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The lack of PDF is shocking and stupid.
It's built into the OS. Quartz is almost exactly using PDF for all its drawing...
I mean, it's pretty damned easy in Cocoa to print to PDF if you can display it on the screen, just saying...

stopped reading when it said 2009 or new MacPro. My dual Quad Core 3.0 with 24GB of RAM and the Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT should be more than able to run this. It can run everything else.

I could see making it Core2Duo or better. I could even see not supporting the first generation MacPro due to it 667zmhz bus and lesser PCIe Bus. But to cut out the 2008 model. All the companies who have been investing in new MacPros since the economy tanked please raise your hand. Yea,,,I thought so.

"Instead of offering the ribbon-based interface of the Windows version, Autodesk has has chosen to place more AutoCAD functions in the pulldown menus."

Bravo! Having to use that Windows "ribbon-based interface" at one of my jobs, I almost want to go out and buy an AutoCad I can't afford and don't need just to thank them for going with pull-down menus. The only UI worse than "ribbon-based" is the bizarre smattering of icons you see in Skype 5.0 for Macs.

AutoDesk is going to have to do something about that price though. As it stands now, users could buy the Windows version and a quite powerful Windows PC for less than they'd pay for just this still-feature-deprived Mac version. A lower price would mean more sales and perhaps higher profits.

"Missing features from Windows version" - REVIT for MAC.
Please let us know when AutoDesk actually releases a product for the Mac that meets the demands of a modern world.

It's a product I'm very much interested in. I'm really impressed that they have built a real Mac application, and not done a half-hearted port. But I can't buy it; not at that price.

I don't expect it can change. They won't undercut the Windows price since corporations are paying.

Autodesk, if you ever decide to sell to individuals, let me know.

Inkling, on 23 June 2011 - 06:24 AM, said:

It would also lead to MANY more upgrades to the next version.

They (AutoDesk) desperately need to make an "LT" like equivalent for the Mac that they can charge a lot less for. They need a consumer version. I used to use the hell out of AutoCAD when i was an engineer, and got as far as version 14 (and AutoCAD LT 2000). Of all the drawing programs available for OSX out there, nothing, not even AutoSketch, comes close to the ability to draw with AutoCAD. I long for the day when i can run a great, command line version of AutoCAD on my macs at a reasonable price. I no longer draw for a living, i just want it for my own personal use and the occasional work-related sketch. Until they come out with a reasonably priced OSX version, i'll just keep running my old copy of R14 on XP under parallels. That represents about $200 bucks of revenue that AutoDesk could be getting from me.

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But then comes the typical Autodesk attitude: AutoCAD 2011 is designed for Macs that comes with Snow Leopard. Try it with Lion you'll get brouhahas. When a reliable AutoCAD for Lion is released, we're already on the next major Mac OS release.

Look at Maya. 2008 & 2009 is great for Snow Leopard but not 2010. When 2011 is released it is not compatible with Lion. Can't Autodesk just pay the damn $300 and participate in Apple's developer program.