Things that are common actions like “right-click” in SOLIDWORKS would need to be accounted for in a different way. Being open-source meant you could customize, change, boost, and really experiment with what a computer but also software is capable of doing.Īs a result of that tandem evolution of PC and Software, SOLIDWORKS incorporates many tools and commands that were designed to interface specifically with a Windows operating system in mind.
Windows had many advantages to developers who were looking to build software simply because it was open-source. SOLIDWORKS was built during the 90s when IBM compatible computers running Windows were simply more prevalent in the business world. The position was to let IBM and Dell and HP fight over the business machines, Apple is going to be the machine on your lap in your living room.
Apple wanted to be the machine for your home, your personal computer.
There is a mythological lore that surrounds Steve Jobs and a lot of that has to do with pop culture and his portrayal in movies or books but all of that insight into the beginning of Apple does tell us a lot about their go-to-market strategy. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were rivals, peers, was it poor foresight to not make the SOLIDWORKS platform Mac compatible? Not So Easy We all know some part of the Genesis story behind the development of Windows and Macintosh. These companies may have used IBM mainframe computers since the late 50s and by the time we hit 1995, PCs that run on Windows dominate the space for business computing. In the early days of the computer age, platforms like Windows were being brought in to replace machines that ran primarily in business environments. When SOLIDWORKS was being developed, that wasn’t always the case, and to tell this story properly, we have to jump into the Wayback Machine and step into the year1995. So, why can’t you get a SOLIDWORKS for Mac operating system? This is a totally fair question for somebody who is just doing research into things like “what is CAD?” because while Macs are just so common today.
The whole “Mac vs PC” conversation is bigger than us and we don’t intend to offer any opinion on the matter. There are obviously arguments to be made for both sides of this debate which is nothing that we intend to settle here. We would like to start with a disclaimer. There is one question that we probably get 1-2 times per day in the CADimensions offices, which is, “Is there a SOLIDWORKS for Mac?”
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