Do you use Mac for Arch Viz?

[4DM]

Mac OSX here, modelling in VW and/or C4D, then rendering in C4d/VRay, then Photoshop.

 

Never used a PC.

 

Cheers,

 

D.

[IceAged]

Quite frankly I can't see the point in buying a Mac and then proceeding to install a Windows operating system on it. A Mac is not inherently faster or more stable than a well built PC, just because it is a Mac.

The reliability of any computer has more to do with the quality of the components used, the software, and the skill/dedication of the system builder. As far as Apple components go, there is limited choice, but a focus on quality and reliability. The wide range of PC components is a mixed blessing on the other hand - it offers a wide range of choice and competition, (which inevitably leads to new innovation), and a great deal of flexibility.

Clearly however there are many low-grade manufacturers out there, and sadly their PC components often end up in office environments in a short sighted effort to cut costs. This, and the often poor performance of Windows has given the PC a poor reputation at times, and lead to the somewhat narrow minded urge to 'upgrade' all software to a Mac ASAP.

I do not want to criticise anyone's choice of platform - if it works for you, then great. My point is that there is no demonstrable benefit in speed/stability/performance between a Mac and a well built PC. Hence, there is no obvious incentive, (other than perhaps the attractive colours on the case), for me to use a Mac with Windows in the near future.

[manta]

There was a very short time in which a Mac was cheaper than a PC, alot of people probably missed it, as it was a very short time period, I myself was going to buy a Mac, now if I configure a Macbook Pro and a similarly spec'ed Dell, the Mac is more than twice as much, and then you still have to buy a Windows OS, so for me the prettiness just isn't enough...

[pipjor]

i never could understand all the excitment over OS's..I've used both..but 99% of my day is spent inside software i.e. 3ds, PS...

 

on my XP desktop, i have only 4 shortcut icons(3DS,Photoshop,AE CS3, IE), on a plain grey background.when i start my day i double--click on one of the icons and that's about all my interaction with XP for the day..

 

when i the Mac OS, shortcuts manify,etc but what's the point..

 

just my 2 cents..

[Michael J. Brown]

...but, i still prefer the windows environment, so i do all my cinema and autocad work in windows on my mac through bootcamp. Then, when i'm ready to hit the render button, i just re-boot in OSX mac mode and and hit render.

 

i get the best of both worlds.

 

 

STRAT, I'm a bit confussed by this. How can you boot back up into OSX and run a render from 3dsMAX, when 3dsMAX is a PC based software? Also, how would a scene render more quickly in OSX than XP if they are both running on the same computer, hence pulling from the same hardware resources?

[STRAT]

where did i mention i used 3dsmax?

 

[Michael J. Brown]

where did i mention i used 3dsmax?

 

 

 

My bad. I had done a search for the Mac Pro topic (because I'm a 3dsMax user seriously considering buying a Mac Pro vs. a BOXX) and read through this thread.

 

I see now that you're not a Max user.