What about us Mac users?

[Wraethrax]

VMWare = yum, and yes. WMWare rocks!

The beta was unplayable for me using Windows XP and VMWare Fusion. I've played a bunch of games through it and have always run into problems, most of them game breakers. Great for non games though.

I was hoping to use Crossover (uses WINE) to play Defiance, but I haven't found it to be helpful with what I want to play. Most playable games I like have native Mac clients. I don't know if I'd have more luck with VMWare if I ran Windows 7, but I'm not about to drop the cash on it. Might be Boot Camp for me or nothing at all...

[Senel]

Its not possible to play video games on a mac, silly goose!

[Wraethrax]

Its not possible to play video games on a mac, silly goose!

I play a bunch, with great success.

[rathb18]

I play a bunch, with great success.

And half the frames of a pc with similar specs. But no serious Mac's are not made to play games on since they don't have DirectX they only use OpenGL and well 99% of games are made using DX.

[Dagbiker]

Pardon me if this has already been said... but couldn't a Mac user still run it with a Windows emulator? Something like Parallels?

(Similar to what most of us Linux geeks have to do with either emulating or porting...)

EDIT: Or as I just scrolled and saw somebody mention Boot Camp... indeed.

On a side note...

^ I love this, and seriously too. Love the fact it points out that there are still several, almost just as many, that use WinXP as there are Win7 users. Which I still find ironically funny that MS refuses to support XP anymore, nor allow XP to have DX10 support. I mean, even myself, a hardcore geek, I dual-boot Windows XP and Ubuntu/Linux. I even had Vista at one point, and purposely wiped it out and reformatted with the soul purpose of going back to WinXP.

Windows XP is probably grouped together with windows server 2000 and windows ME because those run on the same kernal.

[Senel]

I play a bunch, with great success.

Using a mac i don't think it could be considered playing more like enduring. lol

(all jokes by the way)

[Wraethrax]

Using a mac i don't think it could be considered playing more like enduring. lol

(all jokes by the way)

Admittedly, I'm not a huge gamer. Respectable, but not too intense. Borderlands 2, SC 2, WoW, Diablo 3... All run smooth like butter on my MacBook Pro. In fact, when I switched from desktop PC to the MacBook, I saw better performance and graphics. Granted, the desktop wasn't a gaming rig, but I don't really need one. Anyway, it suiting me pretty well so far. I'm enjoying my Mac experience more than I ever did my Windows experience. As mentioned in other threads though, I'm a professional. :P

[Mechman]

OP:

Why don't you just set up boot camp on your MAC and buy a used copy of Windows XP for $30.00 or so?

[Senel]

Admittedly, I'm not a huge gamer. Respectable, but not too intense. Borderlands 2, SC 2, WoW, Diablo 3... All run smooth like butter on my MacBook Pro. In fact, when I switched from desktop PC to the MacBook, I saw better performance and graphics. Granted, the desktop wasn't a gaming rig, but I don't really need one. Anyway, it suiting me pretty well so far. I'm enjoying my Mac experience more than I ever did my Windows experience. As mentioned in other threads though, I'm a professional. :P

Whoa enjoying the mac experience more than windows? Hold your tongue you heretic! lol

[Valethar]

LOL @ all the clueless trolls in this thread.