kuroyume0161,

1a. Hmmm, so 'poor and slow migration' now becomes 'It went well'. I agree it went very well.

1b. Neither did I.

1. So what part of this message should I disregard.

2. That's the service MSDN, man they sure send you heaps of CD's. I'm still using them as mug coasters. I don't doubt you 'know a little bit'

3. Yes, I do believe that MS expects their user base to upgrade immediately. Failing that ASAP. Why on earth would they put all these years of development into a product, for it to sit on the self. I think they will invest HUGE sums of money to promote its immediate uptake. They did last time, and the time before that, and the time before that...

4. 'both great OS's' In your opinion not in mine. And it sounds to me that you are being guilty of 'prosyletizing advocates based upon subjective emotions'.

I was suggesting that Apple currently has the right tool for this job, that it is correctly priced and that in the long term will have the least impact in updating. This I and a number of others have found true both by research and personal experience. YMMV.

I believe that this thread has reached it's conclusion, and our positions will not change. Lets move on to more constructive endeavours.

Have a Very Merry Christmas, and restful holiday.

ho ho ho, this the season to be jolly, no hard feelings here.

Best, means the best, "PC" stands for Personal Computer, Apple makes an extensive range of Personal Computers. IMO they are the best. Sorry I got your intentions wrong, I think what you are looking for is, a best Windows computer, hmmm oxymoron;-)

It's a joke folks, don't let me rattle your faith. Happy Holidays and PC on earth.

kuroyume0161, just follow up on this message address to me,
No I wasn't in cryonic suspension, during the release of OS X. I came in at 8.2 so went through 9 and onto X. FYI the OS X migration was the quickest smoothest OS migration in history. Not poor or slow at all, this was mainly because it ran on the older hardware, I still have that old iMac and its running Panther fine. We did not have to buy new hardware to move forward. But I have heard that Poser had problems with this migration so this may be colouring your observations.

To be quite frank I am advocating a system change, (and, Yes I use both!) I pointed out that my recommendation to evaluate the Apple option was in no way casual. I would also point out that I did not say 'not that expensive' why do you put words in my mouth? All new computer equipment and software is 'expensive' and I think it is very important to evaluate the Total Cost Of Ownership.

I was very reluctant to leave behind a similarly impressive list of windows software. I was a registered Microsoft developer and the amount I had spend on software and hardware upgrades as I went from Windows 3 through to XP has been >$40,000 NZ, we pay about twice the US price and our dollar is equally hard to earn. This ongoing expense was the 'over bearing' reason I changed platforms! All of those products you listed will be costing you more in upgrades as you continue to try and keep up to date, that is a fact of computing. The first rule of holes is 'stop digging'.

Again, I would point out that I never said 'switch to Mac/Windows and get free transfer' of anything, so I don't feel you are clearing anything up, just muddying the water. Moving platforms is a very expensive and difficult process, it should not be done lightly, but now is the best time to evaluate the alternatives as the next version of Windows (Longhorn) will require you to go through this process, even if you currently run Windows!

In the short 5 months I have been using Poser on the Mac, I have seen 3 new utilities announced, more will follow. This is very encouraging.
With any new System it takes time to create or move software to that platform. I know there are on-going plans from myself and other developers to add additional utilities to the Poser fold.
With Microsofts new OS, Longhorn just around the corner, is now the best time to buy another Windows box? This new OS has major changes under the hood, it will require yet another replacement of your hardware and rewrites of all your favourite software. As a developer I see the Windows platform becoming increasingly fragmented and hard to develop for, with users running all manner of versions and hardware drivers, most of which are out of date and unsupported.

To answer the question concerning peripherals, then YES in all likely hood these would plug straight into the new Macs. Apple now uses the standard, modern protocols and is fully plug compatible. If it won't work on your new Apple then in all likely hood won't work on your new PC either.

In the last 5 years Apple has made huge changes to every aspect of their business. Their prices, the new products and OS X are astounding. They are now worth taking a very serious look at. I've been in the computer industry since 1982 and I have seen many many changes, I don't say this lightly.

Having made that leap to Apple, even with many thousand $$$ of windows software like I had, I would say do it now rather than later. The longer you wait the deeper the hole. WinTel and the constant upgrade cycle they lock you into is the major $ black hole. As I said I was a M$ user big time, but now with the G5 and OS X, wow do we have the best system on the market. Switch now, there has never been a better time.

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Just a note here: Apples new set-up assistant works fine with Poser 5. It is not the same as a "drag copy". I just upgraded to a iMac G5 and with much trepidation used this new option and it work like a treat. The only application it had a problem with was an old version of Corel PhotoPaint and it reported that problem at the end of the process. I suspect it was the scanner drivers that where pointing to PhotoShop files. The other app that "broke" was Stones Create and that just wanted me to re-enter the serial number, no biggie at all. Sadly the good old days of dragging Mac apps around are long gone, but the set-up assistant makes up-grading to a new Mac quick and painless. I believe there is also a third party app that does the same job when going from Windows to Mac, so come on in the waters fine;-)

Have you tried repairing your permissions? Poser keeping it's files in the Applications folder is a Unix, No no. Do you have admin privs? As I understand it Poser Rendering has nothing to do with the graphics card.

Wow, excellent tutorial Phil, thanks heaps

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"BATLAB has also made a bunny costume" Got a link there? Cheers

Excuse my ignorance but what does "tubes" mean and where did the word come from. I realise it mean something like file or picture or art, but have seen it used more in reference to copied or stolen art. Just wondering... thanks

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ditto

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