im an architecture student too.

personally, i'd run windows under parallels/vmware and install 3dmax/autocad on there.

as for adobe, msoffice, sketchup, all are available for macosx.

sketchup on my white c2d 2.0 w/ x3100 runs fine. just be sure to have enough ram.

also, vectorworks allows you to import and export autocad files just like how iwork does with office files.

hope this helps somehow.

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Added on April 9, 2009, 10:45 amjust read this

http://www.macrumors.com/2009/04/08/autoca...turning-to-mac/

This post has been edited by iglue: Apr 9 2009, 10:45 AM