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EA Ships Four Games for Mac, Two to Come
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I'm just surprised that so much misinformation is floating around regarding the 64MB limit of the GMA950. This is the first time I have seen that link from Apple in 8 months of owning a MacBook. All my own fault, of course.
I'm in the same boat about the Macbooks.
The only reason that I would hesistate when purchasing my next Mac, or why I would even consider a PC is because of Apple's refusal to acknowledge the seriousness of their gaming situation. Apple is appallingly bad with games, unfortunately (and it's not all Apple's fault, but they can do something about it).
It IS unfortunate that our year-old Macbooks cannot play these games in OS X.
While I do appreciate the fact that EA is releasing these on the Mac, it is another half-baked release, considering the emulation (I do however notice that the Mac market is very small by comparison, and does not merit the same amount of resources as the PC market does).
I suppose my Mac will remain the *almost*-perfect computer for another day.
The only reason that I would hesistate when purchasing my next Mac, or why I would even consider a PC is because of Apple's refusal to acknowledge the seriousness of their gaming situation. Apple is appallingly bad with games, unfortunately (and it's not all Apple's fault, but they can do something about it).
It IS unfortunate that our year-old Macbooks cannot play these games in OS X.
While I do appreciate the fact that EA is releasing these on the Mac, it is another half-baked release, considering the emulation (I do however notice that the Mac market is very small by comparison, and does not merit the same amount of resources as the PC market does).
I suppose my Mac will remain the *almost*-perfect computer for another day.
I have to keep finding that KB article every time someone asks about the GMA950 in OS X. It should be in the wiki.
It was up to Apple to use the GMA950 after using dedicated graphics for so long. The X3100 on the Santa Rosa platform alleviates this somewhat but it's still sharing system RAM.I'm in the same boat about the Macbooks.
The only reason that I would hesistate when purchasing my next Mac, or why I would even consider a PC is because of Apple's refusal to acknowledge the seriousness of their gaming situation. Apple is appallingly bad with games, unfortunately (and it's not all Apple's fault, but they can do something about it).
It IS unfortunate that our year-old Macbooks cannot play these games in OS X.
While I do appreciate the fact that EA is releasing these on the Mac, it is another half-baked release, considering the emulation (I do however notice that the Mac market is very small by comparison, and does not merit the same amount of resources as the PC market does).
I suppose my Mac will remain the *almost*-perfect computer for another day.
Cider isn't emulation it's the transcoding of Windows API to work in OS X.
*)(&^!()&$! no GMA? oh well.
but it is under minimum requirements... and you probably can still play them.... just maybe not "play" them
that's a real bummer.
maybe the sports games won't be as bad??? oh man, i tried not to laugh there
but it is under minimum requirements... and you probably can still play them.... just maybe not "play" them
that's a real bummer.
maybe the sports games won't be as bad??? oh man, i tried not to laugh there
It runs via Cider, which is an attempt at Win32 -> OS X instruction translation (technically, it's a very incomplete and buggy copy of the Win32 libraries for OS X). Running it via Cider and then emulating x86 on PPC is simply out of the question, and since EA isn't even porting to a Mac-native app, you can bet they're not going to port instruction sets.
macs are built for WORK... get back to it
Computing is serious business! No fun allowed!
Sad thing is, you're kind of right. No thanks to Apple and their love for @#$% GPU's. Seriously, the graphics card situation with Macs is embarrassing. I'm not asking for an Nvidia 8800 Ultra in a MacBook but for the love of God, at least gives us something decent. And no, GMA950 is not decent, stop lying to yourself.
Macbooks are entry level laptops. If you look at other entry laptops or desktops you'll see most cant run BF2142 or if they can it'll run and look ******.
hopefully madden will come out earlier than expected. wouldn't mind to see tiger woods do the same.
Umm its EA...who cares. EA is the Microsoft of the gaming industry. All EA does it gobble up small independent game shops, dumps 90% of their staff, and releases craptastic sequels that are so bug ridden they require twice the machine to even make the game run marginally well. I mean seriously. I stopped buying EA games about 7 years ago. Anything EA touches has the innovation sucked out of its marrow just before it withers and dies. Anyone remember Origin Systems? Bullfrog? How about the popular Westwood Studios? No? That's because they bought them up and killed them off in rapid succession. EA is dead to me and they should be to anyone who is remotely interested in originality and quality. they are also the Walmart of the gaming world.
well its about time. I got tired of waiting and just played them on Bootcamp instead. to be honest, I'm bored with C&C already.
Not all that big. I might actually end up being less than the hit for a traditional universal binary port.
The hardware is tailed to what Steve thinks you should be doing. He thinks things like gaming and watching T.V. are wastes of time, so gaming and PVR capabilities are sorely neglected on the Mac platform.
People play games on these things? To me the fun on the mac is all the other cool stuff I can do with iLife and such. When it comes to gaming I'll always stick to my consoles.
Does anyone know if you can get a patch to enable a previous copy of BF212 to run on a MBP?
...I already have BF2142, but don't fancy buying the game again (just for the cider patch)
...I already have BF2142, but don't fancy buying the game again (just for the cider patch)
I'm looking forward to TW '08. I'm a switcher and I really enjoyed a round of Links 2003 in the dead of winter.
Interesting that its release will correspond with the Leopard release date. I suspect it won't run on Tiger.
I also noted the system requirements for these games is quite high. My new iMac might be out of date already when it comes to this type of game...
Rich
.Interesting that its release will correspond with the Leopard release date. I suspect it won't run on Tiger.
I also noted the system requirements for these games is quite high. My new iMac might be out of date already when it comes to this type of game...
Rich
when steve ever imply that??? apple wants to get into other things. if steve REALLY thought gaming was a waste of time why did he let EA and id come on stage?? mac will be a gaming platform soon enough
especially about PVR. apple has stated they want to get into the multimedia business. a PVR is part of that (not that i really care about an apple pvr though).
It's the same everywhere.
My friend got a low end dell laptop with intel integrated graphics, and he can't play Call of Duty 2 because of system requriments.
It's not only Mac, people have to know that low end machinese are just not made for gaming. The price of low end machinese can only afford to use integrated graphic card. Even if apple gives you a low end graphic cards (say below X1600), you also can't play those 4 EA games.
My friend got a low end dell laptop with intel integrated graphics, and he can't play Call of Duty 2 because of system requriments.
It's not only Mac, people have to know that low end machinese are just not made for gaming. The price of low end machinese can only afford to use integrated graphic card. Even if apple gives you a low end graphic cards (say below X1600), you also can't play those 4 EA games.