gravesgrg

I am trying to decide on which computer to install AM 16 (I have AM11 on disk) I have a computer with both WIN7 Professional (64bit) and MAC OS Lion (not Bootcamp, but dual boot) and was wondering, since all the hardware is the same, if the program would run equally as well on WIN as it would on OSX. I do not want to buy two versions of the software just to satisfy my curiosity. Specs: i5-2500K, 8MB 1333Mhz ram, 90GB SSD, 1TB WD Black, 2TB Hitatchi 6gbs SATA, Radeon HD6870 So...does anyone have any idea which version if faster, all things being the same? Are there any usability features in one version that makes it better than the other? Additionally, I have two other computers at the house, one a Core Duo (E8200, 8GB Ram, 1TB WD Black, EVGA NVidia 460, WIN7 Pro 64bit) and one an i5-2400 (8GB 1333MHz ram, Seagate Momentus Hybrid 500GB drive, Radeon HD6670/or HD3000, Win7 Pro 64bit) , and wanted to test the render times between the two machines. Is it possible to run AM from a USB drive (have a Seagate that is USB 2.0/3.0) Is there anywhere (a repository) of users machines and render times? Anyone interested in benchmarking their machines using a standard render file and method? I would also be interested in seeing if a workstation graphics card does better than the gamer card, or even the effect of intel's new HD2000/3000 built-in graphics, not to mention AMD's new offerings or if anyone has tried running on an Atom powered tablet. I'd love to do my design work on a tablet then let the horsepower of a desktop do the rendering. I have an old MotionComputing LE1600 that I am afraid to try to run AM on since it's a single core 1.5MHz with 1GB ram, but I love the pen input. Currently I use it with GIMP to correct photos. The ability to touch the screen exactly where you want and to draw like a brush with the pen is so much better than the mouse/trackball. I've used the Bamboo Pen and Touch but it still doesn't compare to wriiting directly on the screen.