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Winterblink Body Count Inc. Mercenary Coalition	Posted - 2007.03.09 19:11:00 - [1] Fresh from GDC: EVE Online multiplayer space game is Macbound. Awesome news. Please don't let this become a PC vs Mac debate thread either. :) warp drive active \| nature vraie
Siigari Kitawa Gallente	Posted - 2007.03.09 19:14:00 - [2] Great, more hardcore geeks playing eve.. _________________ Burn.
Hydraxian Gallente Infinitus Odium	Posted - 2007.03.09 19:18:00 - [3] Heh nice, ive recently tried out one of the new Intel specc'd MacBooks, and i must say they are damn nice machines, very well build with a OS that isnt that hard to use (Me having never used Mac OS before). Personally i cant wait to try eve out on it, my only worry is.. what about the Right mouse button??, Mac laptops still only come with one button although you can pull down a context menu by clicking while holding control.
Sun Ra Reikoku Band of Brothers	Posted - 2007.03.09 19:21:00 - [4] now i can play at work(or change skills at least) ATUF RIP - 'plz stop guys it's xmas'
Jim McGregor	Posted - 2007.03.09 19:22:00 - [5] I like the look of the mac laptops... alot... but im not sure its enough to get me to buy one. --- Eve Wiki \| Eve Tribune
RazzleStorm	Posted - 2007.03.09 19:22:00 - [6] Edited by: RazzleStorm on 09/03/2007 19:19:42 I'm on a Macbook, and love EVE, so I just went and bought a cheap mouse so I can right click. Great news to hear. Wonder how it'll work with Leopard (when it comes out).
Winterblink Body Count Inc. Mercenary Coalition	Posted - 2007.03.09 19:22:00 - [7] You can plug in a mouse with a right mouse button and it'll work. Alternately, you can use control-click to get the same behavior with the single button mouse, or just look in the menus for the same thing. I'd love to see how EVE performs on the new Macs myself. And it doesn't hurt to introduce a whole other market to EVE. :) warp drive active \| nature vraie
Victor Valka Caldari Archon Industries	Posted - 2007.03.09 19:24:00 - [8] Originally by: Hydraxian [...]my only worry is.. what about the Right mouse button??, Mac laptops still only come with one button although you can pull down a context menu by clicking while holding control. Well, you have two options: a) You can configure the trackpad so that tapping two fingers == right click, b) Buy a standard mouse. They work no problem with Macs. Special software (e.g. Logitech's SetPoint) is a problem however; no Mac version for that. I'd suggest (b). It's way easier. :) Also. Even the best of MacBooks doesn't have a dedicated video card; only Intel's 950 - not really the best for gaming. So you might wanna go for MacBook Pro there. Originally by: Diana Marc Notice that BoB is agreeing with RA's concern. That's like Elrond and Sauron agreeing to reduce carbon emissions.
Kappas. Galaxy Punks Freelancer Alliance	Posted - 2007.03.09 19:33:00 - [9] Originally by: Winterblink I'd love to see how EVE performs on the new Macs myself. And it doesn't hurt to introduce a whole other market to EVE. :) Unless they change the fact that Eve uses DirectX I'd expect it to run a lot slower as DirectX would probably have to be simulated, or they'd have to invest the time in a complete rewrite for Mac machines.
Winterblink Body Count Inc. Mercenary Coalition	Posted - 2007.03.09 19:36:00 - [10] Originally by: Victor Valka Also. Even the best of MacBooks doesn't have a dedicated video card; only Intel's 950 - not really the best for gaming. So you might wanna go for MacBook Pro there. Right now that's not so much of an issue since EVE's heavily CPU-bound. Still, MacBook Pros are really nice. :) Hopefully the new improved clients coming down the pipe will scale down to accomodate loadouts like the MacBooks with less-than-optimal configurations. warp drive active \| nature vraie
Presidente Gallente	Posted - 2007.03.09 19:38:00 - [11] Hello, I am a Mac. Hello, I am a Pie.
Stingwray	Posted - 2007.03.09 19:38:00 - [12] Definitely good news, my main machine while away from home (which being at Uni means most of the time) is a MacBook Pro, I shall certainly look forward to not having to reboot into windows everytime I want to play a bit of EVE. Now if every game would release Mac and Linux editions and if you bought one then you would be allowed to run it on any platform you wanted. But thats probably too much to ask for.
