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Name:	Tim Newell
Date Posted:	Jul 25, 2005
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Working on new game and I got a mac. Plus uploaded a new Resource.

Well getting closer to completing my next game. (on PC/mac/(possibly)linux this time) I got a mac too about a month to a month and a half ago and I love it. It is one of the mac mini's so it takes up almost no deskspace, virtually no noise, and I love OSX "tiger" (my first time using Mac OSX but not my first time using a mac) I posted a resource on how to fix the openal issue on mac if anyone needs it.

www.garagegames.com/index.php?sec=mg&mod=resource&page=view&qid=8339

Other than that I have pretty much been working my day job as a tech and playing world of warcraft. I haven't posted a .plan/blog whatever you want to call it in a long time so thought I would update with one even though it does not contain much information. I'll be posting a new one when I come forward with my game and what it is about so you can have a longer read then. Well, time to get back to work.

-Tim

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Greg Berkhof (Jul 26, 2005 at 00:05 GMT)

Id love to get a mac. If it wasnt for the lack of ports for all the games, i would have one already. I like how in mac, everything simply works. I work in tech support for an isp, and there is all kinds of fixes for win, but mac, we just set it up, and it works.

Another question, how easy is it to port to mac? i would imagine all the scripts would still work, is it as simple as getting a mac build of your exe and off you go?

Tim Newell (Jul 26, 2005 at 06:34 GMT)

Pretty much. Just recompile the binary for mac. Only trouble would come if you made C++ changes that were platform dependant. Also there are small things in script you can do to make it work on windows but not on mac and linux like issues with case since mac and linux are case sensitive. You also have to delete all of the dsos from windows before running it on mac because they are endian dependant. Avoid all of that stuff and its as simple as a recompile. I got the mini to just try out and port stuff too.. it is now my main development machine and my main machine for surfing web and email. I was highly impressed at how Apple made everything simple and it just works. Coming from using linux I figured Mac OSX would have a few quirks but I have had no problems at all, it works flawlessly out of the box, even upgrading the OS to tiger was very simple (a matter of a few clicks). I only use my windows PC now for playing World of warcraft and thats only because the mini has a 9200 which will play WoW but not play it well. I use a simple USB KVM switch to use both machines on same keyboard, mouse and monitor. I'll probably grab an intel Mac when they come out in a year or two.

-Tim

Anders Linder-Noren (Jul 26, 2005 at 10:41 GMT)

Macintosh's are beautiful. Just look at those gorgeus things! And look at the price... uhmm, never mind. But Macintosh is beautiful. Without the lack of good games, i would have one already.

Samuel Lopez De Victoria (Jul 26, 2005 at 20:53 GMT)

I would love a mac, as much as I would love to have a good income to afford a mac. Nice to see you're expanding your horizons on the many OS ;)

Tim Newell (Jul 26, 2005 at 22:17 GMT)

Mac mini is only $499 if you already have a usb keyboard and mouse and a monitor (which you probably have most of that since your typing on here :) ). I got the $599 model though cause I wanted the faster one and I also put 1 gig of ram (got it for 50 bucks at best buy when it was on sale one day) They are supoosed to have new models available soon with 512mb of ram standard instead of 256 for same price so you wouldnt have to upgrade their ram although 1 gig is nice. Mac Mini is plenty for a developer machine for indie games unless you want to do TSE development but TSE does not run on mac yet anyway.

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