If anyone is still following this, here's mine out of interest. I'm only here as periodically like to see where things are at in way of speed - I'm working a model at the moment with loads of 3D vegetation components and it's seriously chugging along.
I've also wondered about the effectiveness of PC v Mac in Sketchup - i've got friends with PC who never seem to complain about it.
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