my PowerBook G4 just died at age 3 and a half :(:(:( (motherboard i think… went to power it up at the airport yesterday… hit the button, chime started to sound but didn’t finish, something made a fizzing noise… always good…)
i need a laptop for school, so my dad helped me get a new MacBook Pro (i only have to give up Christmas and birthdays until i’m 50).
i haven’t set up Blender for a bit, and I noticed that the download page has listed, “Mac OS X Intel Python 2.3, 10.4 (9.0 MB)”.
does this mean i need to have Python 2.3, or can i use 2.4?
yeah troubleshoot a bit before you chuck away a Powerbook:
If the computers boots and you see a POST screen (BIOS?) then your CPU, RAM and mobo is fine, probably just the harddrive. But it could be a lot worth if you are not getting anything when you press the power button. Or maybe your battery blew up like some of the newer macbooks
me have no idea how to build under osx, sorry to get your hopes up but i don’t even know what build sytem they uses… make?
Huh? Not what I was told just a few days ago here and on the Blender.org forum. OS X 10.4.8 comes with Python 2.3 and the only Intel builds of Blender I’ve been able to find all use Python 2.3. There is a PPC build of Blender that is for Python 2.4, but none for Intel. Yes, you can compile your own Blender using a more recent version of Python, but from what I was told, installing and re-directing to the newer Python is not for the faint of heart.
I’m no expert, but this was the common thread from about a half dozen “experts” and devs so I’m inclined to believe it.
(motherboard i think… went to power it up at the airport yesterday… hit the button, chime started to sound but didn’t finish, something made a fizzing noise… always good…)