bender0069
2008-06-06, 08:08
My husbands ancient windows machine just crashed and he's toying with the idea of getting a Mac. I'm just curious about which new iMac we should be looking at (or if we should even be looking at another machine.) He is a general contractor, so he does estimates and drawings on his computer. He uses a program called Turbo Cad mostly, and the last time I was at the Apple Store, I noticed they had Turbo Cad for Mac. So I guess my first question, if he buys a Mac and Turbo Cad, would he be able to open the drawings he did on his windows machine in the Mac Turbo Cad program? If not, then I'm aware we may have to do Windows via boot camp for him to open those drawings or use other cad programs.
So, I was thinking an iMac with a 24" screen. I just didn't know if we need the the core extreme, or if the other would do OK for his use. He has external drives to back up and store some drawings, and extra RAM would be bought 3rd party. A huge internal hard drive would be nice, but not absolutely necessary with the externals. Any thoughts, or should we be considering a different computer all together.
So, I was thinking an iMac with a 24" screen. I just didn't know if we need the the core extreme, or if the other would do OK for his use. He has external drives to back up and store some drawings, and extra RAM would be bought 3rd party. A huge internal hard drive would be nice, but not absolutely necessary with the externals. Any thoughts, or should we be considering a different computer all together.