FFXIV for Mac

[Jadi]

You can play on Mac and Linux now due to the wonderful people at the Wine project and their work porting a Native Win32 API to Unix. That is probably the way it's going to be for alternative OS's for some time as Microsoft's advertising department still seems to be able to convince people to buy their piece of crap software for some unknown reason. (And It is total crap people, stop buying it.)

That being said that statement is more due to the fact that the Unreal Engine has typically been ported to Mac and Linux, however the version they are doing for XIV has not yet been ported to Linux.. It does have mobile OS ports though and as we all know *nix rules the mobile market.

[Valmonte]

You can play on Mac and Linux now due to the wonderful people at the Wine project and their work porting a Native Win32 API to Unix. That is probably the way it's going to be for alternative OS's for some time as Microsoft's advertising department still seems to be able to convince people to buy their piece of crap software for some unknown reason. (And It is total crap people, stop buying it.)

That being said that statement is more due to the fact that the Unreal Engine has typically been ported to Mac and Linux, however the version they are doing for XIV has not yet been ported to Linux.. It does have mobile OS ports though and as we all know *nix rules the mobile market.

Who said i bought it?

[MicahZerrshia]

Seems to me there are a few ppl here who drank the iKool-aid

Letting ppl have the ability to play on a mac would be a great thing, but the relatively small number of ppl who use them couple with the costs of printing discs, tweaking things to work on a mac and even rewriting in-game script (tutorials and such) and the booklets for mac users would not really be cost effective.

reguardless apple isnt really made for gaming, they are overpriced machines that at one time did a few things better than a pc but pc has caught up and surpassed apple in many ways so you have an overpriced, mid-quality pc mostly that still cant run everything it should. Its more a status thing at this point. Even indesign, photoshop, autocad and what not run better for me on my pc and hp laptop than on my apple with fewer problems, crashes and stops. Even the design dept at school scrapped all their macs for pc cause the pc performed better.

Cant tell that to the iCult tho, they will summon the ghost of Steve Jobs bring a blight upon your house

[Valmonte]

Seems to me there are a few ppl here who drank the iKool-aid

Letting ppl have the ability to play on a mac would be a great thing, but the relatively small number of ppl who use them couple with the costs of printing discs, tweaking things to work on a mac and even rewriting in-game script (tutorials and such) and the booklets for mac users would not really be cost effective.

reguardless apple isnt really made for gaming, they are overpriced machines that at one time did a few things better than a pc but pc has caught up and surpassed apple in many ways so you have an overpriced, mid-quality pc mostly that still cant run everything it should. Its more a status thing at this point. Even indesign, photoshop, autocad and what not run better for me on my pc and hp laptop than on my apple with fewer problems, crashes and stops. Even the design dept at school scrapped all their macs for pc cause the pc performed better.

Cant tell that to the iCult tho, they will summon the ghost of Steve Jobs bring a blight upon your house

PC's didn't surpass macs, Apple decided to go backwards instead of forwards.

[Noata]

Mac's will have issues supporting the graphics requirements of the game. the game would need to be recoded to work with Mac, Ontop of the fact that they are rushing to remake the game, and launch on PS3, it would be highly unlikely they are releasing a mac title.

[Forbin]

i currently play on a 2011 Macbook Pro w/ 8GB SODIMM, SSD when I'm away from my PC.. Bootcamped running windows 7 and have 0 issues playing with all settings at standard or higher.

There is more to buying a laptop than the guts.. I bought my macbook pro because the engineering and design of the unibody case, touch pad, power adapter, screen crispness and everything else kicks the living crap out of every laptop i've owned..

most people who "hate macs" do so because they can't afford it.

Just because you can't afford a benz doesn't mean it sucks..

[Rydin]

i currently play on a 2011 Macbook Pro w/ 8GB SODIMM, SSD when I'm away from my PC.. Bootcamped running windows 7 and have 0 issues playing with all settings at standard or higher.

There is more to buying a laptop than the guts.. I bought my macbook pro because the engineering and design of the unibody case, touch pad, power adapter, screen crispness and everything else kicks the living crap out of every laptop i've owned..

most people who "hate macs" do so because they can't afford it.

Just because you can't afford a benz doesn't mean it sucks..

True... a laptop is very dependent on sturdy construction and heat management/airflow

What GPU does your laptop use?
Laptops are just a different beast than desktops....
A good gaming laptop from, say Alienware (I hate that they're owned by Dell now), would run you just as much as a Mac Book
I don't really laptop Game though....
As far as desktops... you can completely replicate Mac Pro hardware, get an Antec 900 or HAF case and be no worse for the wear
Even if you CAN afford a Mac Pro... Unless you are using MAC specific software (Like LOGIC or Digital Performer), Then I'd really suggest a PC
For a pure gaming machine... you wouldn't even discuss apple

[Forbin]

True... a laptop is very dependent on sturdy construction and heat management/airflow

What GPU does your laptop use?
Laptops are just a different beast than desktops....
A good gaming laptop from, say Alienware (I hate that they're owned by Dell now), would run you just as much as a Mac Book
I don't really laptop Game though....
As far as desktops... you can completely replicate Mac Pro hardware, get an Antec 900 or HAF case and be no worse for the wear
Even if you CAN afford a Mac Pro... Unless you are using MAC specific software (Like LOGIC or Digital Performer), Then I'd really suggest a PC
For a pure gaming machine... you wouldn't even discuss apple

i absolutely agree, if my only mission i life was to game I'd want a PC.. My MacBook pro is an i7 model w/ intel hd 3000 gpu.

I bought the macbook pro because its extremely cool(temp wise), great look and feel, and very very very quiet. I am also a developer and develop in a linux environment for the past 10 or so years. I absolutely love my macbook pro and probably won't buy any other laptop ever again. I LOVE the hardware internal and external..

This is my first mac anything computer wise.. I've had an iphone since the original and now a iphone 4...