Can anyone tell me what current Mac's are superiour to PC's at.Originally posted by NitroLiq
In general, Macs have always been designed more for Artists/Musician types
Hey man I got no problem with that I was just trying to defend Apple a bit...Oh, and btw, it's not the fault of SM that most users here are pc Maya users.
Another little Apple wonder is QuickTime
Personal experience m8. I will stand by what I said about Quicktime - although I do use the Pro versionCare to PROVE where exactly you got your information on that?
. I can use it to add filters, resize movies, export movies using a plethora of codecs, cut and paste movies into other movies or frames into photoshop, it works much better in Director than *.AVI. I can open a movie and it will tell me the frame rate, codec, tracks used, data rate etc. If Windows Media Player can do that then please tell me which version and how cos I have never found a way. 
. And yes I agree M$ will make Media player for the Mac not so good and Apple will probably make Quicktime not so good on the PC. I know I have them both on both platforms!Now for operating Systems. Windows ME, 98 and 95 is Mickey Mouse and I would rather use Mac 0S 9 any day
No, no, no, NOOOOO! I wasn't saying that, what I was saying is that Maya needs a relaible OS to run on hence OSX or Win2K or XP. That's my point these are GOOD, SOLID operating systems. The bit about Electric Image is that it was used under OS 8/9 with results and is a Professional 3D package that produces serious results i.e. a Mac can do it and is used for it.--LOL! what the hell are people doing trying to run Maya on
Wow! The trouble here is that your shop is in the US... Those prices convert to stirling here so it doesn't come out so cheap for us Brits. I have only seen those Quadro cards here starting from £800 or so the cost of a PC or a Mac...2 Pentium® 4 2.4G Xeon procs with 512K Built-in Level 2 Cache
$600.00
Nvidia Quadro 4 750XGL, 128MB DDR
VID-PNY-QD4-750
$489.99
the same goes for the Xeon processors. The prices I was quoting are from reading magazine reviewing PC workstations. Most people wouldn't want to build there own systems - IT CAN BE A REAL HEADACHE I KNOW I HAVE DONE IT.
1.Originally posted by gazzamataz
Wow! The trouble here is that your shop is in the US... Those prices convert to stirling here so it doesn't come out so cheap for us Brits. I have only seen those Quadro cards here starting from £800 or so the cost of a PC or a Mac...
He, he, he! 
I've accually never used Maya on a Mac or used Mac dule monitors but i have used Maya on dule PC monitor, and everything was fine. I didn't accually know there was a problem. I dont know the specs of machines but they seem pretty fast. I know it Win 2000 Pro thoughOriginally posted by gazzamataz
the Hypershade window or Hypergraph goes all 'orrible. Don't know if newer cards fix this, I think it is an OS thing - so one point for Mac Maya! HURRAY!!!
Do not fall for this flamebait, people.Originally posted by someboy
Maya isn't that greater software for starters.
PC's running windows? For real work? What a joke.
Linux is the only saving grace for PC's.
What kind of serious artist would do 3d or any kind of real work on windows?
OSX is far more likely, more so now with the G5, to dominate the FX industry.
Windows is for pimplefaced hobbyists.
sam
fx/td
weta digital.
flamebait?Originally posted by adldesigner
Do not fall for this flamebait, people.
We´ll just generate more fighting among us.
Ignore this post.
