I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet, but Blizzard did a fine job of crafting a Mac version of World of Warcraft. In fact, the Windows and Mac versions are available on the same CDs. So, having a good MMORPG is possible on a Mac, you just need a developer willing to take the time to do it.
Honestly though, I bought a Mac knowing there aren't that many games written for it. That way I could at least curtail my gaming somewhat. Well, damn it, then Blizz had to come along with a Mac version of WoW and I'm back to getting nothing done at all.
-r
Gaming is the only real reason to stay away...
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Gaming is the only real reason to stay away from Macs
I played game a lot on my previous PCs. So much so that one reason for me recently getting my first Mac, albeit a minor one, was that, I thought that since the Mac has so few games written for it that I won't be able to find games to play on it. Therefore I wouldn't be playing computer games as much as I would be on a PC. I needed to curtail the time I was spending gamin on my computer.
Wrong!
It turns out that more and more games are being written for Macs. Like Blizzard's World of Warcraft. Talk about stealing my life away. And on a Mac too!
I'm pretty sure you can use any JVM you like to run NetBeans. Apart from the JVM used to start and run NetBeans you can also specify which JVM to use to compile and run your code. As for whether they used reflection or not in creating NetBeans, I'm not sure, but it's open source so you can download and take a look at the code yourself.:-)
Rich
You're going to name it what?!
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Sometime in 1999 after I'd worked at Sun for about a year, a routine all-hands meeting was held for all of the Java Software division. JDK 1.1.8 was the current version of Java on the street and JDK 1.2 was in the works, almost ready for release. We sat there and listened to the usual rah-rah speaches from the divison's head honcho (can't recall who it was at the time), and then he introduced us to a marketing guy to tell us about the launch for JDK 1.2. As he begun talking he displayed a new slide on the project and it read, in all its powerpoint glory, 'Java 2000!' And he went on to say that the new JDK would be called, not Java 2, but Java 2000. Everyone in the audience started laughing hysterically. We all thought it was a big joke. I mean, Microsoft was on the verge of releasing Windows 2000, so you don't really mean.... Turns out this marketing guy didn't have much of a sense of humor. "I'm not joking", he said. The laughs and knee slappings turned into boos and hisses. Head honcho guy says something like the marketing guys have worked hard on this and that's the name they've choosen. The Q&A session was next and, boy, did both of these guys get an earful! Anyway, I can't say for sure, but I think that had it not been for the outrage and disbelief at that all-hands we'd be stuck with even weirder Java naming convenstions today.
That's funny because the company I work for uses an applet through which nearly 1/2 billion dollars of its yealy revenue flows. Obviously this applet, and its server component, play a very important role in my company. It is well written, works like champ, has been in use for about three years (with feature enhancements), AND uses DB2 (running on AS/400), so I'm not sure I can relate to your plight. As a previous poster mentioned you sound like a victim of poorly written code - a problem with software written in any language.
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Great post. I hope people learned something - even just a little - from this. Thanks for your share. :-)
I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet, but Blizzard did a fine job of crafting a Mac version of World of Warcraft. In fact, the Windows and Mac versions are available on the same CDs. So, having a good MMORPG is possible on a Mac, you just need a developer willing to take the time to do it.
Honestly though, I bought a Mac knowing there aren't that many games written for it. That way I could at least curtail my gaming somewhat. Well, damn it, then Blizz had to come along with a Mac version of WoW and I'm back to getting nothing done at all.
-r
Gaming is the only real reason to stay away from Macs
I played game a lot on my previous PCs. So much so that one reason for me recently getting my first Mac, albeit a minor one, was that, I thought that since the Mac has so few games written for it that I won't be able to find games to play on it. Therefore I wouldn't be playing computer games as much as I would be on a PC. I needed to curtail the time I was spending gamin on my computer.
Wrong!
It turns out that more and more games are being written for Macs. Like Blizzard's World of Warcraft. Talk about stealing my life away. And on a Mac too!
Rich
I'm pretty sure you can use any JVM you like to run NetBeans. Apart from the JVM used to start and run NetBeans you can also specify which JVM to use to compile and run your code. As for whether they used reflection or not in creating NetBeans, I'm not sure, but it's open source so you can download and take a look at the code yourself. :-)
Rich
Sometime in 1999 after I'd worked at Sun for about a year, a routine all-hands meeting was held for all of the Java Software division. JDK 1.1.8 was the current version of Java on the street and JDK 1.2 was in the works, almost ready for release. We sat there and listened to the usual rah-rah speaches from the divison's head honcho (can't recall who it was at the time), and then he introduced us to a marketing guy to tell us about the launch for JDK 1.2. As he begun talking he displayed a new slide on the project and it read, in all its powerpoint glory, 'Java 2000!' And he went on to say that the new JDK would be called, not Java 2, but Java 2000. Everyone in the audience started laughing hysterically. We all thought it was a big joke. I mean, Microsoft was on the verge of releasing Windows 2000, so you don't really mean.... Turns out this marketing guy didn't have much of a sense of humor. "I'm not joking", he said. The laughs and knee slappings turned into boos and hisses. Head honcho guy says something like the marketing guys have worked hard on this and that's the name they've choosen. The Q&A session was next and, boy, did both of these guys get an earful! Anyway, I can't say for sure, but I think that had it not been for the outrage and disbelief at that all-hands we'd be stuck with even weirder Java naming convenstions today.
Rich
That's funny because the company I work for uses an applet through which nearly 1/2 billion dollars of its yealy revenue flows. Obviously this applet, and its server component, play a very important role in my company. It is well written, works like champ, has been in use for about three years (with feature enhancements), AND uses DB2 (running on AS/400), so I'm not sure I can relate to your plight. As a previous poster mentioned you sound like a victim of poorly written code - a problem with software written in any language.