Victor Valka Caldari Archon Industries	Posted - 2007.03.09 19:45:00 - [13] Originally by: Winterblink Right now that's not so much of an issue since EVE's heavily CPU-bound. Still, MacBook Pros are really nice. :) Hopefully the new improved clients coming down the pipe will scale down to accomodate loadouts like the MacBooks with less-than-optimal configurations. True, true. However, if you are gonna buy a Mac laptop with any sort of gaming in mind, MBP is certainly a better choice. Originally by: Diana Marc Notice that BoB is agreeing with RA's concern. That's like Elrond and Sauron agreeing to reduce carbon emissions.
Azrael Bierce Merch Industrial	Posted - 2007.03.09 19:51:00 - [14] Originally by: Kappas. Originally by: Winterblink I'd love to see how EVE performs on the new Macs myself. And it doesn't hurt to introduce a whole other market to EVE. :) Unless they change the fact that Eve uses DirectX I'd expect it to run a lot slower as DirectX would probably have to be simulated, or they'd have to invest the time in a complete rewrite for Mac machines. According to the article it is just going to be using Cedega (wine) on the intel macs to run, so I don't expect it would be any slower on the macs than it is on linux right now.
Saif Ha'Matari Danish Space bees	Posted - 2007.03.09 20:02:00 - [15] Edited by: Saif Ha''Matari on 09/03/2007 20:00:53 the big question, how will it handle the dx10 gfx engine.. ...and if the mac version will have the same features as the windows dx10 version, im gonna buy a mac at some point.. bsd ftw, need not to say more i do :p note to self : read article before posting.*
Winterblink Body Count Inc. Mercenary Coalition	Posted - 2007.03.09 20:05:00 - [16] Originally by: Saif Ha'Matari the big question, how will it handle the dx10 gfx engine.. ...and if the mac version will have the same features as the windows dx10 version, im gonna buy a mac at some point.. *bsd ftw, need not to say more i do :p It won't handle it, since DX10 is Vista only (blame MS). That's ok though since it doesn't have to, the DX9 client looks to be amazing by its own right. The stuff they showed at Fanfest last November was with the DX9 engine, and even though we were all hungover from the night before, everyone was suitably amazed. warp drive active \| nature vraie
Saif Ha'Matari Danish Space bees	Posted - 2007.03.09 20:07:00 - [17] but, why not use opengl instead of emulated dx through wine ? enlighten me someone, since i have no clue whatsoever about how easy/difficult it is to switch from dx to opengl..
Derran Minmatar Khumatari Holdings Ushra'Khan	Posted - 2007.03.09 20:07:00 - [18] Yay! This is fantastic news.
Erfnam Time Cube Syndicate Daikoku Trade Syndicate	Posted - 2007.03.09 20:11:00 - [19] I would be happier if ccp would make the client work for the existing platform before splitting their development efforts. Blueprint Sales
Jarjar Celestial Apocalypse Insurgency	Posted - 2007.03.09 20:24:00 - [20] Wohooo "In Communist China ISK buys YOU!!" - random bio
Krulla Minmatar Queens of the Stone Age Anarchy Empire	Posted - 2007.03.09 20:28:00 - [21] It is actually possible to run EvE on a mac today, as a mate of mine did it. I'm not sure exactly what kind of mac it was, all I know is that it was a laptop, and white. Anyway, the performance was alright, ran at about 20 fps at 1024x768. It had some glitches however, none of the portraits worked (they were only multicoloured blurs) but besides that, it was in fact running smoothly. ------------------------- Sigs are for noobs.
Rick Thwaites A.W.M Ka-Tet	Posted - 2007.03.09 20:30:00 - [22] There is no smilie big enough to convey my elation! --
Jillius Gallente Steel Battalion The Sundering	Posted - 2007.03.09 21:26:00 - [23] Goodbye Bootcamp.
Chaimera Grumpy Old Farts Gruntfuttocks	Posted - 2007.03.09 21:28:00 - [24] I all for EVE running on every platform imaginable. Bring more friends, family and POP SIZZLE LASERZ! Beware of the killer grumpies!
