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Will the newest version of Maya Unlimited work with the new Pro Mac???

pro mac Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Posted on Aug 7, 2006 12:41 PM

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Big R

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Jan 25, 2007 4:00 AM in response to JSW32

The newly released Maya 8.5 is now universal binary. Word is they run pretty fast on Intel Macs 😉

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varjak paw

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Aug 7, 2006 3:29 PM in response to djc4

Maya is not yet Intel native, so if it runs, it will do so in Rosetta emulation mode and so will not give you the type of performance you'd expect from the new Mac Pro. I've not seen anything yet from Autodesk about when (or indeed if) they'll release an Intel-native version of Maya.

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Jan 25, 2007 4:27 PM in response to Big R

i confirm its very quick on my mac pro, render speed for a 30sec animation under mental ray was about 1hour for the level of detail, now takes 6-7min for that one scene with same settings 🙂 Also less crashs!

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djc4 Author

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Aug 7, 2006 3:46 PM in response to djc4

oh, and i talked to someone with autodesk and they said that they are indeed working on an intel-native version of maya. but the newest version, 8, is still not intel-native.

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John-S

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Jan 25, 2007 5:13 PM in response to parkinsonliam

I'm running 8.5 on a PPC Quad and love it. Lots of EXCELLENT new features talked about!

Here is a pretty article showing the speed of Maya now as a universal binary (I can't wait to purchase a macpro):
http://www.highend3d.com/articles/case_studies/OSX-Maya-8-5-Benchmarks-26.html

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varjak paw

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Aug 8, 2006 8:37 AM in response to djc4

You can certainly try it. My guess is that the performance for all but the simplest models won't be more than marginal, but I can't say for sure since I haven't tested it myself (we run Maya on a PowerMac G5).

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djc4 Author

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Aug 7, 2006 3:44 PM in response to djc4

thanks a lot dave.
i'm using a new intel imac right now and i really need to start using maya again - do you think i would just be wasting my time if i tried it on the imac? (it's upgraded to the fullest)

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JSW32

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Aug 8, 2006 8:12 PM in response to djc4

I too am interested in knowing more about this. Right now I have Maya 6.5 on a PowerBook G4 laptop. I definitely need to buy a faster computer and I am interested in the new Mac Pros that just came out. Would I even be able to run my current version on the new Mac? How different will the performance be? Something about emulation? I'm not too familiar with technical terms and software/hardware specifications. I just basically want to know that if I were to buy a new Mac, would I be able to run Maya on it. Also can't you run Windows on the new macs now? Would I be able to run a Windows version of Maya on the new macs? The last thing I want to do is go out and buy a PC computer. Thanks in advance!

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Jan 29, 2007 10:10 AM in response to John-S

Hi everyone.

I'm running OS 10.4.8 using Maya 7 still after having given version 8 a try. I had to roll back though because of the bugs and unstability.

I was just wondering if they fixed the UV issues in Maya 8.5 that Maya 7 has, where your uv's don't show up in the UV Texture Editor. If anyone has messed with UVs in 8.5 I'd be interested to hear what they have to say about it!

Thanks a bunch.
-rr

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