[Visualpython-users] Leopard / Tiger / MacBook Pro

[Ruth C. <rwc...@nc...>]

The problems I reported with VPython on Leopard (clipping plane errors, 
etc.) aren't due to Leopard after all.  I retreated to Tiger (clean 
install), installed visual-py25, and saw exactly the same set of 
problems.  After searching a bit, I found that other OpenGL applications 
(notably Second Life) have serious problems with Apple's OpenGL driver 
for the GeForce 8600M GT graphics card in the MacBook Pro (2.2 or 2.4 
GHz Intel Core Duo).  Apple has not (yet) provided an updated graphics 
driver.

Seems like Macintosh is the machine for "the rest of us" only if we are 
willing to restrict ourselves to applications starting with "i".

   Ruth Chabay

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Ruth Chabay
Professor of Physics
North Carolina State University
Raleigh NC 27695-8202