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In article <3A109068.E5362B38@unforgettable.com>,
inq### [at] unforgettable com wrote:
> It would run Moray if the the coders weren't too lazy or too incompetent
> to write a Mac version.
Or if they had the time, tools, and knowledge to do so...programming
isn't always easy, and learning to program for a new platform is a lot
of work.
Anyway, we have plenty of free and shareware modellers. From what I saw
of Moray(running it in emulation under SoftWindows), there wasn't much
special about it except POV output and mostly POV-specific features. And
besides, would a Mac version of Moray be any good? Mac ports of PC
software often aren't, especially when ported by someone new to
programming Macs and who doesn't actually use Macs.
Hmm, maybe my next Cocoa project should be a simple POV modeller for OS
X...with a scripting language, of course. :-)
--
Christopher James Huff
Personal: chr### [at] maccom, http://homepage.mac.com/chrishuff/
TAG: chr### [at] tagpovrayorg, http://tag.povray.org/
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Chris Huff wrote:
>
> In article <3A109068.E5362B38@unforgettable.com>,
> inq### [at] unforgettablecom wrote:
>
> > It would run Moray if the the coders weren't too lazy or too incompetent
> > to write a Mac version.
>
> Or if they had the time, tools, and knowledge to do so...programming
> isn't always easy, and learning to program for a new platform is a lot
> of work.
I know. I'm just mocking the poster for giving us the nth iteration of
"hmph, Macs! Do they even run any software?".
-Xplo
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On Mon, 13 Nov 2000 18:12:54 -0700 Xplo Eristotle wrote:
>It would run Moray if the the coders weren't too lazy or too incompetent
>to write a Mac version.
Okay, be nice now :) Lutz is neither lazy nor incompetent but if he
chooses to devote his time to a Windows-based modeller then that is his
choice to make. Lutz is also a longtime POV-Team member.
--
Alan - ako### [at] povrayorg - a k o n g <at> p o v r a y <dot> o r g
http://www.povray.org - Home of the Persistence of Vision Ray Tracer
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Oh, to be semi-up to date. My 233/Rev. A iMac has a fan that sounds like an '82
escort when it really gets humming.
Cheerio,
-- Brandan
Thorsten Froehlich wrote:
> In article <3a0f0560@news.povray.org> , "Peter Cracknell" <pc### [at] lineonenet>
> wrote:
>
> > Er yeah but my computer is in my bedroom, and its an AMD TBird, yes it has
> > one hell of a fan and too top it off, my GFx card likes to overheat every so
> > often so I leave the lid of making it even more delightful.
>
> An iMac has no fan at all and they don't overhead either...
>
> Thorsten
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Brandan Whearty wrote:
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> Oh, to be semi-up to date. My 233/Rev. A iMac has a fan that sounds like an '82
> escort when it really gets humming.
My original g3/300 iBook has a fan that's so loud, people look to see
what that noise is, in class.
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In article <3A117E63.6D8803D2@mac.com> , Dawn McKnight <mck### [at] maccom>
wrote:
> My original g3/300 iBook has a fan that's so loud, people look to see
> what that noise is, in class.
iBooks don't have a fan! What you hear is either your CD or hard drive. If
the hard drive is very noisy, you should send it in for repair. If it is
the CD-ROM drive, remove the CD inside or place your iBook on something
non-vibrating.
Thorsten
____________________________________________________
Thorsten Froehlich, Duisburg, Germany
e-mail: tho### [at] trfde
Visit POV-Ray on the web: http://mac.povray.org
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In article <3A10F7AD.E970DC87@diescreaming.com> , Brandan Whearty
<spa### [at] diescreamingcom> wrote:
> Oh, to be semi-up to date. My 233/Rev. A iMac has a fan that sounds like an
'82
> escort when it really gets humming.
I was talking about the current iMacs, not the two year old ones.
My point merely was that buying any computer which is quiet enough to leave
on all day and night, even if it is only half the speed of the noisy ones
will ultimately be more effective: If you can leave the noisy one on 8
hours a day compared to 24 hours of the half the speed one, well, the half
the speed one will still be 50% faster when rendering complex scenes.
No reason for a major discussion ;-) Just buy a slow one ($300) for your
room and connect the two via Ethernet :-)
Thorsten
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Got it in one! P3-500 downstairs connected through phone cables (whopping
1mb/s) renders all-day now and AMD TBird 800 shuts up at night
Peter Cracknell
"Thorsten Froehlich" <tho### [at] trfde> wrote in message
news:3a11b6f2@news.povray.org...
> In article <3A10F7AD.E970DC87@diescreaming.com> , Brandan Whearty
> <spa### [at] diescreamingcom> wrote:
>
> > Oh, to be semi-up to date. My 233/Rev. A iMac has a fan that sounds
like an
> '82
> > escort when it really gets humming.
>
> I was talking about the current iMacs, not the two year old ones.
>
> My point merely was that buying any computer which is quiet enough to
leave
> on all day and night, even if it is only half the speed of the noisy ones
> will ultimately be more effective: If you can leave the noisy one on 8
> hours a day compared to 24 hours of the half the speed one, well, the half
> the speed one will still be 50% faster when rendering complex scenes.
>
> No reason for a major discussion ;-) Just buy a slow one ($300) for your
> room and connect the two via Ethernet :-)
>
>
> Thorsten
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I'm sorry but thats completely out of order, I don't wish to get into an
argument but lets say you are a Windows user, lets be realistic, because
after-all I'm not a fan of Bill Gates (far from it) but he does have a
monopoly and Windows is the largest consumer OS, if I remember correctly.
Therefore if you use Windows and a majority of people you know use Windows,
and you know how to program in Windows, and there are less Mac users,
therefore less Mac users screaming for a good modeller, which would you
choose? I wouldn't call it lazyness or incompetence, more like common
sense.
Peter Cracknell (.com)
"Xplo Eristotle" <inq### [at] unforgettablecom> wrote in message
news:3A109068.E5362B38@unforgettable.com...
> "Rick [Kitty5]" wrote:
> >
> > > ahh, but does it run Moray?
> >
> > more to the point, POV ??
>
> Yes, an iMac runs POV, ya schmucks.
>
> It would run Moray if the the coders weren't too lazy or too incompetent
> to write a Mac version.
>
> -Xplo
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On Tue, 14 Nov 2000 16:04:34 -0600, Thorsten Froehlich wrote:
>My point merely was that buying any computer which is quiet enough to leave
>on all day and night, even if it is only half the speed of the noisy ones
>will ultimately be more effective: If you can leave the noisy one on 8
>hours a day compared to 24 hours of the half the speed one, well, the half
>the speed one will still be 50% faster when rendering complex scenes.
My solution was to build a house and put the computers at one end and my
bed at the other. Worked like a charm.
--
Ron Parker http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/traces.html
My opinions. Mine. Not anyone else's.
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