Hmm.
All new iMacs have CD or CD-RW rather than DVD.
Power Macs can be purchased with CD-RW.
iBooks can be purchased with CD or CD-RW.
Older iMacs often have a CD drive.
Older iBooks often have a CD drive.
Many G3 desktops and laptops have a CD drive.
Obviously, a DVD is convenient, but I still think that they're shooting themselves in the foot somewhat by not offering a CD-based alternative. Their other listed system requirements ("128 MB of RAM, OS 8.5 or newer") are quite generous, and include a pretty sizeable chunk of the Mac market. By not offering CDs as an alternative, they've arbitrarily excluded many people who could probably use the software quite happily.
...But anyway.
Just out of curiousity, what sort of modelling functionality does "ElectricImage Animation System" provide? Given that they also sell "ElectricImage Modelling System" separately, I'm guessing that it's fairly limited in that regard. I looked on their site, but I can't find any information on version 2.9 (which this is) - all I see is new version 3.0. Can you provide some info?
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