I tested Softimage on a Parallels 7 version that had quite a few troubles with the DPI as Luc-Eric mentioned, with v8 it was way better and for small things worked a treat for the convenience, after a while I started to transition to Houdini and Modo that have OS X versions or even native development and of course little by little started to switch.
I am not fond of Windows on a Mac with Retina but only a handful of applications felt weird so I would not be deterred bit it, after all, Softimage is officially terminated so… Anyway… make sure you get a Mac with nVidia graphics instead, they are really amazing machines. jb > On 31 Dec 2014, at 18:11, olivier jeannel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ok, so Graham said it works "very well" and Luc Eric describes the worst > nightmare... > I'm having hard time to figure... > > > Le 31/12/2014 15:37, Luc-Eric Rousseau a écrit : >> On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 4:18 AM, olivier jeannel >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Tiny ? Tiny how ? Ain't SI able to use the complete surface of the screen ? >>> Or are 2880 pixels making too tiny buttons ? >> >> Windows on a high DPI display is a nightmare. Most apps don't scale so >> the buttons are a 4 millimeter wide and the text is tiny. >> Worse, since there is that much more pixel to push, OpenGL performance >> is slow. Huge slow viewport, small UI - what's not to like! It's >> not a serious windows setup unless you hook it up to an external, non >> retina display, and a windows keyboard to have the ctrl/alt keys in >> the right place and a delete key. >> >> the power management issues are real. The macbook pro will run hot >> under windows and it will shorten its life. >> >> Other problem. Normally with the macbook pro you'll end up using >> thunderbolt, that's what's used with an external display for example. >> Well unlike OSX, thunderbolt is not hot-swappable on windows, so >> you'll need to reboot to connect the internet adapter. You get >> frustrating stuff like putting the macbook to sleep and sometimes the >> monitor is not detected, or everythign getting really confused when >> you switch between OS. I'm thinking it's better to buy a cheap PC >> than to bother with this. You have to buy a copy of windows anyway. >> >> >
