I'm curious, are you mostly intereted in this because
you want to use Mac apps as well? Or is it the
hardware?
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--- Holger Weiss <holgi(at)mark13.com> wrote:
> I use a macbookpro 2.16 ghz with xsi (under win xp
> sp2) and it runs all fine
> ( sometimes you need to wait longer for your
> renderegion), the one thing i
> was a little was the grapficcard (ati x1600) but all
> is fine ( do a lot of
> setups and rigging , so i don´t know how simulations
> run ( will test it and
> maybe give it a qote)
> I like the macbook pro , thing is under xp you
> haven´t yet the camera and
> micro (build in) :(
> but hopefully when bootcamp will be there you can
> easily switch between the
> systems
> Another thing is it is faster in photoshop than my
> workstation amd dual
> core 4600+
> Maybe one thing to mention, cause of the keyboard (
> i use remap ) to get
> access to things like alt gr and other window
> specific stuff
> So if somebody have questions about the macbook
> (pro) don´t hasitate
>
> Holger
>
>
>
> > Von: Luc-Eric Rousseau <lucer(at)Softimage.COM>
> > Antworten an: <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
> > Datum: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:25:47 -0400
> > An: <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
> > Unterhaltung: new laptop - Macbook Pro?
> > Betreff: RE: new laptop - Macbook Pro?
> >
> > The only reason why I know the answer to this is
> that I've read discussions on
> > this subject, I'm not saying any of this is
> obvious...
> >
> > ...but it's not possible to run Linux binaries
> under OSX because of the binary
> > interface, which includes the work the linker
> does, the functions, libraries,
> > and the format of the executables. OS X only
> supports its own binary format
> > ("Mach-0") for executable, and Apple doesn't have
> the linux "emulation" that
> > is, as you mention, in many other BSD variation to
> make the linux executable
> > thinks it's running a normal linux.
> >
> > btw, OS X has a significantly modified BSD, with
> they have their own versions
> > of gcc and file system locations, which probably
> complicates the matter.
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Alan Jones
> >>
> >> OS X is based on a BSD if I recall. A few of the
> BSDs have support for
> >> running linux binaries. I believe it's a kernel
> component and seeing
> >> Apple have decided to make the kernel source
> available for the x86
> >> architecture again I'd imagine that even if it's
> not in the standard
> >> kernel it would be possible to port it relatively
> easily.
> >>
> >> On 8/28/06, Luc-Eric Rousseau
> <lucer(at)softimage.com> wrote:
> >>> why would this be possible at all, OS X isn't
> based
> >>> on linux. you'd have more chance running XSI
> Windows
> >>> under Wine for XSI.
> >
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