Architosh Staff (info@architosh.com)

7 Sep 2001

Mac3D: Take the Pixar RenderMan on Mac OS X Survey

Architosh recently ran a story on RenderMan for Mac OS X and the issue has garnered a lot of attention and email for us. So we have decided to put the power of the Web and our Mac 3D/CAD community here at Architosh to use.

In addition to the survey below, we have another article with comments from some of the readers who wrote in about RenderMan and high-end Macintosh 3D.

Taking The Survey

We will be trying to have the folks at Macevangelist.com help put together a RenderMan survey soon but in the interim please use the survey below.

Directions: Copy and paste all of the text below the dotted line into your email program and send to: RenderMan Survey Form

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1. If Pixar ported RenderMan to Mac OS X, would you purchase it?

[ ] No

[ ] Yes

2. How Many Copies (seats) of RenderMan for OS X would you need?

[ ] Put a numeral in the brackets equal to the seats you would need.

3. What other 3D software do you own and use? Check all that apply.

[ ] Maya for Mac OS X

[ ] LightWave 3D

[ ] Electric Image

[ ] Cinema4D

[ ] Strata 3D Pro

[ ] FormZ

4. What type of Macintosh 3D user are you?

[ ] Professional 3D specialist (film, tv, broadcast, fx studio, ad agency)

[ ] Professional architecture 3D user

[ ] Professional industrial design/product design 3D user

[ ] Professional engineer/scientist/medical 3D user

[ ] Graphics/Publishing Professional

[ ] 3D Hobbiest

5. Would you buy a new Power Mac to run RenderMan on OS X?

[ ] No

[ ] Yes

[ ] Depends on what is new out there.

6. Please add any comments below (optional):

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Thanks for taking the survey. Please make sure the survey is emailed back to us at info@architosh.com.

Posting Survey Results

We will post survey results in a few weeks time (as soon as we have received a good number to make the data meaningful.