[montag813]

Who cares how good Snow Leopard is? What about the two dozen critical programs I use for 3D, animation and video which aren’t even available for OS/X? And don’t say “Boot camp” because that is useless for performance-level requirements.

[HAL9000]

What about the two dozen critical programs I use for 3D, animation and video which aren’t even available for OS/X?

Toss them in the dumpster and upgrade to RenderMan, Maya and Final Cut Pro.

[ReignOfError]

Who cares how good Snow Leopard is? What about the two dozen critical programs I use for 3D, animation and video which aren’t even available for OS/X? And don’t say “Boot camp” because that is useless for performance-level requirements.

Um, are you aware of what Boot Camp is? It's disk partitioning software and drivers. When booted in Windows, a Mac is a Windows PC, comparable to any other PC with the same components, only better designed and with cleaner drivers.

I'm not buying that an i7 iMac (coming soon) or an eight-core Nehalem Mac Pro aren't up to your "performance-level requirements."

[Swordmaker]

Who cares how good Snow Leopard is? What about the two dozen critical programs I use for 3D, animation and video which aren’t even available for OS/X? And don’t say “Boot camp” because that is useless for performance-level requirements.

You don't know what you are talking about. Boot Camp boots the Mac as a Windows machine... it then IS a Windows computer, 100% of the speed. Quite a few computer PC centric reviewers have stated that the Macs run Windows better than dedicated Windows boxes.

Also, given that the Mac is the computer of choice for much of the Hollywood professionals, I sincerely doubt your assertion that the 3D, animation and video applications or their equivalent aren't available for the Mac.

[6SJ7]

Who cares how good Snow Leopard is? What about the two dozen critical programs I use for 3D, animation and video which aren’t even available for OS/X? And don’t say “Boot camp” because that is useless for performance-level requirements.

I wonder how Pixar (CEO Steve Jobs) managed to develop all those 3D animated movies?

[AFreeBird]

LOL!

True that there are PC programs that don’t have a Mac equivilent, but choosing 3D and video tools as your example has got to be seriously lame considering that the Mac has been the choice of professional artist types for decades.

[antiRepublicrat]

Who cares how good Snow Leopard is? What about the two dozen critical programs I use for 3D, animation and video which aren’t even available for OS/X?

That's you. And if you need Windows for your specific programs, that's a valid reason to go with Windows. But then a shop doing professional video editing with Final Cut Pro HD will be saying the same thing about Windows not having the applications they use.

And don’t say “Boot camp” because that is useless for performance-level requirements.

Boot Camp isn't a virtual machine. There is no performance hit as it runs natively as it would on any other machine. Boot Camp is just an automated process with drivers to set up Windows on a Mac, plus some stuff to help it operate with EFI instead of BIOS.