What about us Mac users?

Oh Master One Kenoboni. I understand

Mac good for work, PC good for play.

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Originally Posted by Portabella

I'm going to confound you. I have no passion for one or the other. As a designer/developer by day my profession use a number of different systems including Windows, Linux and OSX machines.

I have developed a preference for Mac/iOS systems for my personal use simply because they are more convenient. Everything works well together and the Windows market doesn't offer anything that compares currently in terms of stability, reliability, hardware variety for entertainment and the multitude of Tablet to Systems apps that integrate with my devices and entertainment systems. As a result, I stopped buying PCs for myself, but my husband still prefers his Alienware notebook machine because all he does with his computer is Game. I do far, far more than that with mine. My husband also paid a much higher price tag than I paid for my 2011 MacBook Pro brand new. It was closer in price after I upgraded it to a OCZ Vertex 4 series SSD and upgraded the RAM to 16GB, while he still sports 8GB of RAM and a spinning HD.

My argument simply points out that the hardware is the same pricetag no matter what operating system runs on it. If you hate Macs, go out and buy yourself a similarly built Windows or Linux based system, but at the end of the day you're going to pay the same price for the hardware. You will however, pay much, much more for your operating system and software on a Windows OS system than you ever will for a Linux or Mac OS based system. OS Upgrades for Linux are free, and for MacOS they are $20, and software is generally a fraction of the price when not free, with a lot more variety, with the sole exception of games.

The gaming industry is the only software solution that has limited variety in these operating system environments. I personally believe that this is because historically, Windows has been the dominating Operating System and was for at least two decades. The reality is that this user landscape is rapidly and dramatically changing to one where many individuals for personal use are choosing systems with operating systems other than windows, and in many cases, they aren't buying personal computers at all anymore... they're buying tablets. One quick peek at statistics of the trends of all internet browsing over the past two years points this out elegantly. I can also say that from my experience in the retail segment of computer and tablet sales in recent years that this is indeed very much the trend moving forward and to ignore it spells out disaster for software development companies.

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You're a web designer... aren't you...

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Originally Posted by Lucid

You're a web designer... aren't you...

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I'm many things. I'm a software developer, graphic designer, web developer, print technician, project manager, business owner, sales professional, software trainer (Mac/PC), and a hardware/software consultant... just to name a few. I once specialized in Virus Removal... but I got out of that business to save my sanity.

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Originally Posted by Portabella

I'm many things. I'm a software developer, graphic designer, web developer, print technician, project manager, business owner, sales professional, software trainer (Mac/PC), and a hardware/software consultant... just to name a few. I once specialized in Virus Removal... but I got out of that business to save my sanity.

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What languages?

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Originally Posted by Portabella

I'm many things. I'm a software developer, graphic designer, web developer, print technician, project manager, business owner, sales professional, software trainer (Mac/PC), and a hardware/software consultant... just to name a few. I once specialized in Virus Removal... but I got out of that business to save my sanity.

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So basically you are apprentice of many things and master of none? (just kidding, I am myself in the same boat, I am a musician, poet and krazy)

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Originally Posted by Kantazo

Oh Master One Kenoboni. I understand

Mac good for work, PC good for play.

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You actually have that backwards. The number of people who purchase Windows based machines strictly for personal use are the minority. Most Windows-based solutions are for enterprise/business reasons (largely because of the limited availability of financial accounting software). Because billing software ties into ERP systems, that means entire companies must run on the same platform.

People are choosing Macs more today for personal use because of the personal and entertainment software availability that comes part of OSX, and how seamlessly these things integrate with their smartphones and tablets. The software is cheaper to maintain and the hardware is more reliable lasting years longer than cheaper PC units (refer to my above posts on hardware for the reason why), which means ultimately they pay less for their machines than they would if they bought a PC with Windows.

You wouldn't believe how many businesses are finding creative ways to convert from Windows to Mac OS based machines in order to cut costs on Microsoft software licensing and improve hardware reliability. Like I said, the landscape is changing and I believe that the first financial enterprise level package that has localized functionality for country-based taxation and finance laws is going to be the catalyst that will put Microsoft to the ultimate test.

But... Why should Trion spend any of their resources to provide native support for Mac? Solutions already exist to run Defiance on Mac (such as bootcamp).

As it was stated before, use boot camp. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1461

Buying a Mac is the worse thing you can do as a gammer. Just get used to it.

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Originally Posted by DuoMaxwell007

two words for you:

BOOT

CAMP

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This 100%. If you were real MAC users you'd cry less on a forum and actually learn all the features of your POS. I was stuck with a MAC for a while and got by just fine because of bootcamp. Learn before you cry.