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tommywright
July 22nd, 2011, 10:37 PM
Scratch all that... I ended up buying a System 76.

8_Bit
July 25th, 2011, 05:46 AM
You'll be using it with an external mouse, correct? Blender is a nightmare when used with a touchpad, as are all the 3D modeling programs.

tommywright
July 25th, 2011, 05:51 PM
Yeah, I use an external mouse. I'm getting it so I can work in front of the tv and not constantly be in my "man cave" (as my wife calls it). So now I can pretend to watch Top Chef with the wife when actually I'll be Blending. ;)

tommywright
July 25th, 2011, 07:48 PM
...but the whole point is to use all open-source software. I'm just trying to make CG fun again (for me anyway). This weekend I got my Cintiq working really well with Blender and Gimp on Ubuntu 10.10.

akand074
July 25th, 2011, 07:54 PM
Apple products are the best for blender (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLreo24WYeQ).

tommywright
July 25th, 2011, 08:48 PM
LOL! That was awesome!