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    • emerald15E Offline
      emerald15
      last edited by

      I've just come up against an issue... I need to work with an SU file that was created on Mac. It has a lot of construction detail and is approx. 60MB. I don't need all the detail & would happily work through the file & simplify the construction but would like to avoid the time/cost of doing this.

      I have been advised that Mac is far better suited to processing large files so this amount of detail does not present a problem, while on PC the file frequently hangs or even crashes.

      Is this correct and should I therefore consider Mac as an option? Can anyone offer advice please?

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      • BoxB Offline
        Box
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        I don't believe it's a mac or pc issue. It's the underlying hardware and graphics card
        .

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        • S Offline
          slbaumgartner
          last edited by

          I agree with Box. It's a question of the particular hardware available, not the OS. A lightweight PC or Mac will struggle with a very large model. The only real difference is that with many models of Mac, especially laptops, you can't upgrade anything after purchase.

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          • emerald15E Offline
            emerald15
            last edited by

            Ok - that's good news then. I can't see my PC being too lightweight:-
            i7 - 2600 CPU 3.40GHz
            8GB ram
            64bit
            1TB storage

            Incidentally, I ran Thom Thom's clean up on it... which removed 40MB straight away! That makes it light enough for now.

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            • sketch3d.deS Offline
              sketch3d.de
              last edited by

              @emerald15 said:

              ...I can't see my PC being too lightweight:...

              you've forgotten an important spec., the graphics card... use a dedicated one (not an integrated GPU) if you can (rec.: GeForce GT(X)).

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              • TAYEBIT Offline
                TAYEBI
                last edited by

                I have a Macbook and have these two OSes ... installed win on Bootcamp ...
                MY ANSWER : WINDOWS
                it is far more better ... faster on processing commands ... better graphic speed .. better plugin support .. etc ..

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