[SL performance on MacBook pro]

3 hours ago, PhantomSuiyobi said:

I've been using macs since 2008. My computing experience has been greatly improved ever since.

The reality, they're expensive and suck for gaming.

Unless you can afford to max out the GPU hardware on your mac at purchase time, I wouldn't make an attempt to run demanding games on one. Computer shops, random people on the internet and friends will tell you that SL is not a GPU intesive "game" (they'll search for SL on CanIRunIt). Even if you max out your GPU, you'll be better off with a mid-level gaming PC setup.

I ended up spending $1000.00 CAD in 2019 on a custom "gamer-ish" PC build at a local Computer store, (we essentially loaded the parts into the tower together as I purchased them). If I remember correctly it had an AMD Radeon RX 570, intel i3-9100 and ran SL beautifully. I (think) was getting 40-60fps navigating large sims, it would dip in busier places, but even the most traffic heavy locations would never drop frames and basically die the way my macbook pros or imacs would even on empty sims.

User experience is subjective, but if I was to subject anyone to my opinion.... for anything outside of gaming, macOS is a quality and luxurious experience over Windows. That's anything from video production, software development, audio engineering to watching Youtube or emailing Grandma. After using a mac, Windows literally feels like punishment. It's funny you'll always hear people mentioning some Windows extension or third-party software to make something behave "mac-like"

If you're in the market and buying a machine specifically to run SL, get a PC. The comparison isn't even close

Yes, I gave pretty much up on the Mac for gaming. Not long ago I got a Dell G7 (7590) with an NVDIA RTX 2080 graphic card because I'm also a fan of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. Now you talk about a nice gaming experience... Though this new laptop was in the same price range as MacBook Pro... But SL on this runs flawlessly. Sadly, Apple's decision about OpenGL made those computers useless on games... No one cares much about Metal engine. We will see what will happen in the next few years with their new "Silicon" chips...

 

[SL performance on MacBook pro]

Sadly Apple decided to get away from OpenGL in favor of its own Metal graphic engine. Not sure what this means for developers like Linden Lab but so far they rely on an obsolete rendering engine that will probably vanish from MacOS soon...

Also don't get me wrong... I use BootCamp mostly for SL. For my daily usage it's 100%  MacOS 🍎

[SL performance on MacBook pro]

I don't care much about those Mac vs Windows debates. I just wanted to say that I run Windows 10 1903 on my MacbookPro (late 2015) (i7, 16G of Ram and Radeon Pro 460 with 4GB or RAM). Using dual-boot on the Macbook is a piece of cake and yes, SL viewer runs much faster with this configuration. The only thing is that in theory you need a Windows 10 licence to do it... (and make sure you have a decent graphic card because that's what is needed in SL). 😉

[Microphone/Headset]

First of all yes, Thumbs Up for Logictech USB heasets!

And about your question Wicked you have to set your speakers as default in Windows before entering SL. To do that, right-click on the little speaker icon on the bottom right bar. Then choose Playback Devices and in there set "Speakers" as the default (not the Logitech Headset). Then, once in SL, you have to change the device in Preferences for the chat (located under "Audio - Video". In there, select your headset as the device for voice instead of "default". This way sounds and music will play on your speakers but voice on your headset...

Oups :manvery-happy:

[Mac Viewer Not Showing Profile Pics]

I have the same issue but it seems to be very intermittent as sometimes it works for me. It does always work in Phoenix by the way.