92 replies to this topic

[Parhar97]

I am on a mac and really wanting to play this game. But its not on mac.

[New Breed]

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[Alkazar]

You should not own a mac and really want to play games. This is on windows.

[Shatter Shot]

If you have the hardware for it, bootcamp.

[SnowDragon]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Apple product.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Enjoy your paperweight.

[B B Wolfe]

Alkazar, on 20 June 2012 - 07:05 PM, said:

You should not own a mac and really want to play games. This is on windows.

I wouldn't go quite that far, being a mac owner myself, but it is unlikely that your mac is at a level capable rendering MWO playable.

[Nintenja]

What can you expect from the devil PC.

[Alkazar]

B B Wolfe, on 20 June 2012 - 07:06 PM, said:

I wouldn't go quite that far, being a mac owner myself, but it is unlikely that your mac is at a level capable rendering MWO playable.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you can't play games on a Mac. I was just being as pointlessly unhelpful as the OP.

[Nekomimi]

Not sure if troll, or serious.

[B B Wolfe]

Alkazar, on 20 June 2012 - 07:07 PM, said:

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you can't play games on a Mac. I was just being as pointlessly unhelpful as the OP.

Ahhhh, gotcha.

[Scryed]

What is a Mac?

[Alkazar]

Scryed, on 20 June 2012 - 07:13 PM, said:

What is a Mac?

A computer that has no mechwarrior.

[Lucky Strongarm]

I play Battlefield 3, WoTs and Eve Online on my Mac using Windows 7. I can run everything on High without issue.

[Mantis]

Scryed, on 20 June 2012 - 07:13 PM, said:

What is a Mac?

Here's me and my Mac

[Tymanthius]

Real answer - isn't there a sister project to WINE for macs? You can always try that.

As for those bashing mac's - they are good machines. Usually top of the line hardware. However, I'm not a fan of Apple, even if they have wonderful product.

[Beaker]

To make a serious answer...

The Mechwarrior Computer Game IP is Owned by Microsoft after they bough FASA Studios.

As I understand it the rights to use the IP were then bought by Smith & Tinker (Jordan Weisman's New company after leaving MS).

The rights have then been sub-licenced to Piranha for them to make MWO.

I doubt MS are willing to allow the franchise to pop up on Mac, PS3 or any platform that competes. That's not touching the technical aspects. Though I would think they'd play with someone wanting to put it on XBox, but I'm sure I read that nobody was willing to give a console port a spin.

Edit :: Typos (5 month old children make you miss sleep).

Edited by Beaker, 20 June 2012 - 07:21 PM.

[Twisted Power]

Mac's just can't compeat in the gaming industry with a PC, code wise. You can just VM windows 7 on your mac and play this.

[BeepBeepimaJeep]

Tymanthius, on 20 June 2012 - 07:17 PM, said:

Usually top of the line hardware.

But thats just wrong, They use Intel CPU's, Nvidia GPU's and Foxconn mobo's and other various brands all of which you can get in a PC laptop or Desktop, its the same stuff, just with a nice shiny case and a huge pricetag.

[Nintenja]

mantis, on 20 June 2012 - 07:17 PM, said:

Here's me and my Mac

I knew you were going to do that.

My Mac.

Edited by Nintenja, 20 June 2012 - 07:23 PM.

[Lucky Strongarm]

Beaker, on 20 June 2012 - 07:20 PM, said:

To make a serious answer...

The Mechwarrior Computer Game IP is Owned by Microsoft after they bough FASA Studios.

As I understand it the rights to use the IP were then bought by Smith & Tinker (Jordan Weisman's New company after leaving MS).

The rights have then been sub-licenced to Piranha for them to make MWO.

I doubt MS are willing to allow the franchise to pop up on Mac, PS3 or any platform that competes. That's not touching the technical aspects. Though I would think they'd play with someone wanting to put it on XBox, but I'm sure I read that nobody was willing to give a console port a spin.

Edit :: Typos (5 month old children make you miss sleep).

If Microsoft does have a dog in that fight, I'm sure they have no objection to those of us running Windows 7 on a partition of our Mac's hard drive. I boot Mac OS to do work, and I boot Windows 7 to play games and troubleshoot Windows issues.