Guild Wars 2 Mac

[Heringer91]

Will it be released for Mac as well? It looks like an amazing game! but my laptop is a mbp and my pc is a bucket of pig shit compared to it

[jvbastel]

no it won't, it's pc only as of now, and I doubt it'll be released for mac later on, since gw1 never was

[ZyngaFail]

Nope, but GW1 worked fine on Wine.

[Tackhisis]

When Macs can gain at least 15% marketshare (hint: they won't as Apple don't want it), then you can make this ridiculous claims.

[jvbastel]

Nope, but GW1 worked fine on Wine.

right, iirc, they even had a platinum status, which means it works almost like it does on windows

---------- Post added 2011-04-21 at 08:41 PM ----------

When Macs can gain at least 15% marketshare (hint: they won't as Apple don't want it), then you can make this ridiculous claims.

What ridiculous claim did he make??? he merely asked if there is a mac version of the game, would that be so ridiculous? :s

[vizzle]

Nope... personally I am never making the mistake to buy a Mac that I intend to game on ever again.

[Heringer91]

When Macs can gain at least 15% marketshare (hint: they won't as Apple don't want it), then you can make this ridiculous claims.

what claim did i make?

[Areden]

Simply mac users change to windows ;o

[Heringer91]

Nope, but GW1 worked fine on Wine.

what is wine?

[skylla05]

what is wine?

A Windows emulator.

http://www.winehq.org/

[ZyngaFail]

what is wine?

Wine Is Not an Emulator

recursive acronym

[Tackhisis]

From RPM description: "Wine - The Windows Emulator".

The claim that company should support proptietary OS like MacOSX is ridiculous.

[Heringer91]

is it free? and how do you use it?

[jvbastel]

is it free? and how do you use it?

it's free ye, check http://www.winehq.org/ for more info, it's not the easiest program to use though, wasn't the mac version called cider btw?

[llDemonll]

At least read through the FAQ and try a little bit to understand it...

[Kellytm3]

silly MAC users,when are you gonna learn that if you wanna run all games and software on the market,you need a PC

[Deyadissa]

Why do people keep assuming Macintosh is a gaming operating system?

Wine Is Not an Emulator

recursive acronym

You're right, for it to be an emulator it would have to be exactly the same or better. Instead, it's worse.

[ManiaCCC]

Why do people keep assuming Macintosh is a gaming operating system?

I am actually not sure for what uses is OS X good .

[ZyngaFail]

You're right, for it to be an emulator it would have to be exactly the same or better. Instead, it's worse.

Wtf? You have no idea what an emulator is.

Wine is simply an implementation of the most used WinAPI functions + a PE loader.

---------- Post added 2011-04-21 at 07:35 PM ----------

I am actually not sure for what uses is OS X good .

For getting locked into proprietary hardware of course!

[Deyadissa]

Wtf? You have no idea what an emulator is.

Wine is simply an implementation of the most used WinAPI functions + a PE loader.

---------- Post added 2011-04-21 at 07:35 PM ----------



For getting locked into proprietary hardware of course!

 em·u·late   
[v. em-yuh-leyt; adj. em-yuh-lit]  Show IPA
verb, -lat·ed, -lat·ing, adjective
–verb (used with object)
1.
to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass: to emulate one's father as a concert violinist.
2.
to rival with some degree of success: Some smaller cities now emulate the major capitals in their cultural offerings.
3.
Computers .
a.
to imitate (a particular computer system) by using a software system, often including a microprogram or another computer that enables it to do the same work, run the same programs, etc., as the first.
b.
to replace (software) with hardware to perform the same task.

Wine fails to achieve to be better or exactly the same, therefore it fails to emulate.

However, Wine does try to achieve the same compatibility as Windows, therefore it is trying to emulate.

It is an emulator.