Hi Matt, ProCoach....any word on when Race Studio 3 will be released for Mac without need for BootCamp / Windows 10?

 

No word. I would bet we see Race Studio 3 Analysis for Windows before we see an iOS app. Mac OS Race Studio native is way further down on their big list, AFAIK.

It was quoted that less than 15% of the market uses Mac OS, but in my experience, the AiM users I know are a substantially greater percentage of Apple OS owners.

I have sold dozens of a different system that has a native Apple OS software package, just for that reason. The rise in iOS applications for a number of loggers has been good to see, IMO. I do think AiM is working on a basic analysis iOS app, after a break.

It'll be interesting as Apple transitions to Apple Silicon over the next two years. They will be doing away with Boot Camp in favor of requiring virtual machines using VMWare, Parallels and other emulation software for the new processor equipped computers.

As a devout Boot Camp user since Apple started with Intel processors back in 2006, I'm sad and disappointed. Boot Camp has been bullet proof for me in over twenty different Apple computers I've owned since then. A better computer than almost any PC, in my experience...

 

No word that I know of. I know the background of the programming of the app and iOS devices, but it changed since I had the last major update on it. I do now know when it will be released and Italy would not give a time frame the last I heard. The head of AiM follows computer usage across the world pretty closely so they have ideas about general system requirements that they should keep in mind. That was behind their decision to go 64 bit and some others. I'm sure the 15% stat was from him (spoken through someone else). I have not seen anywhere close to that in use at the track - I see almost everyone with a PC based computer.

Time will tell when we get it, but I would not expect it soon.

 

The reason you see everyone at the track using PC-based computers is that there really isn’t any option to use macOS based systems with AiM or MoTec. I see lots of Apple laptops rapt the track all running Windows and most up of those using bootcamp.

 

Yep. The ruggedness, battery life, screen brightness and SD card slot were all winners for me with many, MANY MacBook Airs over the years, then a few unibody MacBook Pros.

I'm using Boot Camp on the new 16" machine now and really like it. Plus two iMacs at the track and in the office. 80% of my work is on Windows only analysis and configuration programs...

The number of people who ask me about Mac OS compatibility during pre-purchase questions is substantially greater than 15%...

A fair number buy a cheap Windoze machine to keep in the trailer, but most others use Parallels or VMWare and a few use Boot Camp on their Macs.

 

Thanks Matt and ProCoach....I'll just bite the bullet and get a MS Win10 laptop.

 

FWIW I run VMWare on my Mac to connect to my motec system. Works perfectly, and it’s easy/fast to switch back to mac to OSX.

 

After using bootcamp for a long time, I finally decided I didn't want to carry around my relatively expensive MBP, so bought a relatively inexpensive Lenovo 2-in-1 laptop from Costco. It has all the USB inputs you need and also a SD card slot. I've been really happy with it. I typically do the downloads from my MXL2 with the computer in tablet mode as it's a lot easier to stand next to the car and hold it like that. I'm a Mac guy, but i've found this preferable. Cost was ~$700. I mounted a monitor in my trailer to use with it for analysis, particularly for when I'm reviewing data with someone else.

 

Good solution.

If it has an HDMI out for the big screen, it's even better.

 

Lots of new stuff has USB C and there are cheap cables that are USB C to HDMI. I use one off the Surface and my phone all the time.

 

#donglelife

 

I have a 32” VISIO monitor mounted in the trailer to review data, to date, only APEX Pro
data. Still playing with BootCamp and Windows 10 for the SOLO 2 DL. To power the screen, I bought a $80 inverter, it works fine. I just didn’t want to deal with a generator.

 

it does have HDMI. That was one of my criteria. Costco has typically had these or ones like it available.

 

This is the machine i bought.

https://www.costco.com/lenovo-flex-5...100579348.html

 

Apparently Bootcamp won’t be supported on the new Macs running their in-house ECUs. That’s not a problem now, but could be a headache for folks down the road.


the new hardware will run iOS apps though! So maybe AiM just needs to roll out a fully functional iPad app 😀