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Unread 13-12-2001, 21:25
Kyle Fenton Kyle Fenton is offline
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Also 3dsmax does not run on the Macs.
It does and its doesn't per se. You can run Connectix's Virtural PC version 5 (http://www.apple.com/macosx/applications/virtualpc/). However they still have no direct access to your accelerator card. Also programs like Maya and 4d can import and export in 3d studio format.

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The more ram you have is better but past 512MB you run into the problem of Errors in memory like switched bits. This can lead to a loss in system stability.
This was a problem with Windows 9x. It was a bug that was actually a simple fix. Windows XP can have unlimited Ram, because it corrected that problem.


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Dual processing(SMP) is good, and 3dsmax can use it. However you cannot combine 2 cpu's of different speeds. Unless perhaps you have some very weird motherboard.
I'm not sure, but I think that you can connect a new CPU via PCI, that can dubbed as a another processor. The system should support this, as long you have drivers for it.

One other thing I wanted to say is that for Auto Cad, a bigger Monitor is better for your eyes. Yes you can increase the resolution, but it makes things smaller and just be annoying after a while.