well I think this is a rant about Mac gaming...
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Maybe I am just getting old (I keep telling myself gaming in general is just maturing, but I still think that proves I am in denial).
My PC which is very capable of playing Doom 3 and all the other game is just collecting dust. The monitor is about to go and I just don't care.
Ever since I got my Mac, I hardly use the PC for anything much less games. My gaming has switched to where it should be on the PS2/XBOX/GAMECUBE/Atari etc.
I have realized that I actually play games to have fun or to hear a story. Instead of to make my hardware work, to see if Windows will crash, etc.
The only good the PC does me is for multiplayer. Once you can play games as fun as UT2004 as easy online as you can on a console, then I will be in utopia.
On a side note, I remember Linux gaming. It was such a fun protest to buy the Linux version of Quake 3. Did it do anything for me or ID Software... no. I just had to wait two extra months to play it and they outsourced it anyway. Mac gaming is just like linux gaming.
Games should not define the functionality and usefullness of a platform. If all you need a computer for is to play games, its a hell of a lot smarter to look elsewhere (an expensive lesson learned by many!).
Fedora Core 2, ehh. Its okay. One major problem for me...
Activestate's Komodo dosen't work. I found out the hard way.
Although the next version of their IDE will work on Fedora, I'm still switching back to SuSE (ahh, Novell) 9.1 for my workstation. Fedora only gets an 'ehh' review from me.
I guess I will have to take back my 15" powerbook I bought last week then. I guess it's the same effect when I wash my car, it rains later that night.
Oh well. I never thought I would be this happy with an Apple. Four years ago I would've beat myself up for saying that. If Apple keeps its fast paced direction for OS X, I won't be looking back (well at least at Windows, my long time marriage to Linux will never go).
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Maybe I am just getting old (I keep telling myself gaming in general is just maturing, but I still think that proves I am in denial).
My PC which is very capable of playing Doom 3 and all the other game is just collecting dust. The monitor is about to go and I just don't care.
Ever since I got my Mac, I hardly use the PC for anything much less games. My gaming has switched to where it should be on the PS2/XBOX/GAMECUBE/Atari etc.
I have realized that I actually play games to have fun or to hear a story. Instead of to make my hardware work, to see if Windows will crash, etc.
The only good the PC does me is for multiplayer. Once you can play games as fun as UT2004 as easy online as you can on a console, then I will be in utopia.
On a side note, I remember Linux gaming. It was such a fun protest to buy the Linux version of Quake 3. Did it do anything for me or ID Software... no. I just had to wait two extra months to play it and they outsourced it anyway. Mac gaming is just like linux gaming.
Games should not define the functionality and usefullness of a platform. If all you need a computer for is to play games, its a hell of a lot smarter to look elsewhere (an expensive lesson learned by many!).
Its called Aliens.
If they want this movie to not suck, they better consult with James Cameron.
Fedora Core 2, ehh. Its okay. One major problem for me...
Activestate's Komodo dosen't work. I found out the hard way. Although the next version of their IDE will work on Fedora, I'm still switching back to SuSE (ahh, Novell) 9.1 for my workstation. Fedora only gets an 'ehh' review from me.
Yawn was such a stupid subject.
Whatever, I still can't get over this....
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/rumormill.html
or
http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=17592 Scroll to the bottom!
I guess I will have to take back my 15" powerbook I bought last week then. I guess it's the same effect when I wash my car, it rains later that night.
Oh well. I never thought I would be this happy with an Apple. Four years ago I would've beat myself up for saying that. If Apple keeps its fast paced direction for OS X, I won't be looking back (well at least at Windows, my long time marriage to Linux will never go).
I miss Alf.