I find it funny you guys should be talking about VM's on a Mac Pro, because thats the exact reason why I am thinking of buying one.
Here is my dilemma though:
I am a Machinima maker, that means I use games to make movies. The only problem is is that I need a program that only exists on windows. This program is called
WoWmodelviewer. Its a program that shows models of the game World of Warcraft, which you can pose in a certain animation, record it and then use it in a program called After Effects (atleast thats how I work).
So my question is: Is it possible to run XP\Vista\Windows 7 (whichever achieves the best result) on a Mac Pro, while running this Modelviewer (which shows 3D models) AND while recording the animations I make with these models, all at the same time. This must all be with a decent Frames Per Second.
So after I recorded this footage I would love to be able to edit this inside an Apple enviroment, Not Windows. Thats why I want a Mac Pro ofcourse
But this all depends on the virtual machine and the kind of computer I have, so my question number 2 is:
How can I optimize my virtual machine? What kind of hardware would the virtual machine benefit the most from?
Is it even possible to use a virtual machine for 3D applications?
If this can work, I will buy a Mac Pro quad. If it doenst then im afraid I have to buy a Windows machine what will be decent for video editting, but I would hate that
Who can help me out?