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Open Source and Free Software

angryfirelord

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6. Watch out for older versions of Autocad

Reply to madokie (Original post)

Tue Jan 31, 2012, 12:40 PM

Jan 2012

My father has a copy of AutoCad 97, but that won't run under Vista or 7 due to certain 16-bit components being stripped out. We had to run it inside a Virtual PC session (called XP mode now) and that seems to work well.

Generally when it comes to Linux on laptops/desktops, my rule of thunk is to not get anything that hasn't been in existence for 6 months-1 year at least. If you can get some different models and see what they use (such as graphics and wireless), then you can determine their compatibility.

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Thinking of a new laptop [View all] madokie Jan 2012 OP

Are you going to dual boot it? bemildred Jan 2012 #1

Me, ubuntu, wine and autocad get along just fine madokie Jan 2012 #4

Auto desk makes Microsoft look like open source software Stinky The Clown Jan 2012 #2

I'm running it under wine madokie Jan 2012 #3

Thanks! We're running it in Parallels. It runs faster than on a native WinBox on my MacPro. Stinky The Clown Jan 2012 #5

Watch out for older versions of Autocad angryfirelord Jan 2012 #6