Using Autodesk Inventor on a Mac Pro

I am a user of the CAD program Autodesk Inventor, until recently restricted only to high-end PC's. I am interested in knowing if anyone has run Inventor, Autocad, or any other Autodesk CAD product on a Mac Pro under Windows XP and, if so, what their experience has been.
For anybody with CAD interests, I am running Autodesk Inventor Version 10 and 11 and Autodesk Showcase, and am hoping to run it on a Dual 2.66 Ghz Dual Core Xeon, 2 GB RAM with an aftermarket NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 graphics card (128 mb)
I haven't actually purchased the computer yet, but if it won't run Inventor then I will probably purchase a Dell Precision 690 workstation and a separate Intel-based iMac for video, pictures, etc.
Thanks in advance for any help,
Woodworker114
www.lahsrobotics.org

Unfortunately, the Mac Pro doesn't have a good solution for WinXP as of current. The expectation is that Parallels will update their software in the near term - however, unless they started to implement direct 3D that is not an option for CAD.
Your only option is boot camp which isn't running the hard drives at an acceptable speed (only an issue for the Mac Pros). People have said that with a PATA drive in the second drive slot, making the drive the master, and a work around within the mac side for discs - that good speeds have been reached. Of course, since this isn't an optimal solution and we don't know when boot camp (or another party) will have the SATA solution - its up to you to wait or not.
The latest you can expect a fix from boot camp is Leopard (Winter 07).
Parallels may have direct 3D by the end of this year. This though would be a performance cut from a full boot (30% cut shown thus far but 3D may be another issue).
Considering you are saving at least a thousand with the mac pro over the dell - not to mention I personally trust the apple hardware reliability much more so - hopefully you can wait a month or two and hope one of these two solutions come about.

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