Mac

Peter Stephens · Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:15 pm

Hi,

Might be a daft question and if it is I'm sorry for asking.......... I've had a quick look around and can't find the answer.

I might be investing in a Mac sometime soon, is the Mac version of the pano2VR software the same as the PC one ?

Thanks,

Pete

Peter Stephens · Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:42 pm

I asume it is the same.... but I just want to make sure as I've a large project that I hope to be working on soon and need to make sure.

Cheers,

Peter Stephens · Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:49 pm

ok........ just looked at the screen shots, looks identical

Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:19 pm

good !

we are just curious.. why Mac ?

Peter Stephens · Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:28 pm

Good question. I'm 50/50 on the whole thing. Every time I look into getting a Mac I become more and more tempted by one. I've always been a PC person, used Mac's in the past and not liked them, the new ones feel ok though. I'm becoming fed up with windows for a number of reasons.

I'm concidering a Mac Pro for editing and keeping my current PC for backup and office use.

Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:34 pm

I have been working with a lady that uses a Mac. I sent her a DVD with a collection of .swf's in a mini webpage... she inserted the DVD or was it a CD-r don't recall now.. but the Mac refused to play the disk. I tried putting the content on a flash drive and her Mac would not read that one either. Mac's and PC's do not appear to play well together.

Peter Stephens · Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:00 pm

Seems a little odd, I've not had any problems like that recently, though I usually upload the files to our web space for the client to download. What I do like about the mac is the build quality and all the parts are tried and tested together. I know you can build quality into a windows pc, but will it all work together as well as the mac. I just feel that if I invest in a mac that I know my money would be going into something I could relie on. My windows PC is driving me nuts, the computer is good but windows is crap. From what I've heard the mac OS is a lot better - though often Mac people are very opinionated in that area

I'm hoping to be working on a large project soon that will require around 1000 images processing within a couple months, if the project comes about then I will be investing in a new computer to process the files. I'm still on the fence between Mac and PC though falling towards the Mac side.

I would be using PTGui also, looks like that is ok on the Mac too.

The reason for the question in the first place was that I was sure pano2VR was just for PC? Am I right, or thinking about some other software ?

Pete

Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:05 pm

The reason for the question in the first place was that I was sure pano2VR was just for PC? Am I right, or thinking about some other software ?

http://gardengnomesoftware.com/pano2vr.php

I think all of the tutorials show Pano2VR being displayed on a Mac.

Mnollock · Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:08 pm

We use MACs at work, and I use PC at home. MAC's are the way to go, as soon as I can afford one for home it's getting bought! I have no problem with getting them to work together either.

Peter Stephens · Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:26 pm

360Texas wrote:
The reason for the question in the first place was that I was sure pano2VR was just for PC? Am I right, or thinking about some other software ?
http://gardengnomesoftware.com/pano2vr.php

I think all of the tutorials show Pano2VR being displayed on a Mac.

I think I was thinking of pano2qtvr

I dono.... need a coffee

Fri Feb 13, 2009 1:25 am

Sphereworks wrote:Is the Mac version of the pano2VR software the same as the PC one ?

Yes, they are the same, except for some small platform specific things. You can also use the project files and skins cross platform.