ZeeWolf Savage Industries	Posted - 2007.03.09 21:47:00 - [25] How can you play Eve with only one mouse button? Macintosh fools.

Eldo Davip Forum Moderator Interstellar Services Department	Posted - 2007.03.09 21:52:00 - [26] Finally! \o/ Originally by: ZeeWolf How can you play Eve with only one mouse button? Macintosh fools. External mouse ___ Email Us \| Forum Rules \| Our Website EvE +NLINE - T+TALHELLDEATH SUPPORTER

matarkhan	Posted - 2007.03.09 22:06:00 - [27] You can run Eve in Crossover 6.0, with a couple of tweaks. It's not fast enough for combat (even on my Pro), but it's nice to be able to log in and change skills without having to boot into windows. The Macbook Pros have ATI x1600s in them, I run two clients on mine every day, quite happily. But a Cider client will be awesome, I just hope they have some rendering trick that the Crossover people don't, so we can get better framerates and full-screen.
Sli'co Scoser Gallente World Order The Imperial Order	Posted - 2007.03.09 22:22:00 - [28] This isn't news. It's just "Hey guys! You can run Eve on your Mac using a third party windows emulator, just like you can on Linux right now!" Wake me up when Eve runs natively on Linux or Macs without having to wait for Transgaming to work around Eve issues after patches and such.
Sevarus James Minmatar Meridian Dynamics FREGE Alliance	Posted - 2007.03.09 22:25:00 - [29] So official 'news' to the stuff we down in the tech forum have been yackin' about for awhile. Thanks for that link Winter. As for specifics, cedega is the 'root' so to speak of what cider is, and THAT (cedega for linux) has been working VERY well for some time now. There is a performance penalty, but not as much of one as some people intimate in this thread. What WILL be interesting, once this is actually released, is to see how CCP and Transgaming co-operate on the larger patches. To this point, its been hit or miss since they began communicating with each other. (Granting that one patch that messed up was actually CCP's fault, and once they fixed their own patch, cedega worked flawlessly with NO patching.) To point out, wine for mac does run EVE now, but the performance hit has been pretty bad with a few ineresting twists and turns in setting it up. On the linux side, its runs with wine (thanks to the tireless efforts of elfiger and a few others) very well (nearly as good fps as the cedega client). It is VERY nice to see CCP broadening their reach by acknowledging and supporting MORE than just the microsoft platform. Ubuntu 3d-Linux Desktop+EVE
Nicocat Caldari New Age Solutions New Age Solutions Amalgamated	Posted - 2007.03.09 22:49:00 - [30] You little bastards, CCP. Stop trying to expand your player base and FIX YOUR GAME FIRST! Thank you. -mgmt Originally by: Splagada SEED ME DADDY Down with alts! One character per account per IP!
D Joe	Posted - 2007.03.09 23:08:00 - [31] The only reason I put windows on my intel mac was to play eve haha.
Ingols	Posted - 2007.03.09 23:38:00 - [32] Could be good news since I've been looking for reasons why not to ever use windows or upgrade to Windows vista. However I'm not fond of the people who brought us Codega either. Seems the have Gypped the OSS community and leveraged alot of work other people have done for free. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedega
woodman az Gallente United Space Aillance USA	Posted - 2007.03.10 00:08:00 - [33] Originally by: Ingols Could be good news since I've been looking for reasons why not to ever use windows or upgrade to Windows vista. ...................... My second game machine is realy for upgrade, but I too don't want to go Vista. Trying to read up now on MAC's. Anyone have any hints? i was thinking of either the 24 inch IMAC or the laptop. Promises made > Promises Kept *So Say We All*
N Solarz Caldari FIRMA Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate	Posted - 2007.03.10 00:28:00 - [34] i read the title and got really excited, then i read 'Transgaming' and 'Cider' and cried inside. emulators suck, make an actual client. and get working on the linux one that was alreay promised _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- Your signature exceeds the maximum allowed filesize of 24000 bytes -Sahwoolo Etoophie ([email protected])
Sevarus James Minmatar Meridian Dynamics FREGE Alliance	Posted - 2007.03.10 00:49:00 - [35] Edited by: Sevarus James on 10/03/2007 00:47:01 Originally by: N Solarz i read the title and got really excited, then i read 'Transgaming' and 'Cider' and cried inside. emulators suck, make an actual client. and get working on the linux one that was alreay promised You cry to mucheth over not much methinks. Been working just fine for me for quite some time now...and doesn't "suck". At this point with MACs and linux having a much smaller share of the overall market, most of us are happy as hell that CCP is paying attention to us...at all. Would we like more? Hell yeah. Duh. 1/2 full is my cup, and while I WOULD like native "native", at least I don't have to shell out bucks or steal/pirate an entire overrated buggy viral prone operating system to join in the virutal world that is EVE. Ubuntu 3d-Linux Desktop+EVE
Kadarin Wolfenrecon	Posted - 2007.03.10 02:09:00 - [36] Good news. It's also another reason to tack onto the list of reasons why I should go buy a Mac Pro.
