[MG] so what's been up with the list?

[Allan Hise]

On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, Marc van Gemert wrote:

> Although it would be cool to see a special iMac Gamer edition w/ 6800
> Ultra or X800Pro I don't think this will be a success. Because the real
> hardcore gamers buy a PC/built a PC themselves and get themselves a
> fast and expensive video card.
> Why the PC? Well still a lot of games aren't being released for the
> Mac, that used to be so in the past, and that will continue, I mean you
> wanna play Halflife 2 or Need for Speed Underground 2 right now? Not on
> the Mac... Even Bungie went for the big money and released Halo for the
> XBox first, the Mac and PC version were released a year later IIRC
> (which I regret BTW).
> Don't get me wrong, the first computer I owned was a Mac and I still
> have several I use such as my G3 (server) and my clamshell iBook, and a
> still do pre-press on a daily bases on a Mac, but a few years ago I
> switched to a PC for gaming. Why? Well I'm a harcore gamer as they say
> and to play all the latest FPS and race sims I need a PC since I can't
> play them on the Mac.
> I think this is why a special iMac Gamer edition won't be a success.
>
> Marc

I think it is a vicious circle. Why are there no games for the mac? Cuz
the hardware is behind the times (that is, there is no decent gaming
hardware). Why is there no decent gaming hardware? Because there aren't
any games.

I don't want to see a 'gaming iMac'. I just want an iMac that I can update
the video card to something top of the line this year. In 2 years, it will
probably be left in the dust, but I don't care so much about 2 years from
now.

I realize that there are more PC games. If I wanted to play them, I would
buy a PC. I want to play the games that exist on my mac at the best
quality I can. I'd love to play Halo with all the details on full. I can't
with my GeForce IIMX. But I don't want to go buy a PC just to do it
either.

I would have bought an iMac G5 by now if the video card was better. Not
because I want it only for gaming, but because I want it to be capable of
gaming.

Allan