Which platform do you use ZBrush with? (Mac or PC)
Please do not vote if you own an illegal or crack version of Zbrush as it will skew the results. We’re talking “legal” copies here. 
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I would use it a lot more if a current version was compatible with my MAC hardware! :mad:
I believe they’re working on it, but I agree it’s been a long wait. Sigh!
I am running a Mac Pro but I have given up with ZBrush. I will wait for the time it shows up able to run on the Mac.
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Mac, for sure, seeing as I don’t even own a windows machine anymore… (everything else I need is OSX native).
However, I imagine the real poll is Pix’s sales…
Perhaps Paintguy meant this as a legitimate study but i can’t help but think its just a way for Mac users to try to prove to Pix that they are many in numbers. And just to complain about the Mac version not being out yet. I’m not trying to offend anyone so please don’t take this as an attack on Mac users, i just don’t see how this thread cannot turn into what it already seems to be.
Well by your comments you’re obviously a Windows user, but to answer your question I was not trying to create a scientific poll but, just an unscientific poll to see what % of users are using ZB on the PC or Mac. It may not be scientific, but it does give “SOME” indication as to the support for mac users.
I find there is a lot of anti-MAC sentiment in these forums…
We are perceived as “the whiners”… Plz consider the fact that we still have not gotten our ZB3 upgrade. We never got ZMapper… ever. It is also sounding like we never will… ever, get ZMapper! We paid the same money as the PC users, therefore it does not seem unreasonable to expect the same product & service. We are not “MAC whiners” we are licensed Zbrush owners who have not received the product… STILL! 
Actually it doesnt give “some” indication as you say, it only shows that Mac users are willing to fill out a poll, also you’ve rigged the test due to posting the link for this thread in the Mac News thread.
There is no way for this ever to be an accurate test with the parameters that you’ve set. As a previous poster said, Pix is the only one in the know about this due to sales.
Stoob, i’m not anti-mac or saying you’re whiners, as i said i had no intention to offend, but just wanted to note that this poll is pointless due to there being no control of the factors involved. And it was your first post which moved it into a complaining mode.
One way to judge this test is to take the #of forum members, then take the number of different posters that have posted in the mac thread and you may get a rough percentage, but of course with a high chance of error.
Another buried thread… Thx Pixologic!
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tastes great…
I use it on windows at home and on parallels(mac) at work.
I do miss a third license though so I could run it on my laptop too 
I’ve got nothing against mac and I do feel for you guys having to wait so long. But i’ve never been an extreme supports of mac nor windows , so it has never really been an issue for me on what OS to run Zbrush on. But I guess some people arent able to afford a powerful windows workstation next to their mac system. But as a developer I also know it’s a pain for pixologic to have 2 versions of everything each time.
No-one but Pixologic know the numbers of Mac and Windows ZB licenses but they seem unwilling to pass that information on to their users. I’ve no idea why, many other developers make that info available. We’re continually told by Windows users that Mac users are a tiny minority yet from the figures I’ve seen from creative app developers (Lightwave, Cinema, Modo, Photoshop, Maya) the proportion of Mac users is much higher in graphics field than most people suppose (20% +?)
I’d love to know if it’s true of ZBrush too! What’s wrong with that?
Just waiting for zbrush 3 for mac.
I don’t think people understand how many art people use MAC’s
Now that they run intel chips people are buying them up. That and the simple fact that vista isn’t very good right now.
Anyway I want to use zbrush 3 on my quad core mac. running OS X and not windows xp or vista.
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I too am waiting with anticipation for version 3 for the mac. Please let it be soon guys 
Your point about people buying up macs is true IMO.
For years I have said how happy I am using my mac. And for years my friends would say how they would never use a mac. Now it seems like the tide might be changing. In the last year my father-in-law has bought macs for all of his companies employees and he love’s them, two of my best friends have bought macs and my bro-in-law has bought one too. BTW, none of these people art artist’s either. So where’s my commission apple? lol.
Before any windows users think I am on a crusade for mac, let me say the mac is just a tool for me and it get’s the job done quite nicely, but if windows or another OS does a better job then I will move to that. I just find that the mac OS has worked out well so far.
I agree that Pixologic only knows the true no. of mac and windows users, but if the number of mac users are equal or close to the no. of windows users, then why are us mac users always having to wait up to a year longer for the same version of software? “scratches head” 
I know with the newer macs that you can run emulators that allow you to run windows XP which would let you use ZBrush 3. Why not use that?
I saw the software once, but I forget what it was called.
Nothing personal, but it seems no matter what forum I go to, I see the same types of complaints more often than not to the effect of “So when are you going to come out with a mac version?”.
I use a mac at work and I have a pc at home. Anymore, I don’t see enough of a benefit to justify buying a mac for just those types of reasons.
Unless some people just don’t like Windows XP or Vista.
Personally I’d like to see a widely supported and single distribution of Lynix that would run all of my software and drivers with no fuss. I would jump at that in a heartbeat.
“I don’t see enough of a benefit to justify buying a mac for just those types of reasons”
An 8 core Mac Pro with 8 gigs of ram & a 30 inch monitor & 12*18 intuos 2… (running OSX)
Seems like a good justification to me.
now if I could just get ZBrush 3 on it!