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Discussion in 'Editor & General Support' started by chonli, Mar 19, 2009.

  1. chonli

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    ¿MAC or PC/WINDOWS Version?

    So, now with the new version of unity3d, the question is: Buy pc/windows version or mac version?

    I'll develop for iphone too. So? What about efficiency at windows version?


    Thanks in advance.
     
    chonli, Mar 19, 2009
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  2. Eric5h5

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    You don't buy a PC or Mac version, you just a buy a license. Then you can use it on both PC and Mac. (You get two installs for one license.)

    --Eric
     
    Eric5h5, Mar 19, 2009
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  3. ryanzec

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    The iPhone Development is a different license (and a different application I believe) then Unity 2.5 and you can only develop for the iPhone on a Mac.
     
    ryanzec, Mar 19, 2009
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  4. HiggyB

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    Correct. We have two applications, Unity and Unity iPhone. Unity is used for desktop/web content development and is available for use on both Mac and Windows. Unity iPhone is used for iPhone/iPod touch development and is available for use on Mac OS X only. In order to use Unity iPhone you first need to own Unity, and then on top of that you purchase a Unity iPhone add-on license.

    Additionally, Eric is spot on in that our licenses are not platform specific. Each license is meant for a single user, but they can then install it twice and it's up to them how to use those installations. 2 Mac? 2 Win? 1 of each?
     
    HiggyB, Mar 20, 2009
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  5. digitalshow

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    Aaah...didn't know this update would not be for the unity iphone too. So if we are only doing iphone development... then we should not upgrade...correct?

    Thanks,
    Tony B.
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    Unity iPhone is used for iPhone/iPod touch development and is available for use on Mac OS X only. In order to use Unity iPhone you first need to own Unity, and then on top of that you purchase a Unity iPhone add-on license.
     
    digitalshow, Mar 20, 2009
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  6. antenna-tree

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    You should upgrade Unity to 2.5 (only if you want to) and keep Unity iPhone 1.0.1. They are separate applications.
     
    antenna-tree, Mar 20, 2009
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