Quote from Racer Y :

I predict in less than 10 years, there will be no more Macs. Or at best limited production for limited uses. I work in the Graphic arts, the bastion of Apple and still I think this.
My company recently bought a large format printer. It has no support whatsoever for mac. And this is a name brand printer. So that should say something right there.

I also know more than a few customers that are sick to death of wanting detailed drawings from design firms that stubbornly stick with Mac and unable to provide compatible files for the customer beyond an acrobat file. Most customers aren't comp savvy enough or have the software to convert mac files to PC.
And lets face it. Whatever "superiority" Macs had over PCs pretty much ended by 2000.
Personally, I think they ought to put those one button dinosaurs in the closet, right next to the 8-track players and hula hoops.
The other artists in my department use macs. It's fun to watch them navigate thru their comps to get something. And it's even more funnier hearing the IT contractors ask each other, "why do they STILL use those things?"
If you think I'm full of it, then ask yourself why Apple had to resort to intel power. then compare overall sales of that comp to normal PCs. you can even limit the PCs to proprietary comps like Dell or something. Nope. I think for LFS to be made any sort of mac compatible would be a waste of time and at best only attract a handful of potential customers.

Dude, you obviously havent done your research. ANYTHING you can use on a pc will work on a mac with bootcamp(included in mac os 10.5 leapoard) and you can have either mac or pc almost instantly on a mac. plus they have a much more user-friendly and easy-to-use interface and they have the iLife suite that comes out of the box on EVERY mac. And then theres the desgn. Take one look at a macbook pro and you'll see what i mean. Taken right of the roswell spacecraft it seems.

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

My iMac has a x1600 Mobility, runs Most things I can throw at it on medium to high graphics. If you were to get one, I'd actually wait about 4 months, when the newer ones are coming out, with leopard.

Ellis_dee, the education 17" iMac has a GMA 950, as does the Macbook, Mac Mini. Every other one has a reasonable graphics card.

hey,Thanx again.if u dont mind, is your graphix card a 128mb or 256mb?

cya later all!

hey dawesdust, i was just wondering, whats the specs on your iMac.im Not exactly sure what options i should get

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

Bootcamp is simply running XP or Vista as the OS, like on a normal PC, so if it's supported by XP/Vista, it will work just like on a normal PC. Thru Parallels and VMWare Fusion, 3d applications struggle, and CPU applications have issues too. LFS is simply unplayable on my iMac thru Virtualization(VMware Fusion/Parallels), but running it in Vista on my iMac (Boot Camp), it runs lovely, like 100 FPS on average.

Thanx for the info, thats crazy fast(100fps) so now i am pretty much for sure getting an iMac once leapoard comes out, their OS is way better thought out and more pleasant 2 use. Yeah, my current laptop gets 20fps INCONSISTENTLY and thats in single player mode with no opposition. thats how bad my computer is, but im trying to get out of mycouch potatoe mode(ive taken up biking and went 55 miles today) but i CANT leave my beloved Live For Speed(sob). sorry if im rambling on, but thanx again m8, c u on lfs!

Thanks

Ive got a SLOW windows notebook from way back when, i just reformated the drive and freshly installed windows and in single player mode with no AI it only gets 20 fps. im looking at getting a mac because of their extremely well thought out OS and iLife suite, but i CANNOT leave LFS either. Their supposed 2 have boot camp included with their new 10.5 leapoard OS, so im hoping that that will work with LFS better. Has anyone tried lfs on boot camp or parallels yet? please reply if you have. Also, whaddya think about the glossy notebook screens? ive heard that they have really bad glare, but i could be wrong