Mental Ray Stand-alone

# 1 27-06-2005 , 05:46 PM

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https://store.alias.com/dr/v2/ec_MAIN...P=0&CACHE_ID=0

Interesting, Alias is releasing a 64 bit stand alone version of MR. So after you pay $7000 for unlimited you can add the 64 bit MR for "only" $995 (usd). Who the heck does they're marketing. Maya used to be the best deal monetarily but has since been undercut and they don't seem to care. Dollar wise it's hard to argue the point for Maya. I'll still use it, but paying another $1000 for something they should give to licensed user or at least discount heavily may not happen. Grip aside, at least they're beefing up MR.

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# 2 27-06-2005 , 11:11 PM

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alias does not make MR, they just resell it.

a 64 bit MR fo 999$ is a good deal. compared to a renderer like turtle which is the exact same price [per machine, per node] and thats just command line rendering only

as a stand alone, u can use it with any other 3d packages compatible with MR file system, 3dmax uses mr so does xsi,

and u can get the maya complete version for $2k and get an upgrade to unltd for half the price.
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# 3 27-06-2005 , 11:40 PM

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Okay, Im a grade 10 student (Grade 11 after holidays) and I don't know a thing about business studies, but my guesses are that they have been monitoring the popularity of Maya and have noticed that lots more people are beginning to buy it. Seeing this, they decide to boost their prices just a small bit, and add a "special" thing to make it look like a deal. when people see this they'll go, "Hey, look at this deal going on. Once in a lifetime offer, huh?". Thus, making more people buy, thinking it's a discount.
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