BTW, I don’t use Softimage on my laptop although I do at work of course, for those little apps that you want to run that are Windows only I would recommend using CrossOver instead, no windows license necessary and everything is very tidy in the sense that each installation is like a bottle so you can always destroy the bottle and everything in it goes… really really love it.
jb > On 1 Jan 2015, at 11:14, Jordi Bares Dominguez <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. >>> >>> >> >
