bigkahuna

Thanks Deadman21, but boot camp is a "no go" here. I had nothing but problems with it and I've found Parallels and Fusion to be much more stable. At this point, no single app is worth rebooting for, just too much hassle and wasted time (I bounce from app to app as I also write code, mix audio and manage a handful of websites in addition to creating 3D stuff).Would I pay twice the current price for an OS X version? Hard to say without seeing it first, but if it delivers on the features on the website and is stable, I probably would.

I just gave 2.03 a try on my MacBook Pro 15" (Intel Core Duo 2, 2 GB RAM, ATI X1600 graphics) running vmWare Fusion (latest) and Windows XP Pro and had basically the same problems I had with my first attempt: the virtual machine doesn't support "shaders 2" (I think that's what the error message said) and it requires over 700 MB RAM (which is less of a problem since this machine has 2 GB). After launching, it ran extremely slowly and eventually crashed. At least it didn't crash Windows on this machine like it did on my iMac which only has 1 GB of RAM.

Update: Well, I gave 3D Brush a try using VMware Fusion and Windows XP on my iMac (Intel Core Duo) and it's a "no-go". I was able to install it, but I think the big issue is RAM. 3D Brush needs at least 700 MB of RAM and if I assign that much to the virtual machine, my iMac slows to a complete stop. If I assign less to the VM, 3D Brush launches but pretty much slows to a complete stop also. My poor iMac only has 1 GB of RAM, so I think you'd need at least 2 GB to even start to do something small in 3D Brush, and even then I'm not sure how the performance would be. This is the first time I've run an app in Fusion that launched but performed this poorly. Usually if the app launches it runs pretty well or it doesn't launch at all, or it launches with limited functionality. 3D Brush pretty much locked up Fusion and my Mac. I think the only realistic fix is a Mac version. Oh, well, I gave it a try...

Yes, both of my Macs are Intel machines, I also have VMware Fusion that allows me to run Windows under OS X, unfortunately it's DirectX support is pretty weak, but I'll give it a try.

... it ran on a Mac! Wow, this program looks amazing. Even if it were to run under OpenGL instead of DirectX I could run it under Fusion or Parallels, argh... Best of luck to the dev's, this is a super looking app!