Last I heard there are no updated Bootcamp drivers for the Retina Macbook
yet, so I suspect the OpenGL performance is poor for the time being.
That said, I've read evidence that Windows still sees the full resolution
and I'm sure it looks quite nice, though I wonder if the menus appear small
since much of the UI consists of bitmaps. On another note, the GPU is
Nvidia so it shouldn't act funny like an ATI under XSI.
So pricy though, damn! Here in Canada, getting the 16GB RAM model with
512GB SSD is $3,029, plus tax! Considering the cost, I've been eyeing this
other beast:
http://www.reflexnotebook.ca/index.php/sager-notebooks/sager-np9150.html You can go quite nuts customizing it with insane specs that (screen-aside)
put the Retina to shame and it's still under $3k. Definitely not as thin
though, hehe.
Decisions, decisions.....
On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 10:04 PM, Ahmidou Lyazidi <ahmidou....@gmail.com>wrote:
On Sunday, July 1, 2012, Alan Fregtman wrote:
> Last I heard there are no updated Bootcamp drivers for the Retina Macbook
> yet, so I suspect the OpenGL performance is poor for the time being.
> That said, I've read evidence that Windows still sees the full resolution
> and I'm sure it looks quite nice, though I wonder if the menus appear small
> since much of the UI consists of bitmaps. On another note, the GPU is
> Nvidia so it shouldn't act funny like an ATI under XSI.
> So pricy though, damn! Here in Canada, getting the 16GB RAM model with
> 512GB SSD is $3,029, plus tax! Considering the cost, I've been eyeing this
> other beast:
> http://www.reflexnotebook.ca/index.php/sager-notebooks/sager-np9150.html > You can go quite nuts customizing it with insane specs that (screen-aside)
> put the Retina to shame and it's still under $3k. Definitely not as thin
> though, hehe.
> Decisions, decisions.....
> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 10:04 PM, Ahmidou Lyazidi <ahmidou....@gmail.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'ahmidou....@gmail.com');>
> > wrote:
>> Does someone tryed softimage on the new MBP? Is it compatible with the
>> new retina display and does it perform well?
Macs are obscenely overpriced for what you get. Look at the price of memory on the Apple web site, then go to newegg.com and look up the same memory. The difference is about 4 time more for the memory from apple($150 for 4Gigs vs. $37). Considering that the original mac g5 had a 50% failure rate, I think I’ll stick to buying my computer hardware somewhere else.
This rant brought to you by 10 years of dealing with crap computers at work made by apple.
Seriously, do you really need that resolution on a 15” screen?
From: Alan Fregtman Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 8:43 PM
To: softim...@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Softimage on new retina MBP
Last I heard there are no updated Bootcamp drivers for the Retina Macbook yet, so I suspect the OpenGL performance is poor for the time being.
That said, I've read evidence that Windows still sees the full resolution and I'm sure it looks quite nice, though I wonder if the menus appear small since much of the UI consists of bitmaps. On another note, the GPU is Nvidia so it shouldn't act funny like an ATI under XSI.
So pricy though, damn! Here in Canada, getting the 16GB RAM model with 512GB SSD is $3,029, plus tax! Considering the cost, I've been eyeing this other beast:
http://www.reflexnotebook.ca/index.php/sager-notebooks/sager-np9150.html You can go quite nuts customizing it with insane specs that (screen-aside) put the Retina to shame and it's still under $3k. Definitely not as thin though, hehe.
Decisions, decisions.....
On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 10:04 PM, Ahmidou Lyazidi <ahmidou....@gmail.com> wrote:
Does someone tryed softimage on the new MBP? Is it compatible with the new retina display and does it perform well?
That's ECC versus non ECC I believe. Price Mac memory versus ECC server
memory and you'll get a better comparison.
-Paul
Phalangically transmitted through an iPad to your cerebral cortex.
On Jul 1, 2012, at 4:53 AM, Sam Bowling <sbowl...@cox.net> wrote:
Macs are obscenely overpriced for what you get. Look at the price of
memory on the Apple web site, then go to newegg.com and look up the same
memory. The difference is about 4 time more for the memory from apple($150
for 4Gigs vs. $37). Considering that the original mac g5 had a 50% failure
rate, I think I’ll stick to buying my computer hardware somewhere else.
This rant brought to you by 10 years of dealing with crap computers at work
made by apple.
Seriously, do you really need that resolution on a 15” screen?
*From:* Alan Fregtman <alan.fregt...@gmail.com>
*Sent:* Saturday, June 30, 2012 8:43 PM
*To:* softim...@listproc.autodesk.com
*Subject:* Re: Softimage on new retina MBP
Last I heard there are no updated Bootcamp drivers for the Retina Macbook
yet, so I suspect the OpenGL performance is poor for the time being.
That said, I've read evidence that Windows still sees the full resolution
and I'm sure it looks quite nice, though I wonder if the menus appear small
since much of the UI consists of bitmaps. On another note, the GPU is
Nvidia so it shouldn't act funny like an ATI under XSI.
So pricy though, damn! Here in Canada, getting the 16GB RAM model with
512GB SSD is $3,029, plus tax! Considering the cost, I've been eyeing this
other beast:
http://www.reflexnotebook.ca/index.php/sager-notebooks/sager-np9150.html You can go quite nuts customizing it with insane specs that (screen-aside)
put the Retina to shame and it's still under $3k. Definitely not as thin
though, hehe.
Decisions, decisions.....
On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 10:04 PM, Ahmidou Lyazidi <ahmidou....@gmail.com>wrote:
