Hello everyone, Im new to this but have sculpted in clay for many years. Im in need of a new computer anyway. I plan on buying z-brush and was wondering if there are any pros or cons to the mac or pc when running z-brush?
Also planning on getting a INTUOS4 MEDIUM. Should I get a larger one or would this work fine? Thanks for any info. This forums sculpts are amazing!
Thanks,
loco
MAC!!!
I was a PC user for 15yrs and built some pretty sweet rigs
Now I sculpt, work, paint and watch the mac work knowing that my PC’s OS is shard!!!
Lets face it you can build some pretty sweet rig but if the OS sucks you will always have some memory issues or hardware glitches.
not to mention I DO NOT MISS DRIVERS!!!
lol
INTUOS 4 small is better IMO cause I travel allot I love the small footprint on my work area also.
I ordered a medium at work and ya little awkward on the size. So I ordered a small for my non work adventures.
Love the small
Note that if you want more than 4GB of memory you will have to go with the high end Mac the Mac Pro.
With a PC you have much more hardware choice.
As for windows, I personnally think that it is just as bad as OSX.
If you want it to run ZBrush, the program and experience will be the same in both.
Note that I’m a Mac user.
Richard
Thanks, what about a tablet do most use wacom or will another brand do?
cheers!
Rick
I use Mac since three years now (I currently have a Mac Pro 8 core) and a Wacom Intuos Medium, which I find very comfortable to use.
I have a Intuos 4 medium and it works ok on a Mac. Though I do have problems setting up shortcuts that work using the radial menu with zbrush.
Richard
I agree with cannedmushrooms here on the Intuos, smaller is just as good and takes up less space + good for traveling. But it all depends on your work-style too. As for Mac and PC, I have a 64-bit Vista laptop 4Gigs of RAM and it runs nicely. My girlfriend uses a Macbook Pro (latest model) and it runs amazingly. Other than nit-picks and personal preference both computers are solid. Love both.
Note that if you want more than 4GB of memory you will have to go with the high end Mac the Mac Pro. With a PC you have much more hardware choice.
You can buy more RAM for your Mac from Fry’s, Newegg or any other computer store. Just do your research to find out how many DIMMS the Mac you’re buying has, what kind of RAM it takes, and what the max GB capacity of each DIMM is.
I may be corrected here but I understand that all but the Mac Pro can only use a max of 4GB of ram.
Richard
Pixologic, while having a good product today on the Mac, has had a very spotty reputation when it comes to supporting the Mac. If your main application is going to be Zbrush, caveat emptor. Zbrush 3 was more than year after the PC release, and even then, it took several months more until they resolved serious issues around Displacement Map/Normal Map generation.
In terms of other 3D applications, your choices will be more limited, and if they use OpenGL as their display technology, your performance will suffer relative to PCs. There will also be fewer customers on Mac of most other software vendors, so support will likely be later than PC customers (for example, Newtek.)
In terms of 64-bit support, most vendors are further behind in support 64-bit on Mac, than PC, due to Apple’s shifting policy regarding key OS libraries, so 64-bit applications may be further out on Mac than PC. Maxon is a notable exception here.
I have used every version of OSX up to 10.5.5, as well as Windows XP, Vista, and Vista64. While I give a slight edge to Mac, vis-a-vis the OS, the limitation on applications, the poor performance of many mac “ports” (most vendors don’t develop on Macs), and the lack of vendor support for the Mac is a costly drawback. Add to that that Mac systems at the high end tend to run 30-50% more expensive for equivalent performance, the economics of Mac systems don’t seem to make sense anymore.
If you’re going to drop a lot of money on a new system, two factors are coming up fast (e.g. the next 3-6 months): Apple Snow Leopard (OSX 10.6) and Windows 7. You might want to see what happens with these.
-K