Can base 13'' Air handle CAD?

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  1. iannella, Jun 14, 2012

    iannella macrumors newbie

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    Hi,
    I was wondering, how would the 13'' base model go running CAD through bootcamp? Would the processor be able to handle it? Or would I be better off getting the 13'' Pro?
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  2. bogatyr, Jun 14, 2012

    bogatyr macrumors 65816

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    Shouldn't be any different on the MBP 13" except less screen real-estate - both use the HD 3000 iGPU. If you need a dGPU you'll need to go to a higher end laptop.

    If you want a less generic response, you'll need to post which CAD applications you're speaking of.
     
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  3. dona83, Jun 14, 2012

    dona83 macrumors regular

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    AutoCAD for Mac works great in my 2006 iMac for 2D drawings. Revit/Architectural/MEP in Windows would probably work fine as well but I wouldn't do any rendering on the MBA. We have a couple of workstations that are powerful enough for this task.
     
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