CheckThePlug
Mechanical
- Feb 1, 2011
- 32
OK, I have a pretty kooky scenario, but bear with me.
Computer:
Mid-2009 Macbook Pro
Mac OS X 10.6.8 (DO NOT WANT LION, at least not until more programs are updated properly)
2.8Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB DDR3 RAM
512 MB GeForce 9600M GT
Current setup:
Parallels 5
Windows XP 32-bit
Solidworks 2009
Since Solidworks 2013 will no longer support XP, I will need Windows 7.
Proposed setup:
Parallels 7
Windows 7 64-bit
Solidworks 2013
Does anyone have a similar setup with anything to report? I read a thread on the Parallels website from about a year ago talking about people with crawling performance with Win 7 64+Para 7+SW, so I'm a little nervous about messing up my setup when Solidworks is running pretty well right now. Do you think I should install 32-bit Windows 7 instead? I won't be building anything super crazy in terms of parts in an assembly, etc. Also, I can't really upgrade my computer since newer macs can't downgrade to Mac OS X 10.6 and I need Mac OS for other applications (or rather, every application except for Solidworks).
Computer:
Mid-2009 Macbook Pro
Mac OS X 10.6.8 (DO NOT WANT LION, at least not until more programs are updated properly)
2.8Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB DDR3 RAM
512 MB GeForce 9600M GT
Current setup:
Parallels 5
Windows XP 32-bit
Solidworks 2009
Since Solidworks 2013 will no longer support XP, I will need Windows 7.
Proposed setup:
Parallels 7
Windows 7 64-bit
Solidworks 2013
Does anyone have a similar setup with anything to report? I read a thread on the Parallels website from about a year ago talking about people with crawling performance with Win 7 64+Para 7+SW, so I'm a little nervous about messing up my setup when Solidworks is running pretty well right now. Do you think I should install 32-bit Windows 7 instead? I won't be building anything super crazy in terms of parts in an assembly, etc. Also, I can't really upgrade my computer since newer macs can't downgrade to Mac OS X 10.6 and I need Mac OS for other applications (or rather, every application except for Solidworks).