Mac vs. Pc for SU?

Your question will provoke the standard replies from both sides, many of them emotional not rational, and related to overall OS preference rather than SketchUp per-se! One undeniable fact is that a Windows box will usually cost less than a Mac.

I use a Mac (and prefer it), but I will admit there are some features of the Windows SketchUp UI that are better than Mac. For example:

  • The Materials window on Mac is very confusing
  • The docking behavior of toolbars is better on Windows
  • The location behavior of inspector windows is better on Windows (they tend to resize and wander on Mac)
  • WebDialogs are not modal on Mac. Sometimes this causes problems.

On the other hand, Mac GUI is multiple-document-interface, so you can have several models open within the same running instance of SketchUp. In Windows, each model must open in a separate SketchUp instance. This may or may not matter to you.