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Windows only: The cover photo shows a MacBook Air, but the tech specs say the software requires Windows operating systems.

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Yeah, why do so many developers show a Macbook Air these days when 90% of the PC's are Windows laptops? It's especially weird when it doesn't even run on Macs, like in this case.

because a Macbook Air is probably the nicest looking computer on the market right now.

I caught on to that too. I can't see this reaching a whole lot of hackers if it's a Windows only device. Maybe someone will port the software to Linux/OSX.

.. or Cube makes their printer compatible with one of the many OSS toolchains that already exist.

Why would people bother with reverse engineering their proprietary (and expensive) system, when you could go ahead and spend the time improving the fully open systems that are out there?

... because it might work better? Have you been living under a rock the past ten years? How do you even envision industrial designers improving 3d printing software?

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