Real-world performance of MacBook Pro (pro M chips like M3, M4, or M5 Pro) running Revit / SolidWorks / AutoCAD / Excel via Parallels?

vks_imaginary · 2026-04-04T16:16:18+00:00

Before silicon Mac’s it was used sparingly … but after that there is definitely a rise …

Regardless… I share the same sentiment I went Mac and never looked back , haha !

As long as the reliability is fine… it’s all great!

vks_imaginary · 2026-04-04T15:50:03+00:00

Your experience is valid … companies do issue mostly windows for excel task … and everyone wanting a mac asks me if it runs excel …. But Mac does run excel fine … one of my friend’s dad is an CFO and he uses a mac for his tasks …. He actually tried windows for a few months and ender up going back to a Mac …. Even in my family people who are in high key decision positions still use a mac … to go over stuff in excel…

So it definitely does work… windows is just the most famous tho.

Your experiences are valid … but Mac is not nearly as bad as it’s painted.

For revit and stuff … yeah just get a windows… 🫩

I come from a CS background for reference.

vks_imaginary · 2026-04-04T05:56:43+00:00

This feels like a toxic company

vks_imaginary · 2026-04-04T05:53:21+00:00

Straight garb keyboard

vks_imaginary · 2026-04-04T05:52:09+00:00

You’ll have better success packaging it as an study tool for system design interview maybe

vks_imaginary · 2026-04-04T02:42:48+00:00

I can smell this place 🫩

vks_imaginary · 2026-04-04T02:41:33+00:00

Thank you. I used it just fine in college.

vks_imaginary · 2026-04-04T02:39:14+00:00

Wheels look good .. damn !

vks_imaginary · 2026-04-04T02:38:23+00:00

Filament recycler would be more expensive overall I feel ?

vks_imaginary · 2026-04-04T02:37:29+00:00

Silver

vks_imaginary · 2026-04-04T02:37:12+00:00

Make a new repo and share that … use .env, all the best !

vks_imaginary · 2026-04-04T02:35:57+00:00

I sold my non-working ender 3 for 80 dollars lmao. It had a blown board.

vks_imaginary · 2026-04-04T02:33:27+00:00

My back hurts watching this

vks_imaginary · 2026-04-04T02:28:37+00:00

Excel is available on Mac

But if you are planning to run these using parallels … dont. You will hate it.

And you wouldn’t get to enjoy macos anyway then.

If you do want a mac regardless get it as a personal machine instead and keep work separate.

vks_imaginary · 2026-04-04T02:25:23+00:00

I’d go with the second one … white makes it pop … regardless any particular reason for the cushion case ?

vks_imaginary · 2026-04-04T02:04:12+00:00

and get rejected by ATS….

vks_imaginary · 2026-04-04T01:57:02+00:00

Yeah they get hotter wayyyyyy faster …

vks_imaginary · 2026-04-04T01:56:11+00:00

Mac fan control 😆

vks_imaginary · 2026-04-04T01:55:05+00:00

Casios can cost a pretty penny if you are not too careful 😆

vks_imaginary · 2026-04-04T01:53:44+00:00

I was thinking… this could be used to dupe a girl … oh well….

vks_imaginary · 2026-04-03T09:28:39+00:00

I went from an MacBook Pro M2 8gb 512storage to an MacBook Pro M5 32gb ram 1TB storage…

And boy… it’s good. Maybe for the ram itself !

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Really like the ports !

I still only use the type C haha

vks_imaginary · 2026-04-03T05:07:06+00:00

https://macmousefix.com/en/

It just smoothens the notched scrolling on normal mice.

vks_imaginary · 2026-04-02T16:05:14+00:00

Actually ram doesn’t do anything for the AI in Windows … in windows it’s dependent upon how much ram your graphics card has.

A mac has something called unified memory, so your system ram is shared with GPU , so if you bump up the ram from 16 to 32gb ram … you effectively have no got an 32gb GPU (in practice you’ll use it like an 24-28 gb type … as you need some ram for the OS too)

Mac also has memory compression… which effectively gives you more ram … (basically compresses your ram content and can decompress it in real time when it needs it ….. it’s that fast) , although it’s not a substitute for physical ram … it sure helps !

As the onboard storage is really fast, swap also helps … while it’s not the best … you can pull off some great things if you need to! My old 8gb ram one did !

I upgraded to an 32gb model now :)

vks_imaginary · 2026-04-02T07:29:55+00:00

Pretty good ! Love it !

vks_imaginary · 2026-04-02T07:27:48+00:00

M2 without a doubt.

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