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Stick with Mac or move to Windows?
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Yeah, my UPS needed new batteries, so computer was plugged directly into the wall. Totally my fault for not having proper precautions in place, and certainly not the build or windows fault in any way ;~((
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Mine has two USB-C ports. It is stellar for recording.
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What is it that is "moving", that the average home computer user needs, is what I want to know? Srsly asking for examples here. I hate having to buy a new computer every 10 years to do the same things I use it for, which my main processor/RAM-intensive task is modelling construction projects in 3-D.
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I was speaking specifically for myself, and I do not consider myself to be an"average home computer user", so the "moving" parts that I will be interested in are not what the average home computer user will need to worry about. For me, storage, speed, processing capabilities including graphics, AI advances which will in some cases involve hardware devoted chips in my imagination, my wants and needs. Those and more that I can not think of at the moment are the types of things I will likely want to take advantage of in less than 8-10 years because I believe that I will not be able to resist some of the advances in speed and power to more quickly accomplish my audio/video/programming tasks. That is what I am saying when I talk about things moving fast, in developments that I will want to take advantage of. But that is ME and that is the way I phrased that statement you quoted:
"I doubt that this build however will last [B][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]me[/COLOR][/I][/B] 8 years though considering how fast things are moving, but I sure love having the 4 M.2 slots on this board ;~))"Not saying my current computers will be obsolete or unusable for some tasks, but I will likely take advantage of new technologies before 2031 which would be 8 years from my most recent build. I built my home theater PC in 2012 and it still fulfills my simpleton HT requests. All I ever did to it was upgrade to a SSD in 2015 or so.
Do you believe that construction projects in 3D will not advance significantly enough over the next 10 years that you will not be wanting to upgrade hardware to take advantage of the new developments? And that is not average home computer user stuff either. I loved playing with Chief Architect some years ago and if that was my trade, I would probably be getting a new computer every 2 years or so to take advantage of the improvements that new systems could give me (faster render times, smoother/faster moves throughout the modeling process, etc.). Anyway, for home user, their phone is enough for most of them and if it is not now, it will be in a very short time more than enough for most IMO, and even that is moving FAST ;~))
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Fair enough. I have to eat a little "crow" here, because my latest 3D model has indeed run me up against a limitation.
There is a term used in Sketchup called 'Components', which are basically anything you model, that repeats. It could be a window framing sub-assembly. Make it a Component, and any changes you introduce will update across all components with that same name. They are in essence, small .skp files embedded w/i your main model. My current model, a 9000SF custom home, in which I've modelled all the framing, masonry, and exterior trim, has almost 200 Components.
They are also stored locally, so they can be readily accessed in future models, w/o having to draw them again, from scratch. I'm just starting to use this feature to speed up my modelling process.
There are separate windows you can access, in which you can see at a glance, certain attributes of your geometry. Click on a 2x4 edge, and in the "Entity Info" window, it will show how long that 2x4 is. Click on any 3-D object, such as a foundation slab, and it will show the cubic feet of that object. VERY useful for estimating purposes, especially if that object is anything other than a simple cube.
Open the 'Components' window in my latest model, and my computer crashes. My older models that have far less components do not do this. Although I may be able to upgrade my RAM, as I'm not sure if I have maxed them out. (I need to check, but for now I just don't use the Components Window.)
As for taking advantage of future advances in the tech, I suppose there are some things, that if the developers added, could be useful to me, like exporting a list of various entities into say a spreadsheet for pricing purposes.
I suppose my comment was a knee-jerk reaction, with the emphasis on 'jerk.'
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it's a wash, mac cost way more $ but windows cost way more time. if i was pro I'd probably use mac to just do the job and know it will just work.
but using windows it's a daily guarantee I'm gonna learn something i didn't know yesterday. cause something that worked yesterday is guaranteed to not work today. windows keeps me in a constant state of exploration. that's why they call it windows explorer. half a century later we still Lewis and Clarking the C drive to find and kill the Lost Ark of the Preference File
but using windows it's a daily guarantee I'm gonna learn something i didn't know yesterday. cause something that worked yesterday is guaranteed to not work today. windows keeps me in a constant state of exploration. that's why they call it windows explorer. half a century later we still Lewis and Clarking the C drive to find and kill the Lost Ark of the Preference File
