Via een persbericht laat Autodesk weten dat Mac virtualisatie via Parallels ondersteund wordt voor AutoCAD, AutoCAD LT, Autodesk Inventor Professional, 3ds Max en Revit software.
Uiteraard kan deze software ook via Bootcamp gebruikt worden op een Mac. Met Bootcamp start je als het ware Windows 7 op, direct vanaf de hardware.
Parallels draait Windows 7 binnen het Mac OS.
Een gedeelte van het persbericht meldt:
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSK), a leader in 2D and 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, and Parallels, a worldwide leader in virtualization and automation software, announced that they have signed an agreement to make Parallels Desktop for Mac Autodesk's preferred Mac virtualization software.
Autodesk will now support use of AutoCAD software, AutoCAD LT software, Autodesk Inventor Professionalsoftware, Autodesk 3ds Max software, Autodesk 3ds Max Design software and the Autodesk Revit software platform for building information modeling (BIM) on Mac OS X via Parallels Desktop. Autodesk added official support for these products on the Mac via Boot Camp earlier this year.
"Autodesk customers are increasingly working with both Mac and Windows, and have asked us to support Mac virtualization," said Chris Bradshaw, Autodesk chief marketing officer. "Today we are pleased to welcome Parallels as a partner and Parallels Desktop as our preferred Mac virtualization software. This is the latest step in Autodesk's ongoing efforts to support our customers on the Mac, who will now be able to use some of our most popular 2D and 3D design, engineering and entertainment software alongside Mac OS X, in addition to the five native Mac applications we currently offer."
Als nu de prijs van de Mac’s verlaagd wordt, dan ….