M1 iMac for Structure Studios?

[Redsand187]

I can't find any information and don't expect to find anything exact. I've been out of the loop with all the details in the Apple world. I have always been full in apple products and greatly prefer them. However, in my new venture being able to utilize Structure Studios CAD software would be very helpful. But... they don't support MacOS at all. They recommend using Bootcamp on a 16" MBP. I'd like to get a desktop setup and was wondering about the new iMac.

They recommend the following:

Recommended System Requirements (Version 3)​

OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i7 (9th generation or greater)
RAM: 16GB (or greater)
Video Card: Nvidia GeForce RTX 20 Series (or greater)
Disk Space: 20GB of free space

Video Card	A high-end video card will have the most significant impact on the quality and responsiveness of your 3D design.
Video Card Memory	More memory means more textures and models can be loaded on your graphics card. If you design with lots of trees and imported objects, you will need more video card memory.
CPU (processor)	The CPU determines how fast your 2D drawing responds. The speed with which you can change stages and render images and videos depends on your CPU. The more cores, the better.
RAM	The more RAM you have, the more objects you can load into your 3D scene, the more textures you can use, and the higher the quality those textures can be.
Hard Drive	The speed of your hard drive will determine how fast the software and the library load and how fast projects are saved. An NVMe will affect how quickly projects auto save and will greatly reduce waiting time.

Would you expect to have any problems with a new iMac running windows 10 in bootcamp and meeting these requirements?

I'm trying not to buy a PC just for one piece of software.

 

[mj_]

You can't run Windows 10 on M1 Macs any longer as the CPUs are not i686/x86_64 binary compatible. That ship has sailed.
You can run Windows 10 for ARM inside a virtual machine and run Microsoft's built-in x86 emulator but that will only work for 32-bit applications with very low hardware requirements.

 

[Fishrrman]

If you have Windows/Intel software that you NEED to use, then the m1 Macs are not for you.

Either get a well-equipped Intel Mac or a Windows PC.

There really isn't much more to say about this.

 

[Redsand187]

Thanks guys

 

[abakker]

I'm not saying I recommend this, but I use this workaround - I have a windows 10 machine that I maintain for windows 10 applications. My whole network is wired. I have my windows applications installed on that machine and just use Microsoft Remote Desktop to use the windows apps I need. the Plus of this is that I can use them from whatever computer I have handy, so I don't need to worry about laptop vs desktop etc. I'm not sure how good click accuracy would be, though.