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- Stranahan (stranahan@aol.com) wrote:
- : -------------'Course, these are the same folks that said 5MB and a 68000
- : was adequate to run
- : the Toaster. Adequate is a really relative term, no? I have customers who
- : require 80MB ram to use Lightwave, your mileage may vary. On the Amiga, I
- : personally consider 16MB the typical required ram to use LW properly, and
- : I'm
- : just an shade-tree animator. Add 4-8MB of Windows overhead, and I'd say
- : 32MB
- : makes more real-world sense for a Windows/LW box.
- : -----------------
-
- : You're a dealer, so look out for your best interest and STOP SAYING THINGS
- : LIKE THAT. It is not even reasonably close to true. It just keeps people
- : from buying a system. Personally I guess I'll NEVER use LW since I only
- : have 24 megs and can't expand.
-
- Hey now, not all dealers are evil... speaking of users still using that old
- 5mb and a 68000 they are still out there people, and they are doin just
- fine.
-
- Besides the toaster was a bit more than just lightwave. LightWave should
- run just dandy on 8mb on a pc, sure you could throw another 8 on there, hey
- or even more, hey you could also use that extra money to pay the rent, and
- keep working on those modeling skills.
-
- : I learned to used LW 1.0 on a 68000 and 8 Megs RAMS. Was it quick? No. Was
- : it pretty? No. Was it all I could afford? Yes, and I made money with it
- : and bought an 68030...and so on...and so on....and so on.
-
- Well now 1.0 was kinda scary.. compared to what we use now...
-
- It's scary when you see what some of the top post houses have, and then see
- what they can create. Its not the hardware that makes ya good, its whether
- or not you can make it good. Why is that when I come across back bedroom
- animators they have some of the most awesome 3d animation and technique, and
- then I see these guys with 3 degrees, sure they have the knowledge, but they
- cant dream, they cant just create on the fly..
-
- : Lee Stranahan
- : "I am not a number, I am a free man!"
-
- "You are number six...."
-
- So Lee goin back on the road again? FLYER TRAINING TOUR? You were always a
- big hit in Ohio, come on back!
-
- Dan Rockwell
- Industrial Video Inc.
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