Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1
This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.
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first of all.. I dont trust anybodyOriginally posted by orgeeizm
Ive had maxtor for almost 2 years on my main computer and ive had it sometimes running for weeks without turning it crashing. I think maxtor is pretty good..but i think it all depends on your setup..i also defragment daily so I guess that helps my drive? im not sure
I still have my 6 year old Maxtor rock solid and still working... on the other hand, 2 months ago I bought an 80Gig Maxtor and it didnt even last the 2 months...
I've had 3 HDDs die on me and let me tell you..the feeling is not good
and about the defragmenting, it doesnt help it as much as it keeps it running fast
-Emo
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anyway, that same HD of mine crashed february earlier this year and i lost my work since i got it. still dont know the reason why it did. all i know is that windows froze up when i was booting it. and when i booted back, everything was corrupted, partitions were gone
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If you had unlimitied cash, you could use one of those new 64 bit or whatever processors and have 8 gigs of ram, about 6 GHz of processing power (dual 3GHz) and like a 600 GB harddrive... drool...
EDIT: oh, and not to mention an NVidia Quadro FX 3000... :bow:
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Emo: defragmenting your HD definitley helps it work faster. While it's not a major factor, it does reduce the seek time the head requires to find parts of files that have been "fragmented". If you have never defragged. I would strongly suggest you do.
My setup's ok. I could use a better graphics card, but other than that, works fine for me.
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I bought a new HD and installed it, but kept the maxtor as a second HD. I still get the same error message about half the time when booting, but the drive still works fine, I just don't keep anything important on it. Sometimes I do wonder tho, how odd the error message started just 3 weeks after the Dell waranty ended!
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I have only been using Maya for a few weeks, but it seems smooth so far.
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1year warranty - They drop the drive 10 times on concrete floor before putting it in the machine.
3year warranty- They drop it once on carpeted floor :-)
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It does it's job but it certainly lacks on the speed side but hey will be upgrading soon, then this will be used for rendering and a linux firewall.
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It looks like the system requirements are about the same. So I wont be shuttig myself out of one app or the other. I'll submit once i have it built.
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