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Old 06-12-2007, 12:06 AM
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Great News for Apple Users!

In case you haven't heard the news (besides Safari for Windows)...

EA games announces that they are porting their titles over the OSX on Intel Systems. LINK

They are releasing 4 titles in July (2 of which I'll have to buy)
Command and Conquer 3
Battlefield 2142
Need for Speed Carbon
Harry Potter The Order of the Phoenix

Now if I could just get CSS for mac...

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Old 06-12-2007, 12:09 AM
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At least it's a start. I wouldn't mind playing C&C on a nice MacBook.
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Old 06-12-2007, 12:13 AM
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Now this is actually some good news...

I hope they start doing this for all games, and I hope they bring Linux into the mix.

*EDIT* Hmmm... After actually clicking the link, it's a "wrapper" from TransGaming, this is garbage. Not a step in the right direction at all.
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Old 06-12-2007, 12:20 AM
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OSX beats out Vista anyday. Now they add games... i'm selling my PC
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Old 06-12-2007, 01:14 AM
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see you on the gaming front....6 months after everyone else.

//if you're dying for an apple, just buy a 'cheap' one and keep your windows gaming machines. the 'ports' suck, always have, always will.
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Old 06-12-2007, 01:50 AM
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see you on the gaming front....6 months after everyone else.

//if you're dying for an apple, just buy a 'cheap' one and keep your windows gaming machines. the 'ports' suck, always have, always will.
Now if they make Steam for Mac, I will most definitely buy one (probably a Mac Book Pro)
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Old 06-12-2007, 02:53 AM
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A but Coffee... here's the from the article "EA co-founder Bing Gordon announced his firm would soon begin releasing Mac games simultaneously alongside their Windows equivalents."

Now if this actually happens is another story.
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Old 06-12-2007, 09:57 AM
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It's still not native. You're still going to take a performance hit from the directX translation.
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see you on the gaming front....6 months after everyone else.

//if you're dying for an apple, just buy a 'cheap' one and keep your windows gaming machines. the 'ports' suck, always have, always will.
my thoughts exactly... apples are great for video multimedia..but NOT gaming
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A but Coffee... here's the from the article "EA co-founder Bing Gordon announced his firm would soon begin releasing Mac games simultaneously alongside their Windows equivalents."

Now if this actually happens is another story.
Unless Apple seriously helps fund these companies, no CEO in his right mind would write games for 5% of the computer world unless the port was almost effortless. Simple economics.

Would be like a movie company releasing new VHS tapes to serve the people still without a DVD player. Sure, there's a market, but do you want to fill it, or do you want the 95% of the market that uses DVDs?
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