As a Mac user....

1) I don't expect to see Skyrim for the Mac

2) Threads like this are generally a bad idea, they're just targets for PC vs Mac wars, especially when the "PC = awesome!" and "Mac = awesome!" partisans show up.



Just for accuracy - Bootcamp is nothing like that. It's just dual-booting into a Wintel OS. I've been running games on my iMac with Win XP SP3. The actual OS, with the actual API's, including the actual DirectX 9. Not emulated.

(I'm not sure what's going on with the "Mac ports" that are just the PC code running in a Transgaming Cider wrapper. Those are probably shoving all the DX9 code into OpelGL..... but it worked fine for me with Dragon Age 1 and City of Heroes. :shrug:)

I don't think that the added develoment costs are likely to be worth the small bit of revenue gain from adding the Mac market. If any game developer could make a significant income from developing for a Mac, then they would. However, there is probably more than enough marketing research that shows that the increase in sales probably don't justify the added production hours.

Absolutely. I own a touch (1st gen), but wouldn't if someone didn't want to trade it away for something that was just gathering dust in my apartment. No way was I ever going to pay the price they want for that. I bought one for my wife as a Christmas present (5th gen), but for my own purposes, too much money for too little.

Wouldn't buy a Mac as the same argument applies - too much money for something you could get cheaper in a PC - even without building it yourself. And no, will not buy one for the wife, as I am her tech support. Which just means I would be working on a Mac that I don't know the clickpaths for. Works well as she hates computers with a passion anyhow.

That being said, I have nothing against Skyrim being made for the Mac *after* 11-11-11. The development team is already ironing out 3 platforms - no need for a fourth in the mix. I doubt it will be made, as the money just isn't there... and most people who care enough to play Skyrim on their Macs know the means to do so without depending on a developer releasing for their platform.

This. Bootcamp allows you to circumvent OSX entirely and boot natively into Windows. You can even replace the graphics and other hardware drivers with stock PC drivers after your Winstall. The bootcamp driver is always there to make sure the Mac hardware plays nice with Windows (touchpad, speakers, etc.), but it's not emulating the OS, it's running Win exactly as you'd expect a PC to. It's essentially having two computers in one box.

As for hardware, the new 2011 MBPs can be configured to come with Radeon 6750's with 1 GB VRAM, 8 GB RAM, displays that start at 1440 * 900 in both glossy and anti-glare flavors and up to 2.2 GHz i7 Quad Cores (without taking over-clocking into account). And if you know where to look, those RAM and HD/SSD upgrades don't have to cost an arm and a leg.

I didn't know this was going to turn out like this when I posted... I understand all the arguments on both sides... but I'm a Mac user so... I'm glad at the moment the vote is up for Mac...and with the port to Mac which you can always download... it just doesn't give you the thrill of buying the game, installing it etc... I've got the Oblivion GOTY port but I bought the Oblivion GOTY disc before I downloaded it so I practically bought the game. I still feel it would be nice if it was for Mac, but from a developer's point of view I see why he/she might be against it.

They're hard to program on.

guys y don't u just get bootcamp,
not very expensive,
and there are decent games on mac, go on:
www.macsoft.com
www.feralinteractive.com
www.aspyr.com
www.macgamestore.com
www.macgamefiles.com
and even
www.apple.com
cozee