a reviewer:"It's fun, it's headline-grabbing, but it's also impractical, not coming to the UK and well, just isn't a product anyone is likely to genuinely need," he said.

@jql said: Looks good but in this sort of stuff most of it has to do with cost/efficiency, unfortunately. It seems that the Vortex is ahead of prop wind turbines in both cost and efficiency. The units have less parts and are much cheaper to make than the prop turbines also their footprint is much smaller and more can be fitted in. @juju said: what impact will the continuous vibrations have on sub-surface fauna? From what I can see the vibrations don't go into the ground. In any case they have to be much safer for birds. I have visited a local wind farm here in my county and saw evidence of bird kills .... not a nice sight

The GTX 280, preferably the GTX285 and the GTX580 are still high ranked cards years later. Far too many people lean on and trust in that first digit. A 580 will smoke a 950... A 285 will smoke a 760. That middle digit is the winner... If you can get the 9 in the middle you're doing something. The few brand new technologies that a newest cards offer are used in hardly any software atm... Then there's the PCI speeds of MOBOs and Ram to consider. How much money are you willing to pay to say you have a new card? if it's all about speed you can get there faster, cheaper and more efficiently with older cards. As with anything, you pay a premium to be new and kool.

Of course the incredible free Verve by Taron! (who is in complete rebuilding! So be patient! But you can make yet some cool things with it! (using of Dynamic fluids is not shown here! See Taron's videos for that!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5xBbGlI5lU

@driven said: Looks like a good package, shame it will need to be registered as a moped in the european union... You'll need registration, insurance, a licence and to wear a motorcycle helmet... john I've looked into that matter and from what I can gather its very grey at the moment. I know a couple of guys that have Chinese electric / peddle scooters and it seems, here at least, that registration and insurance is not required although I understand that a motorbike helmet is but again is only sensible to have head protection in case of a collision. The head protection that appeals to me is the Hovding bicycle airbags which is claiming to offer three times more protection than a standard bicycle helmet. http://www.hovding.com/

Hey, guys. Resurrecting an old thread here. I've been using my 13" Macbook Air for months now, but mostly for piano software. SketchUp use has been limited to only those days when my office was being remodeled. It's been nice -if a bit underpowered- for SketchUp, but that's when compared to my monster Windows PC. Next month I'm giving this MBA to my brother, and I'm going to the US to get a new one. Just wondering if Trimble has solved the issues with the retina display, as I'm now tempted to switch to a Pro Retina. Right now in the refurb store, a 2013 MBA w/Core i7, 8GB RAM and 512GB SSD is the same exact price as a 2013 MBPr x/Core i5, 8GB RAM and 512GB SSD. So they're almost the same machine. The MBA has a slimmer body, but the MBPr has a nicer screen. I'm a bit concerned about "staingate", the anti-reflective coating peeling off retina MBPs. Which one would you get right now? On tests, the power difference between the two is negligible. Have you had the chance to compare the two in real life usage?

Great find Pilou and all for under $20. Its good to see top class apps for this price. There is currently no Mac version but they are working on one. If any Mac users are interested, be sure to fill in their email address for notification. [image: 9Q9P_PaintstormforMac.png]

I removed the culprit as soon as I saw the news. glares at suspicious looking laptop

Thanks for the explanation and clearing things up for me

@unknownuser said: The Unreal Engine looks pretty darn impressive. The engine ...it is the modeling in that piece that is mind boggling. You could just about cook that anywhere and it would look amazing.

SO nothing really relevant to us in our need of terrain. I was hoping it was higher resolution than what we got in SU Pro.

A la Sketchup on steroïds! http://youtu.be/RQt--oiDHNk

Don't look this video! http://youtu.be/NSfyqDWOYG4

Have you tried updating or rolling back the Nvidia drivers. They always seem to be changing and often don't work soon after a windows update.

FYI.......Make sure you have the latest driver(s) from 3D Connexion should you want to try out a 3DX Device.......in SU 2015 http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15%26amp;t=59864%26amp;p=545493%26amp;hilit=3DConnexion#p545493

It is rated 7th behind the 780,970,black. The 780ti is rated 2nd. (http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html) I guess the demand has slipped. The 970 looks like the best bang for the buck.

Thanks, guys. I've also been eying the Microsoft and the Logitech mice. Good to know you guys are happy with them. Has anyone tried this Kensington mouse? http://amzn.com/B009VDSRJ8

@jclements said: It seems to me that the 2.7GHz (Intel Iris Pro graphics) was a good value compared to the 1.4Gz configuration. Definitely. @jclements said: If I wanted to use SketchUp, would the 2.7GHz option do the job or is the 2.9GHz/nVidia necessary? @jeff hammond said: i've never personally used an intel gpu with 3D apps (i have an imac.. nvidia 780m though) but i just haven't heard any complaints lately with the 13" and many 15" macbook pro, the new mac mini, nor these imacs.. all of which use the iris pro. I'd echo Jeff's comments. I've recently bought a 13" MacBook Pro RD with a 2.5GHz i5/ Iris Pro, so a slightly slower version of the middle config for the iMac you're considering. So far I've been super-pleased with its SU performance. I don't render with it, but I haven't had any issues at all with medium-large files (40-50 MB). I just finished a walkthrough animation that produced a 45MB mp4 file. The animation inside SU and the movie were smooth and hitch free. So, yes the 2.7GHz would do the job for most SU users, excepting perhaps those with the most demanding workflows. I also concur with Jeff regarding Apple Care, and have a similar track record with a long string of Macs going back to the SE... never bought it, never needed it. The MacBook replaces an almost 11 year old 12" Powerbook G4 —which survived untold amounts of abuse. Any issues I've had —hard drive / optical drive failure — happened years after an extended warranty would have run out. (7 & 9 years respectively).

For sure yes thema is some curious!

...Thanks for all the replies! I guess I'll stick to my Intel!