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Right now, the only limitations I have for my machine are the #$%^$ing OS9 installers that DAZ uses.  DAZ are both too lazy & too arrogant to address the issue.  Apple told EVERYONE 6 years ago to move away from OS9, it would no longer be supported, but DAZ pretty much ignored that.

Heh - OSX is (eventually) moving away from Carbon too... it's gonna be FUN watching both Poser and D|S get around that little bugaboo.

PS: IIRC, Apple told 'em 8 years ago, not 6 ;)

Quote - I didn't do it because they are cool. I'm about as geeky as they come. I have built machines, administered various linux and unix systems and I write C++ code professionally.

Hell, I use Ubuntu 8 on my desk at work (and used Fedora Core before that), and even got Evolution to play nice with the byzantine mess that my employer likes to call an Exchange deployment.

Unless/Until DAZ or SM coughs up a product version for Linux, I'll use a Mac for my 3D/CG needs, thanks much. :)

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Quote - With a PC, I get to decide what goes in and what doesn't. With a Mac, Apple decides.

For the vast majority of folks, it's no different choosing bits to go into a Dell or HP than it is to choose bits to go into a Mac. If you really like to tinker and think you're man (woman?) enough, park OSX into your homebrew box. Google for "OSX x86" if you want to know how to do it. You'll laugh, you'll cry, but most of all you'll dance and whoop hysterically once you get it to boot. It's a tinkerer's dream... and once it gets built, it runs rock-solid (if you picked yer parts right). :)

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