will steam's release for OSX influence gaming hardware on the mac?

[DesmoPilot]

Don't be so sure about it. In June Nvidia will launch it's Fermi mobile cards.

Since Apple is so in bed with Nvidia and refuses to use ATI cards, I guess around June-September, a new big improvement in graphics performance can be expected.

That's just something that I'll think will hapen.

Apple's obsessed with battery life; no way they'll slap fermi's in MBPs - not to mention I'd cringe to think the heat they would produce in the thin MBP enclosure. As Apple always does, the next refresh will be another rebranded nVidia solution or maybe something from ATIs mid-tier.

 

[RedRaven571]

Wait so if I already own a retail PC version of HL2, I can play the Steam Mac version?

Apparently, that's the plan; I forget what they call it but, if you purchase the game for one platform, you don't need to repurchase to play on the other.

 

[iamrawr]

Yay for polls! =D

 

[TSX]

If anything apple will will tell the software engineers to make their software mac friendly. Apples not going to change their hardware to please a 3rd party's software. Just ask adobe lol.

 

[iamrawr]

If anything apple will will tell the software engineers to make their software mac friendly. Apples not going to change their hardware to please a 3rd party's software. Just ask adobe lol.

good point... but the thing is there is hardware that is better than the 330m performance like the mobile radeons, because they use less power than the nvidia

 

[Nano2k]

I think the range and type of games available on the release date of Steam for OSX gives a good idea of the actual support for the platform...

My Steam games library in Windows and OSX really isn't very similar in size...

 

[bob5820]

Don't be so sure about it. In June Nvidia will launch it's Fermi mobile cards.

Which Apple will under clock in the name of battery life.

 

[grahamnp]

Hopefully other game developers will follow suit.

Who knows, maybe Apple will use a game other than NFS Carbon on the MacBook Pro product page now.

 

[alphaod]

Not likely.

Apple could influence Steam offers however.