LDD on PC or Mac?

[Superkalle]

Just for fun it would be interesting to know what OS we are all using. Vote for PC, Mac or Other. If other, post here what OS it is.

[Aanchir]

I'm a PC. Not because I think PCs are better or anything, but because I've been using Windows all my life and have always been satisfied with the interface and performance. Might just be complacency, but regardless there's never been any strong impetus for me to switch.

I've used Macs before in school, but that was before LDD even existed, so I've never had an opportunity to see how the interface affects my building. Someday, maybe.

[prateek]

I'm a PC, and Windows 7 was my idea

BUT, I use XP.

Edited July 14, 2010 by prateek

[Brickdoctor]

I use a PC with Windows XP, just because it's so much faster loading than Vista or 7. I'd love to use a Mac, since I don't really need the extra features and updates, which I'd gladly trade for higher graphics capability, but it's too much for my budget.

[Randal]

HP laptop running XP. My other laptop (Toshiba) had Vista, but it died.

[CP5670]

I use XP. I have been meaning to install 7 for a while now but have never gotten around to it.

As far as LDD goes, the program should be pretty much identical on any OS. I believe the Mac version uses OpenGL as well as the Windows one does. However, SR3D Builder (which I think is much better than LDD) has a DirectX renderer and can only be used on Windows.

[Shasat Spacerider]

I'm the 1st Mac to reply to this thread! Woot!

I use Mac because I've been hooked on to it ever since I came to the US. Unfortunately I do think Macs are better (get mauled by an army of PC users) because of the graphic capability and the design.

Although I've been hearing many problems with LDD on PC, they never happened to me.

[Cammy]

I'm an Amiga/Aros/Linux user, so I haven't been able to try LDD yet, although I'm curious to see if it will run through Wine. Has anyone had any success with this?

[sram]

Hello

Using LDD on a Mac with OS 10.5.

regards, Kon

[gotoAndLego]

Mac over here.

[Alan Chua]

I am using both. If I have the $$ hook up my macbook pro to a Apple LED Monitor. That really the perfect combination.

[Danfox Davies]

I'm an Amiga/Aros/Linux user, so I haven't been able to try LDD yet, although I'm curious to see if it will run through Wine. Has anyone had any success with this?

It (LDD 3.1.3) works with WINE 1.2 and above.

I'm an Ubuntu user with occasional tendencies to try other Linux distros here.

Edited September 5, 2010 by Danfox Davies

[Superkalle]

It's kind of interesting to see that there are so many MAC users (14 vs 17 PC users). Either it's because MAC user tend to have a stronger love for their brand, and hence vote more in these sort of polls, or it's because there really IS that many MAC users.

Or could it be that MAC traditionally has been strong among designers, and hence it's more easy for MAC users to see the possibilities with LDD as a design tool?

I'm a PC-man myself, but my wife is MAC, but we have harmony in our house anyway

[SpiderSpaceman]

Or could it be that MAC traditionally has been strong among designers, and hence it's more easy for MAC users to see the possibilities with LDD as a design tool?

See that's me, I'm not a "fanboy", what drove me to get a Mac (as a teen) was the availability of high profile creative tools. (Actually also specifically for iStopMotion. What can I say, I was caught in the "brickfilming" craze I'd never seen a legit stop motion software suite before)

I'm not claiming they weren't around for windows too, or that there aren't excellent alternative programs for Windows. Then of course once i'd had it for a while and the amount of Mac-specific software I owned accumulated, I was kinda stuck buying Macs Which is fine, they're well made, pleasure to use, pretty trusty.

Oh the trustiness is also a reason I got one. My family always bought the worst possible PCs, and my mom kinda brought me up on "there are too many combinations so it's hard to know what will and won't run". I figured with the single-configuration Macs: anything meant to run on them, would.

Again, nowadays I know what to look for in a PC. My old Macs are still holding up well enough that I could get an up to date Windows computer and not have to worry about losing use of my accumulated software.

My only gripe about the ones I currently have (a 2006 iMac and 2008 Macbook) is the lack of a real graphics card. The part of the CPU that pretends to be a graphics card is good enough for LDD, Warcraft III, Halo, Spore, Autodesk Inventor (I run Windows on it too, but not as often) - so on and so on. However it's not good enough for a lot of things that are considered pretty low end. (LEGO Universe, Team Fortress 2)

Then again I'm not really a huge video gamer, and old Warcraft III really slakes the gaming urges i do have.

Edited September 5, 2010 by SpiderSpaceman

[Zorro]

It's kind of interesting to see that there are so many MAC users (14 vs 17 PC users). Either it's because MAC user tend to have a stronger love for their brand, and hence vote more in these sort of polls, or it's because there really IS that many MAC users.

Or could it be that MAC traditionally has been strong among designers, and hence it's more easy for MAC users to see the possibilities with LDD as a design tool?

I'm a PC-man myself, but my wife is MAC, but we have harmony in our house anyway

Yes, a very interesting stat indeed! I think MAC users are really attached to their brand, and therefore vote more, as you suggested.

Personally, I'm using LDD on my pc. I do have an old MAC I've gotten from a friend, but I barely used it at all...

+ 1 for PC, now 20 vs. 14 (PC vs. MAC)

[CommanderFox]

+ 1 for PC, now 20 vs. 14 (PC vs. MAC)

Let me add to that, i'm on MAC OS X 10.6.

Enjoying LDD, but can't wait for LDD 4 to come out!!

CF

[Brickdoctor]

Got a new computer, changed my vote from Windows to Mac.

[Lego Otaku]

While I would have preferred Macintosh for many reasons, price kept me to PC and I don't think LDD would run on my old G3 iMac with OS 9.2

So I voted for PC.

[Zeya]

Mac.

Edit: Aaand just saw the poll up top.

Edited October 18, 2010 by Zeya

[Superkalle]

Mac.

Edit: Aaand just saw the poll up top.

No prob