Re: Solutions for running softimage on a MAC Station?

2014-01-22 Thread Votch
] *Sent:* 21 January 2014 10:20 PM *To:* David Rivera; softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Solutions for running softimage on a MAC Station? It worked for me perfectly using Parallels, speed wise is perfect but there is one thing to take in account, you need more memory as you

Solutions for running softimage on a MAC Station?

2014-01-21 Thread David Rivera
Hi list, I talked to an IT guy the other day. He says that the MAC/WIN problem with softimage could be solved by virtualizing the MAC so Softimage can run in it. So I suggested that virtualization probably won´t take full advantage of the graphics card (as it is only an emulator of a safe

Re: Solutions for running softimage on a MAC Station?

2014-01-21 Thread Eric Lampi
The only way I have ever seen this done sucessfully is through bootcamp. Eric Freelance 3D and VFX animator http://vimeopro.com/user7979713/3d-work On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 1:40 PM, David Rivera activemotionpictu...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi list, I talked to an IT guy the other day. He says

Re: Solutions for running softimage on a MAC Station?

2014-01-21 Thread Pablo Tufaro
Parallel Desktop is a good one too! P. El 1/21/2014 3:43 PM, Eric Lampi escribió: The only way I have ever seen this done sucessfully is through bootcamp. Eric Freelance 3D and VFX animator http://vimeopro.com/user7979713/3d-work On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 1:40 PM, David Rivera

RE: Solutions for running softimage on a MAC Station?

2014-01-21 Thread Angus Davidson
is a shame as I personally feel it would give Softimages sales a bit of a boost. From: David Rivera [activemotionpictu...@yahoo.com] Sent: 21 January 2014 08:40 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Solutions for running softimage on a MAC Station? Hi list

RE: Solutions for running softimage on a MAC Station?

2014-01-21 Thread Angus Davidson
. From: Jordi Bares [jordiba...@gmail.com] Sent: 21 January 2014 10:20 PM To: David Rivera; softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Solutions for running softimage on a MAC Station? It worked for me perfectly using Parallels, speed wise is perfect but there is one thing to take in account, you

Re: Solutions for running softimage on a MAC Station?

2014-01-21 Thread Simon Pickard
. -- *From:* Jordi Bares [jordiba...@gmail.com] *Sent:* 21 January 2014 10:20 PM *To:* David Rivera; softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Solutions for running softimage on a MAC Station? It worked for me perfectly using Parallels, speed wise is perfect

Re: Solutions for running softimage on a MAC Station?

2014-01-21 Thread john clausing
. From: Jordi Bares [jordiba...@gmail.com] Sent: 21 January 2014 10:20 PM To: David Rivera; softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Solutions for running softimage on a MAC Station? It worked for me perfectly using Parallels, speed wise is perfect

Re: Solutions for running softimage on a MAC Station?

2014-01-21 Thread Ed Manning
Bootcamp all the way. Ran a 12-seat company on them for 3 years. Still run 2 of the workstations 3 years later. Nice things about the (old) Mac Pro compared to almost any Windows machine: looks, build quality, near silence, efficient cooling, plus you could put a Mac-friendly cheap graphics card