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please curious labs many many many software house make the double installer for OS 9 and OS X : WHY curious labs don't make it for poser 5????!!!! poser 5 for windows have support for: Windows 98se, 2000, ME and XP operative systems !! example: lightwave 7.5 is for OS 9.x and OS X http://www.newtek.com/products/lightwave/downloads/ Electricimage Universe 5 for OS 9.x and OS X http://www.electricimage.com/products/universe/techspecs/univtechspecs.htm Bryce 5 for OS 9.x and OS X http://www3.corel.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=Corel/Product/Highlight&id=CC1M72VRBAC&highlight=requirements Cinema 4D r8 for OS 9.x and OS X http://www.maxon.net/pages/products/products_e.html ZBrush 1.55 for OS 8.6 to OS 10 !!!! http://pixologic.com/ FormZ for OS 8.1 to later !!! http://www.formz.com/web_site_2000/content_pages/products/platforms.html from adobe .. Illustrator 10 is for OS 9 and OS X and i talking of ADOBE !!!!!! etc etc regards; Andygraph
If a user may venture a guess here. The reason I suspect that a Mac OS isn't supported yet is that the plug in developers (i. e. faceroom, clothroom and hairroom ... were only supported in Windows and the originators have to translate for Mac OS, thus making the transition complicated and lengthy) CL, if I'm mistaken please correct me as this is just my interpretation on the situation. Boni
Boni
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OS X is now used by about 38% of Mac users vs. 60% for OS 9.x; the rest use 8.x or earlier. But since Apple no longer supports pre-OS X, vendors have added difficulty and expense in providing versions for unsupported OS. But it's a moot point. Since Daz Studio Base is free and is coming out before June, how many OS X users will admit they'll buy an unproven P5 beta instead of just downloading a freebie beta?
"I'm not too surprised that OS 9 won't be supported . It represents about 1% of the entire computer user population. OS X is at least about 5-8% or so..." Those figures for "computer users" include business offices which use the vast majority of computers in the world. If you examine the stats on hobbyists and amateur graphic artists, like most poser users, you find the statistics are very different. There was a poll done here last year that showed (IIRC) around 1/3 of the Poser users (who responded) were Mac users.
Attection please, i don't say about dont make a OS X version !! OS X its welcome ... i say only create a DUBBLE version on ONE CD: OS 9 OS X if the buyer is on OS 9 install Poser 5 for OS 9 if the buyer is on OS X install the POSER 5 on OS X simple and like to do ALL SOFTWARE HOUSE ABOUT THE 3D APPLICATIONS ON MACINTOSH !!! Adobe After Effect 5.5 is for OS 9 and OS X ... too ... Adobe ! ok curious labs ? ;-)
Hi. Cherokee, I want to hold off telling you the items in SR3 for now. I've had too many experiences on service releases from other companies to know that nothing is confirmed until at final beta. I'm not trying to hold details back from anyone I just want to prevent placing expectations on some items if it is somehow different upon release.
Andygraph, I'm afraid my answer will not be a happy one to you (and others who don't want OS X) - but for reasons of cost, we had to choose one OS or the other. And because of Apple stance now, the either/or choice had to be OS X. I was talking with a Product Manager at Adobe who strongly feels Adobe will have no choice to but to have to develop this way on all products moving forward. I'm very sorry this is not happy news to you though.
Kind regards - Katherine
Hi! I am one the software engineers of the German Poser team. We have fixed many problems and are still working on some issues. SR3 will definitively include many improvements concerning stability, speed, and functionality. Katherine's guess seems o.k. to me: SR3 will show up a very few weeks from now. Of course, QA will have a deeper look at SR3 before launch. Please understand that I cannot go into details now. Gordon
It's bad enough that poser 5 won Be be hardware accelerated with no open GL. why would would you want to run it in an OLD outdated operating system like MAC OS9 that cant even multtask 2 processes and one crashed application takes down the whole system??? Curious LABs is smart to adandon MAC OS9 particularly since Apple themselves no longer support it.
Hi everyone - I do not want to mislead anyone with an optimistic expectation of a few weeks as offered by Flash2000, especially if it ends up longer due to some of the issues that are still causing some troubles. Please do not rely on this time frame completely. I stated before that I do not want to post a date that can not be relied on 100%. I will keep you updated as we know more for certain. With kind regards - Katherine
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One of the replies to our update yesterday asked a question that I wanted to address and not have buried under a days' worth of posts.
GraphicFoxx on 3/13/03 04:54 ASKED:
........BTW, any time frame for SR-3?
GraphicFoxx, SR3 is fairly close to being complete. But there are a couple of items that are still causing some difficulty that our engineering team in Germany have been working around the clock to resolve.
The problems may only take the rest of the month to fix - but it's possible it may take longer. So as soon as I hear updates that I feel are reliable for a timeline and specs of the SR3, I will definitely post and update for everyone.
Kind regards - Katherine