mac gamers get drunk on Cider
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quoted from EA:
Cider works by directly loading a Windows program into memory on an Intel Mac system and linking it to an optimized version of the Win32 APIs. TransGaming's Cider implements common multimedia Windows APIs such as Direct3D, DirectInput, DirectSound and many others by mapping them to Mac equivalents. This allows games to run with equivalent game play and performance but without the typical brute force porting effort typically required to bring games to Mac.
Cider works by directly loading a Windows program into memory on an Intel Mac system and linking it to an optimized version of the Win32 APIs. TransGaming's Cider implements common multimedia Windows APIs such as Direct3D, DirectInput, DirectSound and many others by mapping them to Mac equivalents. This allows games to run with equivalent game play and performance but without the typical brute force porting effort typically required to bring games to Mac.
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Games giant Electronic Arts were also on stage to announce a series of titles that would be released for the Mac.
The latest Harry Potter game, Battlefield 2142, Tiger Woods, Need for Speed Carbon and Madden are all to be released for the plaform, in major boost to gaming on Macs.
Games legend John Carmack, of Id software, also announced that the firm was working on an un-named project for Apple Macs, as well as other major platforms.
*Some* games work just fine with it, but generally I think their claims sound a lot better than the actual game experience is with most games.
What we mac users really need, is a version of steam!
When I run my mac in Windows mode, I can run HL2 at full specs with no slowdown. It's basically got the same innards as a modern high spec PC.
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thats pretty awesome. i'm not a huge mac guy but it's kinda good that the two (mac and pc) are getting closer and closer but still have their differences.
:P
sorry had to, cant have a Mac thread with no dissing..its just not allowed
heh