Can the new Macbook handle a graphic program such as Maya?

Question

Specifically, I am wondering about the (black) one with

13.3"
2.0Ghz Intel Core Duo
512MB memory (expandable to 2GB)
80GB ATA hard drive

*The hard drive can be a 80GB to 120GB ATA drive

I know a G5 is not required to run Maya. possibly the latest version, but I was running a recent version on my not-so-powerful emac. Those machines are definietely not G5. Far from it.

Answer 1

I don't believe there's an Intel-native version of Maya yet. It's a pretty demanding piece of software, so I have no idea what it would do under Rosetta on an Intel Mac. It's pretty likely Autodesk will do an Intel version soon. When they do, your MacBook should be up to the task.

I'm sure it was pretty pokey on your eMac.

Answer 2

Hardware
Minimum requirements for 32-bit versions:

* Windows: Intel® Pentium® IV or higher, AMD Athlon® processor
* Macintosh®: Power Mac® G5
* 1GB RAM
* CD-ROM Drive
* Hardware-accelerated OpenGL® graphics card
* 3-button mouse with mouse driver software
* 450 MB of hard disk space

Minimum requirements for 64-bit version:

* Windows: Intel® EM64T, AMD Athlon® 64, AMD Opteron® processor
* 1GB RAM
* CD-ROM Drive
* Hardware-accelerated OpenGL® graphics card
* 3-button mouse with mouse driver software
* 450 MB of hard disk space

Answer 3

Another way to run it, is to use Boot Camp and run a windows copy of Maya until they release it for MacIntels.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

macs suck.