What's the chance of XSI running in any way on a beefed up Asus eee machine.
http://eeepc.asus.com/uk/product.htm
You can get 2Gb of Ram and an 8Gb drive in there.
Obviously the interface would have to be diminished, but hey, whatever!
A.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM
> [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of James De Colling
> Sent: 26 January 2008 06:23
> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> Subject: Re: hardware - minimum Laptop requirement
>
> I think the macbook air would be quite a capable little unit
> actually, for what it is anyway.
>
> couple of years ago my main machine died and all I had was a
> little spare sony laptop with intergrated
> graphics....actually worked far better than I imagined.
> granted I was only making game models (upto 100k polys) so
> not really pushing it in any way.and certainly wasnt doing
> any rendering on it. but other than that it was a little trooper.
>
> On Jan 26, 2008 1:04 PM, Kris Rivel <krisrivel(at)gmail.com> wrote:
> > Lol...any chance anyone is going to try xsi on a Mac Air? :-)
> >
> > Kris
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jan 25, 2008 12:29 PM, cristobal infante
> > <cristobal.infante(at)primefocusworld.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > If you want light go for a macbook pro, not only is much lighter
> > > than any
> > dell but it's got a much light power adaptor.
> > >
> > > C
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Adam Seeley <Adam.Seeley(at)vtr.co.uk>
> > > To: <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
> > >
> > > Cc:
> > > Date: Friday, January 25 2008 03:42 PM
> > > Subject: RE: hardware - minimum Laptop requirement
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Obviously splash-proof would be a bonus.
> > >
> > > A.
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM
> > > > [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Chris Marshall
> > > > Sent: 25 January 2008 12:46
> > > > To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> > > > Subject: Re: hardware - minimum Laptop requirement
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Adam Seeley wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > This is the opposite end of the laptop scale that I'm
> > > > looking for info on.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm wondering what the lightest, teeniest, least powered
> > > > laptop there is around that would be able to run XSI.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've got a commute run these days and don't want to lug a
> > > > scaled down workstation around with me.
> > > > > I'd only want to do very light work & scripting on xsi,
> > > > maybe a little photoshop type stuff. It's also so I
> don't have to
> > > > keep printing out webpages & pdf's to read.
> > > > >
> > > > > Anyone in the same boat?
> > > > >
> > > > you commute on a boat!!!!?
> > >
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