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#138158 - 05/05/04 11:04 AM Why the Mac and not the PC?
Becky The Medieval Lady Sonic Boomer Registered: 02/16/00 Posts: 26884 Loc: Stony Brook, New York, USA	Just curious as to why you chose to go after the Mac market instead of the much larger PC market.
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#138159 - 05/05/04 11:14 AM Re: Why the Mac and not the PC?
Cos Russo Shy Boomer Registered: 04/27/04 Posts: 52 Loc: Bowral,Australia	Well, I've been busy working on the PC version. I've always used and loved Macs, and it was always my intention to produce on Mac then port to PC.
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#138160 - 05/05/04 11:25 AM Re: Why the Mac and not the PC?
gatorlaw Adept Boomer Registered: 11/01/99 Posts: 10303	So build on a MAC, play on a PC. I miss my MAC's All PC's now - So I am have been waiting for Alida to come out for PC for some time. _________________________
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#138161 - 05/05/04 02:41 PM Re: Why the Mac and not the PC?
MDAMLADY Addicted Boomer Registered: 10/01/03 Posts: 1304 Loc: Gillespie, Il. USA	So us PC users will have to wait; right? No MACs in my house. _________________________ "So Many Games;So Little Time." Now Playing: Sims 1 Always!! Next adventure Please!
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#138162 - 05/05/04 04:02 PM Re: Why the Mac and not the PC?
Becky The Medieval Lady Sonic Boomer Registered: 02/16/00 Posts: 26884 Loc: Stony Brook, New York, USA	There's a PC port in Alida's future? Great!!!
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#138163 - 05/05/04 10:27 PM Re: Why the Mac and not the PC?
infernoj13usa The Radiant Moderator Staff Reviewer BAAG Specialist Registered: 06/07/02 Posts: 5766 Loc: FT. Worth ....Where the West b...	This is wonderful news. I've got three different systems ...but there all PC's Inferno _________________________ Watching: Dark Shadows Reading: Angelique's Descent Playing: WoW and living in Kil' Jaeden
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#138164 - 05/06/04 01:52 AM Re: Why the Mac and not the PC?
tigger Graduate Boomer Registered: 04/02/01 Posts: 15679 Loc: England	Is it difficult to port from one system to another? _________________________ A bounce a day keeps the doctor away!! Playing Sims2, Sherlock, Phantom of Venice Reading Storm Breaking
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#138165 - 05/06/04 05:44 AM Re: Why the Mac and not the PC?
Cos Russo Shy Boomer Registered: 04/27/04 Posts: 52 Loc: Bowral,Australia	No. The scripting environment is basically the same.
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#138166 - 05/06/04 07:36 AM Re: Why the Mac and not the PC?
Becky The Medieval Lady Sonic Boomer Registered: 02/16/00 Posts: 26884 Loc: Stony Brook, New York, USA	If it ISN'T difficult to port from one system to another, then why don't we see more games ported from the PC to the Mac?
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#138167 - 05/07/04 09:22 PM Re: Why the Mac and not the PC?
LadyKestrel BAAG Specialist Registered: 10/08/03 Posts: 9087 Loc: The Garden State	I've been wondering that for a long time myself, Becky. _________________________ "Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?" -Rabindranath Tagore
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