Regardless of whether or not 3.5 for mac is released this summer I’m going to buy a windows version and run it on bootcamp. As great as a 50% off might sound for cross-platform users, in my case I see it as just more money I have to throw at Pixo just to be able to use Zbrush at its full potential. If I could find a better program I would definitely stop using Zbrush, but Zbrush is the cutting edge for 3D modeling and imaging. It still boggles my mind how the company that makes the most sophisticated software of it’s kind can’t support Macs to the same degree it does PCs. I have come to suspect that they may have red ink on their books and can’t afford to develop both platforms. It’s either that or they just find developing for Mac an annoyance or not profitable. In a way, I feel like the 3.5 version is owed to Mac users even though Pixo offers us so many things for “free”. I bought this software at the same price Windows users did but for a lesser product. I don’t really consider my comments “whining”, I think its are more like asking for my money’s worth. Just because I get stuff for “free” from Pixo that doesn’t mean I don’t have the right to complain. After all I did have to buy the product first before having access to all this “free” content. I sort of feel like I paid the same buffet ticket as everyone else but I only have access to certain foods whereas others for the same price get to enjoy the whole buffet. Like I said before, just tell us something, Pixo! For now we know Pixo is in Beta phase with the Mac version but not much news since then.
Good analogy.
I am a Mac / PC user as well and own both due to the necessity of having the best product I can get, but I would much prefer to work on a Mac always if I could.
With that said, I am amazed at the restraint that Pixo has shown about not charging for upgrades. All other software packagse I own (3ds Max, Maya, Adobe Master Collection, etc.) all charge an annual fee to keep up to date or even charge huge fees for upgrades, depending upon the company.
I know it will be coming, but I am enjoying not paying for upgrades in the time being.
I would like having the Mac version released at the same time as well, but for now it is much cheaper to just pay the $300 or so for the Windows version than paying for incremental upgrades.
It hasn’t, 3.5 for Windows came out in early September so it’s coming up to 9 months. The Mac version was supposed to be released by the end of September.
Considering Pix have just released a 3.2 to 3.5 converter I can’t see 3.5 for Mac being released any time soon.
Quoting every STAR WARS film ever made, “I’ve got a bad feeling about this…”
Although, I must admit, I’ve not been holding my breath waiting for the next release.
Man! 9 months! I guess I was actually counting from the update for 3.5 to 3.5 R3 then, and not the initial release. 9 months! Boy, time sure flies when you’re checking this forum every single day praying for a miracle. It’s so absurd. At what point is “whining” officially acceptable? 5 years? Anyway, let me know when we hit the one year anniversary. We’ll all have a good cry to commemorate it.
well that should be in about 3 months 
Noticed they stopped advertising a Mac version of 3.5 
No tears… I think they alternate platforms on big releases.
They’ve implied that 4 will be a simultaneous release, finally unifying the release cycle. So based on having seen the beta vids and such lately, perhaps Mac skips over 3.5 and goes straight to 4, when windows finally gets goZ and projection master and startup doc bugs fixed;)
We can only hope!
August 1009 is gone, and no ZBrush 4 was 0released.
“Fourth quarter” 2009 is gone.
April 1st is gone.
May is gone.
A whole year is gone, and Mac users are still waiting for 3.5.
Meantime Pixologic engineers keep playing around with crappy videos, useless UV plugins, wasting their precious intelligence and time instead of releasing ZappLink for Mac and ZBrush 3.5 for Mac.
Credibility, celiability, compromise, and customer care?
These things only matters for the users.
Pixologic couldn’t care less for those things.
Pixologic not only makes release dates a joke, but it is turning itself into a joke.
Too bad we have no reasons to laugh.
I meant “reliability” on my last post.
Still no word? For crying out loud. They’ll have the oil spill in the gulf plugged up, and the ocean sparkling clean well before 3.5 for mac comes out.
Hope to do with you with friend
they also inmplied “goz” for zb (win) and zbrush 4 release in december last year :lol:
thank god the world cup is here, time goes faster
We don’t even have that in France. Our Soccer Team is working for Pixologic as well.:td:
3.5 for Mac is in beta testing. Hope it is out soon.
3.5 for Mac is in beta testing. Hope it is out soon.
It’s in beta testing for months with no word.
At least this means this that 3.5 won’t be skipped for 4. Speaking of version 4, they still aim for release in 2010, so hopefully 3.5 will be out before end of the year.