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2 days till it decrypts? smurf.

I did find the comments after the article about the "top of the line" MacBooks not being able to play the game funny, too.

ScifiterX wrote:

I find the fact that an Intel Mac Mini and older Macbooks can play it in Windows (even in Windows Vista) but not in OS X aggravating. ::Makes hand shuffling motion to emphasize point::

Sees Sci's gesture, reads

A major graphical error with ATI Radeon 1600- and 1900-based video hardware forces players to turn off a key visual effect, making the game look worse but run well. EA says that an OS X update will fix the problem, but Apple controls that rollout.

...& rolls on floor, clutching sides.

You've taken a major step towards understanding certain gamers' equipment proclivities.

You could start an online petition.

Things are as they are. Adjust and thrive, stay status quo and fume. I've seen fluctuations up and down, but no large, ongoing, upward trend since joining.

ScifiterX wrote:

..than I am about there being one while the developers that Mac gaming is the way that it is because Apple doesn't support games.

Um... grammar check?

while the developers [missing verb?] that

Last edited by Bat (2008-09-05 4:15 am)

Ok was a little tired at that point. It should read

I'm less pissed about the discrepancy (as it is to be expected) then I am about there being one while the developers claim Mac gaming is the way that it is because Apple doesn't support games. It (Apple's position) really doesn't help the situation but it is far from the only reason.

In this case, tho, it might be. This looks like a driver issue and/or shortcoming in Apple's OpenGL implementation. Apple doesn't exactly have robust developer support for the gamemakers.

Now if Steve liked games, and/or saw them as $trategically important...

When is that Apple GaMeltDown event, again? Oh yeah, they don't have one.

Maybe they should hire Seinfeld.

ScifiterX wrote:

dvpierce wrote:

What's sad? My gaming system cost less than his mini, and is easily twice as powerful.

And it uses all that power to do merely one thing well though admittedly it does it very well indeed.

I've a hunch it can do a lot more than your Mini in a number of areas. It may be optimized for gaming, but it's unlikely to be a one-trick pony.

You can do a lot with a fast CPU, lots of RAM and a good graphics card. (I know, startling concept ).

This is more or less the system I have, except you can't get a 7900GS from newegg any more, and my case and power supply were scavenged.

The only problem I've had is that the motherboard only supports DDR2-667. The memory autoclocked to 800 instead, and the thing would crash like a little bitch any time I launched a game. Easy fix.

Should run Spore plenty good.

dvpierce wrote:

This is more or less the system I have, except you can't get a 7900GS from newegg any more, and my case and power supply were scavenged.

The only problem I've had is that the motherboard only supports DDR2-667. The memory autoclocked to 800 instead, and the thing would crash like a little bitch any time I launched a game. Easy fix.

I'll grant twice my computer but you are exaggerating more than a hair on half the price.

Should run Spore plenty good.

So would my mini if I inflicted Windows on myself. (It ain't gonna happen cause I prize my sanity too much.)

ScifiterX wrote:

dvpierce wrote:

This is more or less the system I have, except you can't get a 7900GS from newegg any more, and my case and power supply were scavenged.

The only problem I've had is that the motherboard only supports DDR2-667. The memory autoclocked to 800 instead, and the thing would crash like a little bitch any time I launched a game. Easy fix.

Should run Spore plenty good.

I'll grant twice my computer but you are exaggerating more than a hair on half the price.

Reread. I never said it cost half, I said it cost less.

dvpierce wrote:

ScifiterX wrote:

dvpierce wrote:

This is more or less the system I have, except you can't get a 7900GS from newegg any more, and my case and power supply were scavenged.

The only problem I've had is that the motherboard only supports DDR2-667. The memory autoclocked to 800 instead, and the thing would crash like a little bitch any time I launched a game. Easy fix.

Should run Spore plenty good.

I'll grant twice my computer but you are exaggerating more than a hair on half the price.

Reread. I never said it cost half, I said it cost less.

Heh, so you did.