AutoCAD for Mac

[#1]

Here is a solution about the system requirements for AutoCAD 2011 for Mac as well as how to determine the model of your Mac:

System Requirements for AutoCAD for Mac

[#2]

i'm a user of autocad on PC since version R14, and i've used it with bootcamp for the last 3 years on a macbook pro and an imac. It's a shame that autodesk is making this kind of selection/exclusion leaving a lot of autocad and apple enthusiasts out. Frustrating! 

[#3]

It is more than frustrating. How could make such a big mistake? I have a Macbook Pro 4,1 which runs a very very powerful processor 2.5Ghz Core 2 Duo with 800Mhz FSB, 3MB Cache (and you know what? I am on the latest OS Apple released which is only for 64 Bit processors) and Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT with 512MB Vram YET it is not supported. You must be joking! If I were on Windows with this machine I was quite able to run AutoCAD 2011 and even further 4 releases. It is such a big big big disappointment. Have Autodesk made a deal with Apple to make us buy new computers?

[#4]

I have a MacBookPros5,5, AutoCAD 2011 for Mac still doesn't load.  Is MacBookPros5,5 less than MacBookPros5,1?

[#5]

The MacBookPro5,5 is the 13" 2009 Unibody model. The 5,1, 5,2, 5,3 and 5,4 are the 15" and 17" Unibody models with the only distinction being a PC Card slot instead of a SD flash slot.

It also uses the nVidia 9400M instead of the 9400M + 9600GT configuration that the 15" and 17" models have. This might be why AutoCAD won't run on your machine; the 9400M doesn't have a whole heck of a lot of oomph to it.

[#6]

In my MacBookPro5,5 Autocad doesn't work! 

[#7]

MacBook Pro 4,1 is supported. Did you run into issues trying to install?

[#8]

Thanks for the reply.  I'm curious why the installer allows the program to install but won't allow it to run.  Perhaps it'd be better to notify the user that the model doesn't meet the minimum requirement and halt the installation process right there and then.

[#9]

Can you tell me what kind of graphics card your machine has? We have some issues on certain cards and while we tried to catch them in the installer - looks like we didn't get all of them.

[#10]

I have a MacBookPro5,5, 13", 2.26GHz Core 2 Duo with nVidia 9400M, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD.  The 9400M is the same as the higher-end 15" and 17" models, except that those models also have a separate 9600GT as mentioned by a previous poster.