Jarjar Celestial Apocalypse Insurgency	Posted - 2007.03.10 09:26:00 - [37] Originally by: ZeeWolf How can you play Eve with only one mouse button? Macintosh fools. My MX1000 has 8 buttons 10 if you count tilting the scroll wheel "In Communist China ISK buys YOU!!" - random bio
Crydawner	Posted - 2007.03.10 09:35:00 - [38] Edited by: Crydawner on 10/03/2007 09:32:08 Originally by: Jarjar Originally by: ZeeWolf How can you play Eve with only one mouse button? Macintosh fools. My MX1000 has 8 buttons 10 if you count tilting the scroll wheel ...or so that's what you tell people when they comment on your suspiciously strong handshake ;)
Winterblink Body Count Inc. Mercenary Coalition	Posted - 2007.03.10 16:25:00 - [39] Originally by: Jarjar Originally by: ZeeWolf How can you play Eve with only one mouse button? Macintosh fools. My MX1000 has 8 buttons 10 if you count tilting the scroll wheel Yeah, but how many of those do you use on a regular basis? (If you say all 10 you're a freak :) ) I'd be interested in reading a dev blog on the subject, by someone involved in getting the client functioning on OS X. Would love to hear some technical tidbits on what kind of challengs there were and what Mac users can expect from this, if there's any differences between the PC version an Mac version that are notable, etc. warp drive active \| nature vraie
Victor Valka Caldari Archon Industries	Posted - 2007.03.10 16:29:00 - [40] It's "Mac", not "MAC", you ***** HERETICS! Originally by:** Diana Marc Notice that BoB is agreeing with RA's concern. That's like Elrond and Sauron agreeing to reduce carbon emissions.
Jarjar Celestial Apocalypse Insurgency	Posted - 2007.03.10 16:30:00 - [41] Originally by: Winterblink Originally by: Jarjar Originally by: ZeeWolf How can you play Eve with only one mouse button? Macintosh fools. My MX1000 has 8 buttons 10 if you count tilting the scroll wheel Yeah, but how many of those do you use on a regular basis? (If you say all 10 you're a freak :) ) Four (left/right regular buttons, and back/forward for browsing). That's not the point, the point is that the Mac one mouse button myth needs to die. Besides, it's not like the portables need an external mouse to right-click either. "In Communist China ISK buys YOU!!" - random bio
Winterblink Body Count Inc. Mercenary Coalition	Posted - 2007.03.10 16:32:00 - [42] Originally by: Jarjar That's not the point, the point is that the Mac one mouse button myth needs to die. Besides, it's not like the portables need an external mouse to right-click either. Oh I know the myth needs to die, I have a Mac (been too lazy to buy a two-button mouse for it too, so control-click is almost second nature now). warp drive active \| nature vraie
Redrig Bayer Unrepentant Inc E N I G M A	Posted - 2007.03.10 18:20:00 - [43] Very good news... Means I can get back into Eve a bit more again.
