AutoCAD 2011 for Mac or not?

[christineak]

I studied Interior Design and have the edu AutoCAD 2006 and I am currently a Mac user.  I have not touched CAD for about 3 years now and I am getting back into the field.  I was excited to see AutoCAD for Mac but I have read some horrible reviews.  I basically need to buy a new computer b/c I have the MacBook Pro 3,1 and OS 10.4.11.  It seems even if I update the OS my computer still won't be able to handle AutoCAD 2011.  Is that correct?  I love Mac and really don't want to go back to a PC but I also want CAD to work properly.  I need to do 3D designs.  Does anyone have advice...should I try the AutoCAD for mac or buy a "work" dell and stay with reg AutoCAD 2011?  Also if I do go with the mac version does anyone know if they will give free updates for bugs and missing functions?  Thanks

[BernardMadoff]

why not run AutoCAD through windows on your mac for now like lots of other users currently do and then upgrade your mac later next year once steve has developed a descent mac and Autodesk get a proper working mac version of Autocad out there.

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[jaich]

Stay with regular AutoCAD on a PC for now if you need to be productive.