[fndksksvdk]

I've seen lots of shops running labview, but never on a Mac. I doubt NI's losing many customers with this move.

Maybe with a focus on Windows they can finally implement zooming in and out of VIs. It's like a text editor that doesn't let you change the font size. Probably in the pocket of Big Monitor.

[lvoudour]

> Maybe with a focus on Windows they can finally implement zooming in and out of VIs

Can I Zoom In or Out in the LabVIEW Block Diagram? https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA00Z000...

>The zoom in and zoom out feature in LabVIEW is only available starting from LabVIEW 2023 Q3.

We really live in the end of times!

[fndksksvdk]

Holy moley, that does explain those 4 skinny dudes on horses I saw the other night. This'll enable crazy large single-VI spaghetti monsters. There'll need to be a Guinness record for geometrically largest VI.

Next step is 3D VIs built using VR headsets. I'll buy an oculus and renew my labview cert when that day comes. Setting up communication with a lab instrument over a shoddy USB connection will feel like hacking the Gibson.

[iancmceachern]

Agreed, education is the only market I can think of for labview on a mac.

[wenc]

I think most university labs run Labview on Windows these days.

I know Labview has a history of running on classic Macs, but I don't think I've seen Labview on Mac ever.

[pjmlp]

They already did in the past, Apple doesn't have that big customer size outside US and similar economies.

The Quadras and LC on my campus back in the day were a very special breed, as the IT department even had a couple of NeXT cubes.

The peasants would get thin terminals to DG/UX and later on Red-Hat, or Windows 3.x/95/NT, depending on the laboratory.

[danaris]

I personally manage a lab of Macs running LabView at a university, in a department that uses at least 75% Macs overall.

[BlueTemplar]

It's not like you often see Macs in education, even among students !