Awox Infinitus Odium	Posted - 2007.03.10 18:28:00 - [44] Originally by: Nicocat You little bastards, CCP. Stop trying to expand your player base and FIX YOUR GAME FIRST! Thank you. -mgmt QFT, HAR HAR. Seriously though, the man has a point. This is just another quick-fix to get some more playerbase. How about actually fixing bugs first? I can see a lot more pain coming from this. Mac users being unable to play after client patches, bugs in the emulation software, even worse rendering during fleet fights (lol) and other stuff. That being said I think using Cider is a weak choice, it wont run nearly as well as it could with native code, right? Do it proper or don't do it all. People already have Crossover.
Prophet Jurah Amarr	Posted - 2007.03.11 06:19:00 - [45] Originally by: Siigari Kitawa Great, more hardcore geeks playing eve.. Hardcore geeks don't own macs.
Ryas Nia Minmatar Stormriders Fimbulwinter	Posted - 2007.03.11 06:21:00 - [46] omg please! Windows keeps on killing my HD's and erasing all my stuff so im stuck using my mac and i really want to play!
Eeyore Shinra Lotka Volterra	Posted - 2007.03.11 06:44:00 - [47] if new macOs's are BSD based , and BSD came from the same source as Linux -> that means I will run eve on gentoo natively (cause they would have to write openGL, to support mac) ------------- Gloomy Domesticated Ass
Sevarus James Minmatar Meridian Dynamics FREGE Alliance	Posted - 2007.03.11 06:59:00 - [48] Originally by: Awox [ Mac users being unable to play after client patches, bugs in the emulation software, even worse rendering during fleet fights (lol) and other stuff. That being said I think using Cider is a weak choice, it wont run nearly as well as it could with native code, right? Do it proper or don't do it all. People already have Crossover. Actually awox, as a current cedega/linux user, my experience with patches/updates and gameplay have been surprisingly smooth. We only had one revelations patch that actually caused problems, and it turned out to be a ccp issue that affected even the windows users. As for the rendering, my framerate at 1900x1200 fullscreen during fleet actions has actually been fairly close if not the same as the native client. (Recent FREGE action vs. RATEL in a multiple carrier fight was eminently playable.) The crossover product for mac is still not quite there yet, from the reports from folks down in the tech forum, but it is improving quite quickly. While we linux/mac users would prefer "native" as in opengl, the fact is there are quite a lot of us who are able to not only run the EVE client, but run it very very well. For CCP to open its arms and acknowledge that windows isn't the only platform out there, and work with the companies that are trying to get applications on these platforms is a good thing. As for Cider, its been getting quite a bit of scrutiny, and several game companies have already decided that its good enough to use with their games. CCP, for all of your complaints, is a business, and can only stay in business by broadening its base. I have read your post and your points on some of EVE's shortcomings, and while I won't disagree with all of them, I HAVE been involved in EVE since 6/03, and its not as bad as you are portraying it. -my opinion, mileage will vary. Ubuntu 3d-Linux Desktop+EVE
Kernel Sander Epiphyte Mining and Exploration Combined Planetary Union	Posted - 2007.03.11 10:25:00 - [49] THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU I KISS YOU --- THIS IS MY SIG. BUNNIES AND STUFF --- ----- INSERT ASCII AMIGA LOGO HERE -----
Captain Havoc Caldari Dark Centuri Inc. Firmus Ixion	Posted - 2007.03.11 10:59:00 - [50] Edited by: Captain Havoc on 11/03/2007 10:57:11 Sorry just had to throw in these remarks and be totally flamed for them..., sorry WB.. Why buy a mac? build a PC for the same price that has twice the power!! Crapple Macintrash.. nuff said.. To quote a Graphic Designer in a movie he once made about his ever so loved Mac's "Do you know why they have a handle? so you can attach a chain and use it as a boat anchor!!!" You want to be a teh uber serious gamer, build your own PC then and stop looking at Dell, HP and Mac and other prepackaged crap!! Alienware is the ONLY acceptable prepackaged serious gamer hardware, hell it's so cool it should be called Yarrware!! Ok i've vented, everyone go about their business..
