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Parallels/Windows/Revit

While you can stuff this away under the 30' tall stack of folks who wish you would place more emphasis on Mac compatible products, consider your own fix rather than relying on 3rd party.  I understand there are many that use Revit, et al, with Boot Camp or Parallels + Windows, without issue.  From my experience, they are typically those with permanent legacy IT guys (old guard) that advise against a Mac migration because they don't know much about Mac, and you don't support Mac in a primary manner (and cost).  Is there not an in house VM program you could develop that reduces the large pain in the rump of needing to purchase ($$), install, coordinate, fix, patch, cuss, and then delete once you give up and are so frustrated with AutoDesk that you consider writing them off forever?  I have ZERO need for a VM, ZERO need (AKA avoid like the plague) for Windows, and the only programs I would like but can't use on my Mac are yours.  As such, overkill does not seem a hyperbolic term for needing to install all this sub par (from a user perspective) space hog setup to try and learn your products.  The firms I've worked for all use Mac, the universities I have attended/teach at use Mac, just the engineering firms we coordinate with use PCs.  As such, it would seem an extremely lite combo of VM + OS that doesn't support anything except your products could be made by Autodesk for Mac folk.  With all of the R&D cash you blow on lesser versions of your own products for the Mac OS, could you not fund an Autodesk VM that seamlessly integrated your products in one happy space?  With all of the advancing integration between your products, it would seem there is an opportunity to design the perfect exclusive sub-environment that can be installed on ANY machine.  The sub-environment platform would be the only multi-OS pain in the rump on your end.  I'm not a programmer, and I don't know the specifics of making that a reality...

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There's just not enough Mac install base for this to really gain a lot of traction.  I mean, from a business stand-point, it is cheaper for you to buy a PC then it is for Autodesk to invest in making their products work for your Mac -- or the multiple flavors of Mac.  Just my 2 cents. 

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