Comment Re:The price needs to be in the impluse buy range (Score 1) 886
"[...] what counts is how well the computer allows you to do what you want to do."
Although my machine is used for "productive" purposes, I also want to be able to play games.
I know that a number of high profile titles have already been released for OS X and that more are in progress. But that number pales in comparison to the quantity of titles available for Windows. Don't get me wrong; I'm no Windows advocate, but this is how I see the market today.
No matter how great OS X is at being an operating system, it's only as good as the software available for it. True, this also applies to many open source *NIX OSes but, with the exception of a few of the Linux distros, they're not trying to paint themselves as a complete desktop alternative to Microsoft's beast.
I'm not saying this is entirely Apple's fault, but surely there are things they can do to make game development for their platform more conducive to developers. No doubt this has been discussed at length before, but the more developers Apple can get on board, the more likely they are to capture this segment of the market.
Although my machine is used for "productive" purposes, I also want to be able to play games.
I know that a number of high profile titles have already been released for OS X and that more are in progress. But that number pales in comparison to the quantity of titles available for Windows. Don't get me wrong; I'm no Windows advocate, but this is how I see the market today.
No matter how great OS X is at being an operating system, it's only as good as the software available for it. True, this also applies to many open source *NIX OSes but, with the exception of a few of the Linux distros, they're not trying to paint themselves as a complete desktop alternative to Microsoft's beast.
I'm not saying this is entirely Apple's fault, but surely there are things they can do to make game development for their platform more conducive to developers. No doubt this has been discussed at length before, but the more developers Apple can get on board, the more likely they are to capture this segment of the market.
