Releasing to J2ME handsets is a money and time sink; consider Gameloft with their 200+ developers working fulltime on porting to specific handsets.. there are 300+ devices to test on. Consider targetting a single form factor like the iphone instead, or releasing it as a flash game - as a single mechanic without heavy production values would be a little light these days for a pc/mac downloadable.. then you'll probably have a fighting chance.

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Emmanuel

I think that they have used Intel's CPUs for a very long time. The Apple ][ series was all Intel, for instance. The Mac was Motorola, then IBM, and now Intel - but it has changed architectures completely twice.

Huh? Apple has used Intel's CPUs for a long time? Where did you get that from?

The original Apple ][s were based on MOS Technology's 6502 processor, although MOS later licensed the technology to other manufacturers, Intel was never one of them, since they were doing quite well with their 8080 and then later the 80286 and successors in the x86 line. The Apple //c was based on the 65c02, a CMOS implementation of the 6502 standard created by Western Design Center, and the Apple //GS was based on the 65816, also by Western Design Center. The 65816 was basically a backwards compatible 6502 chip with the ability to work in either 8 or 16 bit modes rather than just 8 bit. While it's possible that there were some Intel components in some of these machines (I think I remember hearing that one of the floppy drive controllers used an Intel chip), but none of the Apple // line EVER used intel CPUs.

The original Macintosh was based on the 68000 chip from Motorola, and Macs continued to be based on that chips successors, the 68020, 68030, and 68040 for several years. Then they switched to the PowerPC family which were designed by IBM and Motorola together. I believe that most of the chips were branded IBM inside the case, but I believe the chips, at least at first, were being supplied by Motorola.

The switch to Intel didn't happen until 2006, although NextSTEP, the OS that OS X was based on, ran on multiple architectures including Intel, and Apple kept making sure that OS X could be used on Intel chips in secret to give them more bargaining power.

I highly doubt we would have seen the bunny suit ads if Apple had been using Intel chips for anything mission-critical.

I have a bunch of hobbies (snowboarding, reading, cooking/baking, singing, video games, violin, dancing, project gutenberg, etc), and I've had them for quite a while.

When I was in the pits of depression, I found little to no enjoyment in them. After I got on antidepressants, I rediscovered my love of cooking and making music, amongst other things. I also enjoyed getting out of the house again, to spend time with friends or go out to a nightclub or something. Before, I found it too overwhelming to leave the house to meet up with friends.

I understand the OP's urge to get people to be more involved with various activities in their lives. However, true depression will prevent you from enjoying anything, including things that you used to love.

I completely agree. I also think that it can be attributed to a continuing breakdown of the perception that there is a gross incompatibility between Mac users and the rest of the world. While I still do field questions such as "Will I be able to open a Word file someone sends me," they are becoming less frequent. I even hear concern about whether someone with a Mac will be able to receive email from someone with a Windows computer. I think that as the Mac becomes more popular, more people realize that there really isn't a whole lot of compatibility issues for the majority of what they want to do.

I found it highly amusing that skirts/dresses were not offered as an option at all.

I own and wear far more skirts and dresses than I do pants. They're more comfortable and flattering for me. Where I work now does have a business casual dress code which means mangement wears suits/ties and the rest of us who do the real work, (couldn't resist the dig), get to wear whatever for the most part. Jeans and t-shirts are only ok on Fridays.

The thing is, when I've worked at jeans and t-shirt tech companies I still wore skirts and dresses, even caused problems on occasion since everyone wondered where I was interviewing but I really just like wearing them.