Thanks for the heads-up Myles! I will also have an IT person assist me in order to avoid any additional issues.
Do you mean AirDrop? Pretty sure I have AirDropped between my Catalina MacBook Pro and my Monterey iMac. I’m away until Friday night, but can double check then.
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Thank you - I’m looking forward to the upgrades!
A machine released in 2019 when Catalina was the newest macOS.
Apple ships computers with the newest OS at the time of initial release. They don’t update them after they’re in the boxes. This is totally normal and expected.
The same is true of all manufacturers. You only get the latest OS if there has been no update since when the computer was assembled and boxed.
Apple certainly does not make it easy for 3rd party software developers keeping up with the changes. SketchUp is really cool software, and my ‘go to’ app to set up a quick model, and I am assuming SU will work well with any new Mac hardware and OS. The stumbling block is Layout - and until Trimble gets rid of this really antiquated 2D package, the long suffering SU users will keep on looking what other software is available!
I bought a new M1 laptop and it ran SU/LO just about exactly the same as my 2012 i7 macbook. I switched to windows and SU/LO run smoother and faster.
That’s a shame!
I’m holding off buying a new M1 laptop. I work on SU/LO minimum 8hrs/day ~ 5 days/wk. Currently on SU 2021 with Macbook Air 8GB Intel HD Graphics 6000 OS Big Sur 11.6. I’ve had increasing issues with SU/LO. Beachball rolling way too often for simple commands ~ crashes, etc… I need to upgrade my computer stat. But I’ve been on Mac’s for over 20 years. I’ve tried tutoring SU to people with Windows and I find it impossible to navigate for my Mac brain. Even though I keep reading about how great Windows is I cringe at having to cross over. But I know I’ll be so upset if I spend the money on Mac M1 and it runs no faster than my current Macbook Air. Waiting for more reviews of M1 to come in. @maxwolfesu Keep us posted with your experience, please. I’m really interested in your review of the M1 once you have it set up!
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Which windows computer did you switch to? How long have you been working on Mac computers? What kind of rendering do you do? Did you find the switch difficult to learn all the new commands and flow of the Window’s system? Please tell me more. What did you do with the M1? Did you return it? How bad was it!?
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I got this from the Dell Outlet website (free returns, and you get a 2% discount if you chat with one of their reps before making the purchase):
Dell Outlet G5 15 - 5500 Laptop
Intel Core 10th Generation i7-10750H Processor (6 Core, Up to 5.00GHz, 12MB Cache, 45W) 16GB (2X8GB) Up to 3200MHz DDR4 SoDIMM Non-ECC
US English 4-Zone RGB Backlit Keyboard
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB GDDR6
512GB PCIe M.2 NVMe Class 35 Solid State Drive
Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 (2x2) 802.11ax Wireless and Bluetooth
4-Cell, 68 WHr Battery (Integrated)
240 Watt AC Adapter
Interstellar Dark - LCD Back Cover (Non-Touch Screen), mDP and Thunderbolt 3
Palmrest with Blue DELL Logo without Fingerprint Reader (Black)
15.6 inch FHD (1920 x 1080) Wide View Angle Anti-Glare 144Hz 300-nits LED-Backlit Non-Touch Display
I’ve been working on SU/LO on macs for 3-5 years, I worked on PCs before then with Rhino and Solidworks. I’ve uploaded an example of the shop drawings I produce - I’m not really doing any rendering, just building cabinets. I found the switch to be relatively pain-free. The thing that bothered me the most is that looking at a mac screen all day felt easier on the eyes than looking at a PC display. At one point I had the M1 right next to the PC though, and the decision was clearly in favor of the PC. I returned the M1 since I bought it new from the apple store. It was as good as my 2012 laptop, which was… acceptable. My biggest issue is the speed of Layout. With Macs it was lagging pretty badly, and on the PC it’s great.
Example shop drawing.pdf (3.6 MB)
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Thank you mazzie504 - will do!
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This is REALLY helpful information. I’m so afraid of taking the leap to windows. The more I read about it and correspond with others in the same situation as me will help me make a final decision. We actually do very similar drawings. I do a lot of kitchens and bathrooms. Heavy on custom cabinetry and filling in all the other room details to help the client envision the finished space. Here is an example of the work I do.
This is just the kitchen. I’m rendering the entire house. 4 floors. 8 bathrooms, 3 kitchens, cinema, etc… it’s a big house. The kitchen has 33 pages on Layout. So you can imagine the lag sometimes!
Kitchen copy.pdf (6.0 MB)
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Thank you, Nate!
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Very nice work. Matt Donley (MasterSketchUp), and others, have produced many tutorials on reducing the size of models with the use of groups, tags, hide, etc. Also, by utilizing efficient scenes, the layout presentations will be reduced - helping with lag - our most hated enemy!
I haven’t seen the tutorials from Matt Donley. I will definitely watch them! Always learning!
Thank you for the tip!
Wow it would be amazing to get drawings from designers that looked like this! Your cabinet makers must be thrilled. I’d love to hear how your tech journey progresses!
Yes. Once we give these to the cabinet maker and contractor they provide us with their own construction drawings to sign off on. And we include all the appliances specs and plumbing fixtures in the PDF. The kitchen specs are sometimes 50 pages long! I will keep you posted on where I land with a new computer!
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He just published “Sketchup to Layout”, a very comprehensive training guide full of tips, tricks and techniques - basically a process for producing docuemnts.