The way to get that DVD/USB stick is rather simple but not quite obvious. Some of you do not want to use the installer but rather have a DVD (or USB stick) to do a clean install. Now that most of you might finally have finished the download, the next step is to install 10.7. So studios tend to pay Autodesk to provide them with "patches" to older versions of there software.Looking at yesterdays download speeds of the Lion developer seed, I guess many people were trying to get their hands on it. In addition, most studios stay on a version of maya for 1-2 or even 3 years because it is very difficult to integrate a new piece of software every year. Some even list what software and working environment they use on there website. I have worked at several of these big studios and if you want proof simply call one of your favorite studios (disney, pixar, dreamworks, sony, dd, r&h, weta) and you will find all of them films are worked on in linux environments. Also linux is less likely to get wiped out by a virus than windows is. The reason is windows is NOT scallable to large production environments. However, medium to large studios use linux. This is true at a very small scale companies. However, I must point out you are wrong in stating that 3D houses use only windows. But this will never happen since they already have your money and its in there best interested to make you buy the next best thing they make. This is no excuse, I do believe apple needs to step up a notch when it comes to graphics card upgrades. Apple does however, usually at the request of users, provide upgrades to certain cards periodically. To be more percise, apple burns its on ROM onto graphics cards that prevent you from just simply getting some random PNY / ATI / NVIDIA graphics card. In most cases its not possible to upgrade to a new graphics card like you can on windows/linux due to firmware and drivers issues with OSX. Please consult the certification charts for more : yes its true that windows tends to support higher quality graphics cards, this is because in comparison apple tends to build a machine for the best card available at the time of building the machine. Note: As of this time, Autodesk® Maya® 2012 software has not been certified to run on Mac OS X 10.7. Teams from both companies are working closely to resolve these issues and a notification will be issued once the issues have been addressed. Autodesk recommends that users of Maya 2012, and prior releases of Maya, do not upgrade to the Mac OS X 10.7 until the compatibility issues have been addressed by Autodesk and Apple. If you upgrade to Mac OS X 10.7, you may encounter these issues. When submitting a crash report while operating Maya on Mac OS X 10.7, may cause the crash error reporting system to hang. Operating Maya on Mac OS X 10.7 may cause stability issues. Installing Maya on Mac OS X 10.7 may cause the installer to hang. Testing Maya 2012, and prior versions of Maya, on the Mac OS X 10.7 operating system, has identified platform compatibility issues. Important notice for Autodesk® Maya® 2012 software, and prior Maya version, users regarding the latest Apple® Mac OS® X operating system release, version 10.7 “Lion”.
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