home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Xref: sparky comp.graphics:12902 comp.graphics.animation:1326
- Newsgroups: comp.graphics,comp.graphics.animation
- Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!sgiblab!tsoft!mirage
- From: bbs.mirage@tsoft.net (Jerry Lee)
- Subject: Re: Realistic 3D Studio usage
- Message-ID: <Hk9sVB6w165w@tsoft.net>
- Sender: bbs@tsoft.sf-bay.org (BBS User)
- Organization: The TSoft BBS and Public Access Unix, +1 415 969 8238
- References: <Bz8JDw.LDJ@mtholyoke.edu>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 06:15:28 GMT
- Lines: 42
-
- >
- > People, people...the original poster wanted a home system. Now, if Indigos
-
- Well.. $20K doesn't really app{y for a home system to be used as a hobby
- system.
-
- > and Crimsons are Home Systems to you people, GREAT, I'm JEALOUS... But I
- > assumed that by that he meant a hobby system.
- >
- > 486's may be a hobby system for some, but I still tend to think that they're
- > a little pricey yet for a hobbyist. My own 386 (no, I'm NOT a Mac bigot,
-
-
- Well. Consider that a 486 motherboard (assuming that you upgrade from a
- lower technology) would only cost a user $1K or lower for a 66Mhz Local
- Bus with a 24bit video card. How much would it cost to upgrade a Mac?
- Nuff said on that one.
-
- > I loathe them) is doggedly slow (at 40 mhz) and I would'nt recommend it
- > when my experience with Macs has been so much better.
-
- Well. Anything below{a 486-25 isn't really suited for a animation
- studio.
-
- >
- > And NO, I don't claim to know which package is best, but the stuff that
- > comes out of the Mac animation lab I work in is damned impressive for
- > the hardware/software price.
-
- Ok. I respect your opinion. Infini-D for the Mac with Renderman looks
- promising but Whoa.. look at the price. :[{w3{ <<- line noise.
- >
- > -Meko
- > mkofahl@mhc.mtholyoke.edu
- > (I welcome corrections, I'm intensely interested in this field, and
- > don't know nearly as much yet as I'd like...as I'm sure some will
- > already attest...*sigh*)
- >
-
-
- --
- Jerry Lee (bbs.mirage@tsoft.net)
-