That Mac thread!

[Reyko]

I have used a mac for the last year as my employer supplied me with one, and i do like the mac interface however the fact that it has an i7 quad core with 8 GB RAM and a 1 GB vid card and still performs poorer than my AMD desktop when it comes to FFXIV and the sheer amount of heat that it generates makes it a poor option for a native mac client (yes i am using bootcamp for XIV) think about the numbers for a moment mac users make up maybe 20% of all computers owned (and i think thats being generous) of that 20% maybe 5% are gamers (again generous) and of that 5% maybe 1% play FFXIV. its just not worth it to make a native mac client for SE. If ARR becomes a hit after relaunch maybe they can look into it but they will be developing content with ADHD like intensity for the next year at least before they can slow down enough to dedicate a team to develop a native mac client. it would be a better idea to release an XBOX version of the game from a financial standpoint than to release a mac client.

And while it may not be ideal and i can understand wanting a "real" mac version you will either have to use the workarounds (many of which work very well) or buy a PC. oh and btw OP if i were you i would not use parallels unless you wanna be running the game at lowest settings sacrificing half your macs power so you can run it along with mac os is not worth it.

[AmyNeudaiz]

I have used a mac for the last year as my employer supplied me with one, and i do like the mac interface however the fact that it has an i7 quad core with 8 GB RAM and a 1 GB vid card and still performs poorer than my AMD desktop when it comes to FFXIV and the sheer amount of heat that it generates makes it a poor option for a native mac client (yes i am using bootcamp for XIV) think about the numbers for a moment mac users make up maybe 20% of all computers owned (and i think thats being generous) of that 20% maybe 5% are gamers (again generous) and of that 5% maybe 1% play FFXIV. its just not worth it to make a native mac client for SE. If ARR becomes a hit after relaunch maybe they can look into it but they will be developing content with ADHD like intensity for the next year at least before they can slow down enough to dedicate a team to develop a native mac client. it would be a better idea to release an XBOX version of the game from a financial standpoint than to release a mac client.

And while it may not be ideal and i can understand wanting a "real" mac version you will either have to use the workarounds (many of which work very well) or buy a PC. oh and btw OP if i were you i would not use parallels unless you wanna be running the game at lowest settings sacrificing half your macs power so you can run it along with mac os is not worth it.

So you're saying that 1 in 100 people who game on mac have FFXIV? Wouldn't that equate to like hundreds of times over our current player base?

[Reyko]

So you're saying that 1 in 100 people who game on mac have FFXIV? Wouldn't that equate to like hundreds of times over our current player base?

i did say those were generous numbers in case you didn't notice the words in parentheses i know its much less than that which is why i said its a shitty idea. plus most ppl that have mac's are either facebook junkies or if they play games its not mainstream games let alone mmos