![]() It’s not a workstation but it has a 1GB of VRAM and it’s enough for most things I do (this year’s 780mgtx has 2 GB, but it performs about the same in most areas). I opted for the highest end 2012 iMac with the 680mgtx and 24 GB RAM (the higher end iMacs have better video cards). ![]() It’s really not much of the time I’m bogging down performance (only once in a while in Maya with lots of textures and polys). So far I’ve found no problem running Zbrush, Maya, Photoshop, and Rhino as far as performance goes. For me the biggest headache was the setup (make sure you have a wired keyboard handy when you’re installing Windows), but since then I’m very happy with the way things have run, knock on wood. Luckily I haven’t any issues yet (fingers crossed, which is why I sound more positive). My backup system is mostly automated and my important files are also on the cloud so I can get at them quickly from either OS or mobile device. Winclone vista software#I have the same software and backup setup as mcramblet with a Time Capsule/ Time Machine and Winclone. I really didn’t have the space to have multiple computers and I wanted the screen real estate (I regularly need to pack it up and move it around the flat, but a laptop screen was too small for my liking). I haven’t had any problems running Windows 7 on Bootcamp on an iMac. Perhaps a bit overkill depending on your work? All depends on what you’re doing… Winclone vista pro#A new Mac Pro sounds lovely (and expensive). Īs far as I know Rhino is not (could be wrong). Hopefully, my next purchase will be a laptop from Boxx Technologies. If you plan on using Rhino all the time, my advice would be to buy a good CAD PC. I’d stick with a good PC and save myself the hassle. I like Mac’s, but if I had to do it again (and the next time I get new hardware), I’d not go the Mac/Bootcamp route again. The lesson learned is that I use a Windows back-up program for files only, Time Machine to back-up the Mac and WinClone (on the Mac side) to back-up the Bootcamp partition and Windows Operating system. I had to totally rebuild my Bootcamp system from scratch and re-install everything. I had an issue on the Windows side and thought my back-ups would help, no luck. Winclone vista mac os#Running some form of Windows back-up on the Bootcamp side won’t help if you run into trouble in Windows, the hybrid system keeps most good back-up software from working properly, plus you still have to maintain the Mac OS side with proper back-ups. If something goes wrong with the either Mac OS or Windows side, you’re in trouble. The weakness of using a Mac and Bootcamp to run Windows exclusively, is that you have a convoluted operating system that you have to maintain. I quickly got tired of switching between the Mac OS and Windows and moved everything over to Windows, because I used Rhino all the time. If you have a need for both a Mac and Windows, there is some merit to it, that’s how I started out. ![]() This issue to be aware of is the underlying pain in the behind that using a Mac with Bootcamp is. I run it every day on a similar Mac Book. You wont have any issues running Rhino 5 on this configuration on a Mac Book Pro with Bootcamp. ![]()
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