Here's his rather disappointing report:
I have just received a rather bad news for Pro users relying on display rotation feature of OSX.4.One will probably have to wait for a driver update, if not a firmware update.
I was on the way to order a MacPro from the AppleStore, but I had to stop the process for the following reason: I really need the display rotation feature.
As I was expecting it, the nVidia GeForce 7300 GT does not support it.
So I thought I had to invest 350 euros more for a Radeon X1900 XT...
No, this card does not support this crucial feature for my work.
As documented in an apple TechNote (302219):
"Some" video cards "may" include support for display rotation in Mac OS X 10.4.
The good news in this story is the answer obtained by Roland when asking ATI for the future update of the Mac Edition models.
Apple has been releasing PCI Express based machines for a few months now and some do ship with ATI OEM cards.
There is no official announcement from ATI on retail PCI Express based cards for Mac computers, but I would expect cards to be announced and available by the end of this year.
JCJ
