Multiple Operating Systems

[TheCyberShop]

I have downloaded the trial version of Fusion 360 onto my desktop, which is my primary computer. The issue I'm concerned about is after installing, I noticed that Windows 7 Professional was no longer supported. I must run Windows 7 on my desktop because Windows 10 does not support a Virtual Drive.

I do have Windows 10 on my laptop. However, my laptop is currently only used to control my CNC Router, and is out on the Shopfloor. Can I install Fusion 360 on both my Laptop and Desktop PC? Will there be an additional charge for that seat?

[jeff_strater · Accepted solution]

you can definitely run Fusion on multiple machines with different OS with the same license.  You cannot run both concurrently (or, rather, one session will be "suspended" while the other is active).  So, you can have Fusion installed on a Mac and multiple Windows machines at the same time, but only one session can be active at a time.

However, that doesn't help with your Win7 issue.  That version of Windows is still not supported.

[TheCyberShop]

Great news, Jeff.

I see no instance I'll be needing to run both at the same time. I was mainly wanting to download to the Windows 10 Laptop over the features that might not be available on the Windows 7 operating system.

Could you please tell me what the main design and manufacturing differences are between the Win10 & Win7 O/S? I may not need to worry about installing it on my laptop (Win10).

Thank you so much for your quick response to my question. All my past experience, 40+ years, has been with AutoCAD and MasterCAM. I've put off getting the Fusion 360 software for quite a while but I'm getting more and more files that I'm unable to open with my current software. Hopefully, I'll be able to pick it up fairly quickly.

[g-andresen]

Hi,

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@TheCyberShop  schrieb:


I see no instance I'll be needing to run both at the same time. 

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You could run a second account on the second computer.

Then you have to come up with something for the file management.

günther

[jeff_strater · Accepted solution]

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@TheCyberShop wrote:

Could you please tell me what the main design and manufacturing differences are between the Win10 & Win7 O/S? I may not need to worry about installing it on my laptop (Win10).

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I'm really not qualified to say much about Win7 vs Win10 itself.  I know that Microsoft itself has obsoleted Win7, so I've stopped using it.  Win10 was a pretty easy transition for me.  As far as Fusion itself goes, there are very few differences between the way the application runs on different operating systems.  (CTRL vs CMD in Windows vs Mac, etc), so you should feel free to run Fusion on any supported OS version.