I ask because I'm stuck at P4 until I upgrade my Mac system to OS X or just go and buy me a pc to run Poser 6.  Yet, I am a looong time mac user since 6.8 and don't want to change if I can avoid it. I do run a windows based e-machine at work so I can temp run poser there.

Poser 3 and 4 were cross platform installers and I am hoping that it still is that way with 6.  I've asked e-frontier about this and if I have to choose platforms before I buy and/or d/l an upgrade, but they haven't bothered to respond. If I can avoid it I would rather choose an operating system on it's own merits and not just to be able to run poser.

So is it or isn't it? That is the question.

Unless something has changed recently, you have to buy two licenses. But there used to be a crossgrade offer on a download only version of the "other" platform. But, the Mac version of Poser is not nearly as good as the PC version (IMO) and I'd recommend just the PC version for crossplatform users, especially with Apple's switch to Intel and Bootcamp. HTH; Dan

its NOT a combo CD its the one or the other....

So for MAC and WIN you got to but 2 different POSER prog. CD's

I just GOT a brand NEW poser cd yesterday Boxed version and it just one version ......

Chris

bootcamp is not an option when upgrading a PPC to tiger. parallels workstation may be an option, but it's an emulator.

Thanks for the input. I was affaid I would have to buy both versions at some point. I was just hoping it would be like DAZ and Hexigon2 d/l one, both, none or all of the above and choose later.

Thanks again.

Dumb question to Dan Whiteside, why is the mac version not nearly as good as the pc version ? I run both and dont see differences - besides continuous memory problems, stalls and crashes of the pc version.

I've got a 2.8 GHz Pentium-D DP PC (WinXP Pro) right next to a 2.5 GHz G5 DP Mac (OS10.3.9) and the speed difference is rather noticable to me (Poser 5 and Poser 6 demo). Not with small figures but things like the Mil Dragon, I can rotate the PC version (with full texture preview) almost in real time but the Mac lags quite a bit in comparison. Same sort of thing with the Cloth Simulation. But what really gets me is that in a bunch of render tests the Mac was 20% to 30% slower to render. This is especially odd since the render system was liscensed from the Mac only Pixels3D. I very much agree that the PC has out of memory problems that I don't get on the Mac but I'm not seeing much in the way of crashes on either platform. I'd also reconsider Mac Poser if it ever gets DP support and working Python scripting. Python scripts work in Mac Modo with little in the way of problems, so I know it can be done. And I do apologize if it sounded like I was suggesting that Bootcmap worked on PPCs. What I ment was as soon as the Mactel towers come out I'll get one and probably use just use Poser PC under BC. As always this how it works for me and others mileage may vary (and I'd be interested in hearing them!). Best; Dan