That Mac thread!

[Jadi]

If SE were to make a FreeBSD... oh im sorry, "mac" client, that might be pretty cool. However i do not see this happening without first making a native Linux client, and you should look at the threads about that if you think a "mac" gets some backlash. OSX is a ripoff of FreeBSD and partly GNU/Linux, as such, WINE will also work (not sure if you consider that a "workaround")


I see a lot of people who have done absolutely zero research and clinging to the widespread rumor that a mac with "similar" specifications runs better than a PC. I have news for you on two fronts 1. a mac is a PC and has been ever since they dropped the FIFO processor model. 2. no they do not "run better faster stronger prettier." there is no magic part of a mac that makes it better, and as far as video editing on a mac, that went out the window when they went to the intel processors. Please stop regurgitating outdated and patently false claims about macs.

Just because dell doesnt make a computer that is as good as a mac does not mean there arent any computers as good as, or significantly better by powers of magnitude than, macs.

Yes. You are exactly correct. There are a lot of old rumors out there and the real difference is the software and we all know Microsoft makes horrible software. Having worked for Microsoft I know that teams at Microsoft aren't even able to see the code for things that other teams are working on so it's a wonder Windows even runs at all.. combine that with 3rd partys creating hardware drivers and you have the glorious mess that is PC Gaming complete with all the crashes and bugs we are so fond of.


Aside from that problem though you don't need Bootcamp or Parallels or any of that garbage. As many people have posted already. The game ALREADY runs on Mac and Linux via Wine and Wine *IS* a native Win32 API on Unix, Wine runs Windows the same way Windows runs Windows, the only difference is the API is incomplete.

And yes it implements Direct X as well.

SE could improve it by taking the source code and recompiling the game with Winelib to create an official (yet unsupported) Mac/Linux client. This would probably take minimal effort as well seeing as it already works in Wine. They only need to change the build environment not the game code itself. Wine already implements enough of the API to allow XIV to run.

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManage...sion&iId=21478