Guild wars 2 for mac!

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24 Mar 2009 at 06:39 - 41
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Originally Posted by Kanyatta View Post
This is speculation. Personally, I'd be surprised if Windows 7 was released before 2012. Vista, while a bit resource-hoggish, is still the most streamlined and versatile OS out there.
Oh definitely, I love Vista - most stable and smoothly running OS I've ever used.

And yes, it's most definately speculation. Though from what I've heard (and this is all just second hand from reading things on Cnet and such) I thought that they were shooting for a release some time late this year, and at the latest sometime in the first half of 2010. Though the main gist of that statement was just to say that Arenanet has already said DX10, and hence Vista, won't be required for GW2.

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24 Mar 2009 at 07:27 - 42
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Intel+nVidia+Windows+DirectX is "the way it's meant to be played". Some people may not agree, but that won't change the truth, and you know it, so don't bother to argue.

Once that's is clear, since you can already install Linux or Windows on a Mac computer, is faster an easier just to have multiple Operating Systems on a machine than making each application work in all of them.
No that is the best way it should be played, though that is rather subjective, should not be the only way.

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No matter how many people want a game for Mac, the truth is that the number of people that get Macs and play a lot under a Mac OS are quite a few..
there has been a considerable rise in the amount of macs bought since the release of vista

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24 Mar 2009 at 15:57 - 43
Considerable compared with the mac sold until now, still inconsiderable compared with PC-compatible computers, and with the current crisis, Mac prices can't compete with PCs, so hat slight increase is going down again.

moriz

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24 Mar 2009 at 16:42 - 44
windows 7 will be released as early as december this year, so definitely not 2012.

anyways back to topic: there won't be an official mac version until microsoft decides to make directx available on every platform. since that's not going to happen, there won't be an official mac version of GW2.

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24 Mar 2009 at 18:02 - 45
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Agreed.
Mac users need to realize they bought a gloried I-tunes player.
Oh boy, a white laptop with an apple on it that is twice as expensive and half as powerful... but trendier.

The Simpson's "maple" parody was so close to real life it was frightening. If you aren't in graphic design or video editing, there is no reason to buy a mac.

Edit:
Links for those who haven't seen it
http://www.hulu.com/watch/46753/the-...s-mapple-store
http://www.hulu.com/watch/46751/the-simpsons-steve-mobs
Why is that graphic design/video editing myth still alive?

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24 Mar 2009 at 23:45 - 46
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windows 7 will be released as early as december this year, so definitely not 2012.

anyways back to topic: there won't be an official mac version until microsoft decides to make directx available on every platform. since that's not going to happen, there won't be an official mac version of GW2.
Yea, but some of us are hoping that GW2 will be as popular as CoD4, and that they decide to run an official port of the game to Open GL =]

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26 Mar 2009 at 22:46 - 47
Here's what you do...run bootcamp on your Mac which allows you to switch over and run/play/install winodow programs from your OS X. Google boot camp and see or look at the apple site. I believe there is a thread on Guru telling you how to run GW from your Mac.

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09 Apr 2009 at 02:05 - 48
I want my next computer to be a Mac, but I don't want to risk compatibility. I know there's Bootcamp, but I can't say I'd enjoy spending that much money on a new computer and find it won't work for whatever reason.

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10 Apr 2009 at 11:12 - 49
You are actually running Windows with Boot Camp, and not through emulation or other tricks. You wouldn't have operating system based compatibility issues.

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11 Apr 2009 at 17:12 - 50
Macs nowadays are PC-compatible, since they use PC-compatible processors now. You won't have problems with that, Linux Mac and Windows can be instelled at the same time in the same machine...

...needless to say you do require emulation to run them at the same time, XD.

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12 Apr 2009 at 02:16 - 51
you don't need emulation, unless you don't understand what emulation means, and using it extremely loosely.

bootcamp on a modern mac allows you to install windows. effectively, it BECOMES a normal computer running a real operating system, instead of a toy (cwutididthar?). as a normal computer, your mac will operate at 100% of its hardware's capabilities. all directx games will run the same as a pc with identical hardware.

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12 Apr 2009 at 03:33 - 52
Right, so this thread is getting nowhere.

Closed.