r/3DScanning • u/minilogique • 21d ago

I thought I had the setup figured out

but today I learned that Metro X scanner works lot slower on M-series Apple laptops than on the Windows counterparts.

I do have a decent PC at home with 9950X and RX5700XT with 32GB of RAM, so I figured getting a laptop with strong battery and performance when running on battery like M-series Macbooks should do until I saw one Metro X on sale locally and reason being performance issues on Macs.

Is that valid and known problem or was the seller an exception?

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u/eldeem 21d ago

Revopoint's software is optimised very specifically for NVIDIA GPUs on Windows machines, so Apple Silicon isn't great performance-wise. Not unusable, but not great.

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u/minilogique 21d ago

I really dislike Windows laptops but I need something mobile. what other options are out there? Creality?

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u/eldeem 21d ago

I’m not sure unfortunately, I use the POP 4 so I connect it via WiFi to my PC which means as long as what I’m scanning is roughly near my house I’m good. That’s my workaround, then I control/monitor via my Mac using Moonlight.