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Re: Solid Works For Mac (Petition)
SolidWorks' whole UI is written for Windows. They'd probably have to re-code the entire interface from scratch. That's a project that will likely take a long time to implement, and require substantial programming resources.

The bottom line is that they need to see that there's a potential market for this, to justify the expense. For what it would cost to develop and support a new front end for the software, they can't risk that the product will be a commercial failure.

If you really want CAD on the Mac, look toward a small-time software package, for which the economics of the situation are less dire. Who knows, maybe another company might be willing to bet their profitability on a small, uncertain market.

Also, the hardware stuff in that opening paragraph was ridiculous when the G4 was new, and is irrelevant now. (The G5 had some neat features, like the fast vector unit, but it's pretty much gone. The G4 was really nothing special, compared to a Pentium III or M, or Athlon XP/MP.)
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