I'm just mad because Adobe is (Windows and Mac), where Autodesk is more Windows or Mac. Autodesk needs to be more clear about products for operating systems.Example: When someone buys an Autodesk product for the Mac, Autodesk probably should say something like 'other similar Autodesk products may not be available for your operating system.' .Notice the 'and / or'. If a company has 50 applications and 2 to 5 doesn't work on a certain operating system, it should be public. That way someone doesn't go with the wrong operating system.Huge communication fault with an Autodesk representative for US Mid-west school districts and universities.
UTorrent for Mac is a basic, free, and fast BitTorrent client that makes it easy for you to download torrent files. It's a bit thin on features, but it's lightweight and lets you download files.
It was clear by an Autodesk representative that the three products (we requested in bulk) were going to work on Macs. An Autodesk representative already reached us and setup a conference call.
I'm confident that something will work out well in the end with Autodesk, but it should've never started. Like I said, I'll report back. The information is already public in the form of the system requirements page. Anyone adopting new software should be reviewing that first off before any money changes hands.3DSMAX is in the same position that AutoCAD was several years back.
Most, if not all, of the program is built on Windows exclusive technology. In order for a native Mac program to be built, like they did with AutoCAD, they need to strip it down and re-engineer the guts to be system independent with an OS-specific user interface layer.
Because there are a number of differences between Win and Mac (including development and UI paradigms) we'd end up with similar results - a slightly different interface (with users demanding that they be identical); certain features not available in the Mac version, whether due to requiring more development time or simply not supported in the Mac environment (and further demands that they 'just make it work'); and more than likely some serious limitations in scripting/API/customization.All that is driven from expected return on investment. Will there be enough uptake from Mac users to pay off the required development? Will there be enough ongoing support to continue to support both version? I have an imac pro.
It is a very new type of mac computer - very powerful. If I am unhappy with the top video card that I got for it, I have thunderbolt 3 ports and I could use eGPU if I find I need a nvidia card later. If I am still unhappy there is a new mac pro being built next year.
At the moment I am perfectly happy with the imac pro (I know not everyone could afford this option but there are some people that have bought them). My hobby is 3D computer graphic art. I like to make comics. I use other 3D software quite happily. And I would buy studio if it was available for macs.
But I don't want to use virtualizations as I said. I would like max in all its native glory. If that were possible.
It might never be, but it doesn't hurt to let people know. Maybe a programmer will see this and give it a shot. I don't actually need max right now, but I would get it if it was there. Wrote:I don't understand yet the point of using 3d programs in Macs. They are systematically under powered compared with the PC. You can create a monster PC with the last graphic card, faster processor and large amount of ram with the same price than a Mac.
Is it only because it is fancy? Mac clearly don't care for the high end specs market and they are not his source of income.Everybody can agree that paying more for a Mac sucks when you're seeing newer graphics cards, cpus, faster ram, etc.
Come out for pc and you're running on hardware that's two or three years behind. And yet I've had three blue screens (of death) in the last month and constant application crashes on my windows systems while my macs run smoothly without issues.And then there's the software's user friendliness factor.With windows you have to go through menu and after menu to do anything. I switched from being a windows fanatic five years ago to being more open to the idea that what I really want is the stability of mac and user friendliness of a mac with the speed (graphics and cpu) and speed of currently windows supported hardware. And at the price of a rasberry pi.