woodman az Gallente United Space Aillance USA	Posted - 2007.03.11 14:49:00 - [51] Originally by: Captain Havoc Edited by: Captain Havoc on 11/03/2007 10:57:11 Sorry just had to throw in these remarks and be totally flamed for them..., sorry WB.. Why buy a mac? build a PC for the same price that has twice the power!! ............................................. You want to be a teh uber serious gamer, build your own PC then and stop looking at Dell, HP and Mac and other prepackaged crap!! Alienware is the ONLY acceptable prepackaged serious gamer hardware, hell it's so cool it should be called Yarrware!! Ok i've vented, everyone go about their business.. I do assemble my own PCs, have been for over 10 years! Any one remmber Slot A's??? . I am just getting tried of Billy's ** and will not EVER upgrade to Vista. So I am happy that I my have a choice and can use a MAC to play eve. The main thing that has held me back from using a MAC is game play. Promises made > Promises Kept So Say We All**
Jarjar Celestial Apocalypse Insurgency	Posted - 2007.03.11 14:56:00 - [52] Originally by: Captain Havoc Why buy a mac? build a PC for the same price that has twice the power!! Ding ding ding!!!! You found the second Mac myth that needs to die, congratulations! Go look up the prices, and STFU. Mac Pro's were last time I checked VERY cheap compared to their competition. Also, if it's not cheaper, think what you get for the extra money, and again, STFU. Now I've vented a bit too, I very rarely flame. "In Communist China ISK buys YOU!!" - random bio
Mikal Drey Purgatorial Janitors Inc.	Posted - 2007.03.11 15:09:00 - [53] hey hey Er . . . .... . . I though you could play EVE on a Mac already ?
Mortuus Minmatar Just-fun Dark Matter Coalition	Posted - 2007.03.11 15:47:00 - [54] Edited by: Mortuus on 11/03/2007 15:43:59 Bah Sevarus, if you've been around this long you should know how not to get viruses on your PC without needing Antiviral software. Besides, Macs and Linux are only safe for the same reason nobody makes anything for them, 5% of the market share. As for Vista, thats a scary prospect. I'm waiting a couple months before I think about it. Since I use it at work all the time I'll let you know how realistic the rep is =) Oh yea, you guys need to kill more people, I think Kaker is beating all of you for the month. Oh yea, hurrah to opening up EvE to more people, with all the blues my alliance has I need every available target. MMmmm....DX10 EvE ex-Occassus Republica <3
Sevarus James Minmatar Meridian Dynamics FREGE Alliance	Posted - 2007.03.11 16:41:00 - [55] Originally by: Mortuus Edited by: Mortuus on 11/03/2007 15:43:59 Bah Sevarus, if you've been around this long you should know how not to get viruses on your PC without needing Antiviral software. Hey Mort! Oh, I DO...its called Ubuntu, and no viruses here thankyouverymuch. lmao. Originally by: Mortuus Besides, Macs and Linux are only safe for the same reason nobody makes anything for them, 5% of the market share. Myth and complete and utter f.u.d. there. Different operating system architecture completely. As for 'making' stuff for them? Mort, ya need to stick to killer pvp setups mah man....that right there tells me all I need ta know about what you know about macs, linux and open source applications. Ubuntu 3d-Linux Desktop+EVE
Morgan Tackler The Kru	Posted - 2007.03.11 16:51:00 - [56] Nice one, nice to be able to free up my 10gb bootcamp partition. ------- Mew...
Karma Coma The Rising Stars	Posted - 2007.03.12 05:55:00 - [57] Originally by: D Joe The only reason I put windows on my intel mac was to play eve haha. Same here! Now I can delete that partition and stop feeling dirty for having windows on my mac
Victor Valka Caldari Archon Industries	Posted - 2007.03.12 07:23:00 - [58] Originally by: Captain Havoc To quote a Graphic Designer in a movie he once made about his ever so loved Mac's "Do you know why they have a handle? so you can attach a chain and use it as a boat anchor!!!" "Mac killed my inner child...". Hehe! That's a classic. I still get a good laugh when I watch that clip. Originally by: Diana Marc Notice that BoB is agreeing with RA's concern. That's like Elrond and Sauron agreeing to reduce carbon emissions.
