about eventual mac version / what strategy?

Me to … urgently. I do not know why this guys loves the game-louder so much.

Yeah, the Mac Pro is not designed to be upgradable, that’s where they are going with their computers, laptops, phones, everything designs. Too bad its AMD in my opinion.

However, the form does look like it was designed around the function of a) smallest size possible, b) most efficient cooling possible and still quiet.

What is interesting is that you can fit about 3 of these inside a typical PC workstation case. Think about that for a second, you could make one crazy travelling road-case with them!

I actually put a mac mini inside my case- at the same time as my pc !
It worked but got pretty hot in there. I was running Ableton Live on the mini, until I found that my 4core pc could run both programs just fine

Haha, amazing! Stuff the computer inside the other computer, love it.

Hi there, just wondered whether the new Mavericks OGL 4+ support might mean an OSX port is feasible.

I appreciate the distraction this sort of post must be for the happy Windows TD users but, I’m very excited to get my hands on TD and thought it was worth asking before I pay out for a new Windows machine just for it!

Any thoughts or advice appreciated.

What Mac do you have? Most of the recent Macs that have a dedicated graphics card in them can run TouchDesigner if you use Bootcamp to install Windows.

Am I correct in assuming that none of the new mac book pro models will run TD? Except for the top of the line with the GeForce 750 dedicated cards? All the rest have inbuilt Iris Intel graphics.

Thanks for your time,

Juddy

I dont know 100% about the Iris, but I would guess that you’re correct and that only the top end Retina’s will work with TouchDesigner.

Yes, that’s right, at this time you’d need to get one of the BTO options with the Geforce 750M.

Apple’s forthcoming OS X 10.9 “Mavericks” release finally bring OpenGL 4.0 support to Apple hardware…

apple.com/ca/mac-pro/ … Supa dupa stuf starting at $4,000…

And it seems really portable!!!

So I guess this thread’s concerns might have been back in the works for a little while now?

Or should I figure out how to install win 8 on this little Can 'o Bliss?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turducken.

taking another look at upcoming mac pro… wow that is pricey.
and the video card is AMD- should work, but who knows ?- probably not realistically upgradeable - I dont really see the advantage of this form factor outside of the high-end office. It’s a nice sculpture I guess.

Its nice to see Apple catching up to openGL 4, but we haven’t made any new plans for OSX at this time. So yes, bootcamped-Windows is still the approach if you have Apple hardware. We don’t have much testing data from AMD FirePro cards, hopefully they perform decently.

Thanks for all the replies. I’ll get myself bootcamped and take it from there.

Hopefully I’ll be back with something to show soon, or some more questions.

K

Is anyone here using the new MacBook Pro with the 750M ?

I just installed windows on a new macbook pro with the 750m. It works, but it sure does get hot quickly! I made a simple geo to instance some boxes on a grid. The framerate dropped to around 30 and the fans kicked on, and I couldn’t even touch the aluminum right below the screen. Perhaps this is normal for graphics intensive apps on the mbp… I am new to the mac world.

Im using it and it works fine. Trackpad doesn’t make the best TouchDesigner mouse, but it does work.

The heat is currently related to the fact that in Windows, on a Macbook Retina at least, there’s no control over the graphics card switching, you’re always using the 750M, it’s just always on. Once it gets going, it’ll put out heat. Which means basically no matter what you’re doing in Windows, your battery will drain significantly faster. Hopefully a firmware or Bootcamp update will be released soon.

I’ve found putting a Speck plastic hardshell case on my macbook really helps dissipate heat along the bottom. I really recommend it.

I’ve been trying to use touch on a bootcamped mac, and I must agree that the trackpad just doesent work right. Are there any tips for configuring the trackpad to work properly with touch? I cant seem to get right click and drag working in order to select Ops.

My network drag has started working. No drag to select though.

Hi Elburz,
how is the performance of the Mac with 750m in terms of framerate, general load etc?

Pretty good. I only do auxiliary work on it, as I use more powerful machines for performances and installs. I’m happy with it though.