JCD, I'm curious about one thing:

Judging by the posts I see in many threads, it does seem that there are far more bugs in Vue for Mac than for Windows. Given that for you, for example, Vue seems like an important part of your work and a PC costs less than $1000, why don't you buy a PC to have side by side with your Mac? You'd use this PC for running Vue only (and maybe also Geocontrol, which doesn't have a Mac version). Having a 2nd machine is even good in terms of workflow because you could render in one machine while you're working in the other.