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Originally posted by Hawkeye_a:
I've personally learned to live with it though..... i get work done on my Powerbook and goto my console(Gamecube) for gaming. i th…
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Originally posted by Randman:
That's a crock. If they wanted to, they could adapt games to meet any graphic cards. Or create games for graphic cards. It sounds, t…
Actually, if x86 optimization (and lack of G5 optimized code) is such a clincher, and Xbox is moving to the G5 platform, shouldn't that make game optimizations much more easily por…
Steve wanted the iMac to be some great home gaming machine, and then Apple dropped the ball by putting only the cheapest, crappiest video chips into them. Apple needs to offer a be…
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Originally posted by ReggieX:
Steve wanted the iMac to be some great home gaming machine...
Is there anything at all that supports this claim?
Or is it safe …
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Originally posted by Hawkeye_a:
Hmmm...honestly how many Apple users actually play video games on their computer ? Ill admit that the last game i baught for my Ma…
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Originally posted by ReggieX:
Steve wanted the iMac to be some great home gaming machine, and then Apple dropped the ball by putting only the cheapest, crappiest …
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Originally posted by Randman:
That's a crock. If they wanted to, they could adapt games to meet any graphic cards.
What? There's no magical "optimize" button o…
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Originally posted by olePigeon:
But Doom III is just pathetic. Again, another game "ported" to the Mac with little or no optimization. Then people yell out "loo…
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Originally posted by analogika:
Is there anything at all that supports this claim?
Or is it safe to assume that you have no idea, but merely prefer to believe th…
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Originally posted by Angus_D:
What? There's no magical "optimize" button or process or anything that will make a cutting edge game run acceptably on older graphic…
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Originally posted by Angus_D:
What? There's no magical "optimize" button or process or anything that will make a cutting edge game run acceptably on older graphic…
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Originally posted by Angus_D:
Yeah, no optimization. And I'm sure you could do much better. Have you read this post by Glenda Adams of Aspyr?
Nowhere did I …
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Originally posted by macaddict0001:
actually there sort of is, you can create a game that relies more on cpu or more on graphics cards to do its processing.
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Originally posted by The Godfather:
Just get a gaming apparatus and forget about FPS in your Mac.
That's my point. I'm happy with my XBox but Apple gets a …
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Originally posted by The Godfather:
You just called us all hipsters who don't give a damn about Mac games. You can't grasp the reality that we are mostly nerds wh…
I have to admit, most of the computer games I've ever wanted either were already out for consoles, almost immediately going to be out for consoles, or had better console versions; …
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Originally posted by Link:
Most of the TRULY GOOD computer games (like starcraft) find their way to the mac platform, though I won't be the first to say I haven't…
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Originally posted by olePigeon:
My cynicism comes from the beginning of the development. It seems that Aspyr gets the game after it's done, then ports it. That …
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Originally posted by ReggieX:
Nice attitude.
Steve Jobs said it himself during a MacWorld presentation, fairly early on in the iMac's life.
What attitude?
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On the other hand, this thing looked pretty cool:
http://wsmanager.sourceforge.net/index.php
I like Expos� myself, but I can see the usefulness of it. Some really cool transition…
The revolution will be televised. Xbox 2 -- aka Codename Xenon, the next-generation gaming console from Microsoft -- will make its first appearance on a yet-untitled half-hour spec…