LWMaverick Quam Singulari	Posted - 2007.03.12 07:53:00 - [59] Originally by: Nicocat You little bastards, CCP. Stop trying to expand your player base and FIX YOUR GAME FIRST! Thank you. -mgmt <3
Merasa Tro	Posted - 2007.03.12 09:37:00 - [60] Just a 'For Your Info' folks. The current generation of Macs all come with a multi-button mouse in the box. It may look like one button, but they've been kind of sneaky to keep the image of one button. Its actually 2 touch sensitive halfs under the one shell. so you can left or right click. It all so has a little scroll wheel and a squeezy button from each side. Eve under bootcamp (into XP) works like a charm with the mouse. Hopefully the emulation will be fine, even if just for changing training and market stuff. yay for CCP!
Impericus	Posted - 2007.03.13 14:04:00 - [61] For those who think right click is not possible on mac: --> hold two fingers on trackpac and click on mouse button... whola... you have a "right click button menu".. I am a recent Mac converter (one month) and using the track pad on mac is much smoother than on pc once you get used to it. After 17 years on pc, I am surprised how easy the transition was. AND you dont have to reboot your machine after several hybernation session like on XP. Macman
Winterblink Body Count Inc. Mercenary Coalition	Posted - 2007.03.13 14:14:00 - [62] Originally by: Merasa Tro The current generation of Macs all come with a multi-button mouse in the box. It may look like one button, but they've been kind of sneaky to keep the image of one button. Its actually 2 touch sensitive halfs under the one shell. so you can left or right click. It all so has a little scroll wheel and a squeezy button from each side. That'd be the Mighty Mouse. The touch sensitive clicking thing is brilliant, but the wheel (actually a small ball instead of a wheel) is horrid. It jams up easily, feels flimsy, and there's no way to clean it. I own one, used it for a few months, then tossed it in favor of a more conventional USB mouse. Wanted to love it though. :) Of course you can always get a right click action with the control button. Control-clicking on a Mac is the same as a right click (though obviously not as simple). warp drive active \| nature vraie
Aktor Thrash Kurai-Komichi Curse Alliance	Posted - 2007.03.13 14:22:00 - [63] If you think that the whining on the forums is bad now, wait until all the Mac users start flooding the forums with their tech support questions. Both times I have ever used a Mac, it was given to me by my Uni. The reason they give us a MacBook to run Office in the first place is beyond me, but both times I have had horrible experiences with them. They are nothing more then trendy. Steve Jobs gloats about hows Macs never crash, but both my MacBooks had to be re-imaged upwards of 4 to 5 times over the 2 month span I had each of them. Macs arent meant for gaming, they are meant for talking to your friends on iChat and taking funky camera pictures for Myspace. At least most of them will be total noobs. Guess I gotta get out and start baiting people in Deadspace 1.0's again. ___________________ Signature removed, please email us with a link to know why. -Ivan K
Derran Minmatar Khumatari Holdings Ushra'Khan	Posted - 2007.03.13 14:42:00 - [64] Originally by: Aktor Thrash Both times I have ever used a Mac, it was given to me by my Uni. The reason they give us a MacBook to run Office in the first place is beyond me, but both times I have had horrible experiences with them. They are nothing more then trendy. Steve Jobs gloats about hows Macs never crash, but both my MacBooks had to be re-imaged upwards of 4 to 5 times over the 2 month span I had each of them. Macs arent meant for gaming, they are meant for talking to your friends on iChat and taking funky camera pictures for Myspace. At least most of them will be total noobs. Guess I gotta get out and start baiting people in Deadspace 1.0's again. And explain to me how that is any different than Dell with Windows? Or a HP with Windows? Or any other system with Windows on it? Let me relate my gaming experience with a intel based Macbook Pro. I have played World of Warcraft, Privateer, Homeworld 2, etc., for several hours/days on it. Not one crash. You just had bad luck with it like hundreds of thousands of PC buyers have every day.
FiNAL FiGHT	Posted - 2007.03.13 14:50:00 - [65] Try this one if you are on a Mac using Tiger 10.4 ... hold control and mouse wheel in (or out). I can see for miles and miles.... =) Honestly though, I'd just buy parallels for mac, and run Windoze in a window...
