considering that my G5 2.0 whips through the imperial (...) (20 years ago, 8-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)

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  LEGO CAD with Mac OS X & Virtual PC?
 
Hi, everyone... I have a question for the Mac folks... I'm interested in exploring LEGO CAD, but I don't want to have to buy a PC. I thought that I might be able to go buy a copy of "Virtual PC" for my Mac and try the various Windows CAD tools, like (...) (20 years ago, 7-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)

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