Impericus	Posted - 2007.03.13 16:04:00 - [66] Originally by: Aktor Thrash If you think that the whining on the forums is bad now, wait until all the Mac users start flooding the forums with their tech support questions. Both times I have ever used a Mac, it was given to me by my Uni. The reason they give us a MacBook to run Office in the first place is beyond me, but both times I have had horrible experiences with them. They are nothing more then trendy. Steve Jobs gloats about hows Macs never crash, but both my MacBooks had to be re-imaged upwards of 4 to 5 times over the 2 month span I had each of them. Macs arent meant for gaming, they are meant for talking to your friends on iChat and taking funky camera pictures for Myspace. At least most of them will be total noobs. Guess I gotta get out and start baiting people in Deadspace 1.0's again.
Impericus	Posted - 2007.03.13 16:05:00 - [67] Originally by: Aktor Thrash If you think that the whining on the forums is bad now, wait until all the Mac users start flooding the forums with their tech support questions. Both times I have ever used a Mac, it was given to me by my Uni. The reason they give us a MacBook to run Office in the first place is beyond me, but both times I have had horrible experiences with them. They are nothing more then trendy. Steve Jobs gloats about hows Macs never crash, but both my MacBooks had to be re-imaged upwards of 4 to 5 times over the 2 month span I had each of them. Macs arent meant for gaming, they are meant for talking to your friends on iChat and taking funky camera pictures for Myspace. At least most of them will be total noobs. Guess I gotta get out and start baiting people in Deadspace 1.0's again. Well Im certainly not experiencing this behaviour and I am working in the academic enviroment. The only software that has chrashed on the Mac is offcourse Microsoft office 2004 and that is because it is run in Rosetta ( the ppc emulator since msoffice is from 2003). Microsoft say they are going to make an intel mac native office environment in the new version but im waiting on what Pages3 will bring on the arena. Hopefully it will be Endnote compatable (its a deal breaker for me). Otherwise I have not had anything but pleasant experience. Macman ps. bacspace delet can be done by pressing fn+Delete button
Pakalolo Tha Shiznit	Posted - 2007.03.13 16:13:00 - [68] /me hopes this isn't on the same time line as the Windows Mobile client.
Backalley Anna Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2007.03.13 16:14:00 - [69] This is fantastic news, and it might just solve my next upgrade problem. I want the new Eve graphic engine when it finally arrives but I will never use Vista. If I have the option of just buying a new sweet Macbook instead of dealing with umbuntu and emulaters?! go CCP! "Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done." R.A. Heinlein
fisty Aliastra	Posted - 2007.03.13 16:37:00 - [70] Originally by: Sun Ra now i can play at work(or change skills at least) can already do so with crossover, just google crossover you can try the trial google crossover eve online you see there is a forum some members managed to get it working works fine not for pvp but does the job for skilling and travelling Ciao
Meskiagkasher2	Posted - 2007.08.03 22:14:00 - [71] Just to clarify this 'hold two fingers on trackpac and click on mouse button... whola... you have a "right click button menu"..' For those who don't know why the right-click still isn't working you'll need to enable ths in the macos System Preferences under Keyboard & Mouse.
vaya con'dios	Posted - 2007.08.03 22:51:00 - [72] apple is making a big announcement soon. its not ipod related is the general speculation about the upcomming news. so its thought they are changing there desktops and maybe giving customers more video card options other then the out dated ones currently offered not to mention how marked up they are as is.
SonOfAGhost Minmatar Munitions and Tactical Assets Repository Zzz	Posted - 2007.08.03 23:32:00 - [73] This is a disaster for the community. It needs to be fixed for winblows before other platforms should be even considered. If/when that day does come, Macs aren't the best choice anyway. Lag? GTFOOJ!
Ed Anger	Posted - 2007.08.03 23:36:00 - [74] already running on a macbookpro ;) but yes, a mac client would be nice, changing skills at work ftw.
jbob2000 Gallente KIA Corp KIA Alliance	Posted - 2007.08.03 23:37:00 - [75] ARGH NOOO!!! Now we will forever have starbucks drinking, tight jean wearing, emo hairstyl-ing, thinks-they-are-the-best mac FANBOIS in our game... argh. I hate macs. I also thought it was pretty pathetic when people thought the iPhone was the be all and end all of phones, and how people cried over it. DEATH TO MACS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111111111 ________________________________

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