Spare a thought for the Mac players...

amigacooke

amigacooke
Mad Mike said:
I would be interested to know how mac users would vote on that one actually. would they rather ED had never come to the mac, or that it came and was deprecated like is happening now.
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I backed the KickStarter when it was Windows only and would have been happy if it had stayed that way. So I would have preferred Frontier to not have dipped their toes where they clearly didn't have the resource to produce and support for the duration.
 
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Kayweg

Kayweg
I do spare a thought for them.
They paid full price like anyone else, were excluded from Horizons, and now see support for their platform discontinued.
If releasing for a specific platform or OS isn't viable, fair enough.
But then don't do it and later just shaft the people who bought in good faith.
Looks shabby.
 
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Rat Catcher

Rat Catcher
GreyAreaUK said:
For those with limited internal drive space it can be an issue. Plus you have to buy a copy of Windows, which is not exactly cheap.
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You can legally buy a copy of Windows 10 Pro for £20, so not particularly expensive.

Sorry the Mac users who haven't Bootcamped will lose a great game...
 

amigacooke

amigacooke
It would have been nice for Frontier to say goodbye.

Their goodbye thought was to archive the Mac forum.

Still, I'm sure they still value my custom, no official support for BootCamp notwithstanding.
 

cpw

C
Hi Mac users, Linux user here, been enjoying Elite Dangerous on Linux for the past couple of months, because we've managed to get it running very well using Wine, DXVK and Vulkan (within 10% of performance of Windows, including Horizons!).

Maybe someone wants to try on their Mac? We're hanging out over here: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...ng-Wine-EXPERIMENTAL-NOT-OFFICIALLY-SUPPORTED

Edit: It looks like MoltenVK and DXVK are still WIP for supporting Metal under DX applications like Elite via Wine (MoltenVK is used by Wine on MacOS, but DXVK and MoltenVK currently aren't properly compatible), but I do suggest you watch this space.
 
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amigacooke

amigacooke

Leadfoot

Leadfoot
Maro-Val said:
People still use Macs? Jesus. Havent you had enough allready?
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As much as my brother (MAC) and I (PC gaming computer) tease each other about our computers each HAD their place in the world. My brother has had one for the longest time. He does video production work for his church organization. I've watched him work on it when visiting him. They work very well and easily for the things he does.

That said, the last year or two, things don't always work as well as they did. Certain updates on video production software no longer functions as well on his MAC. The programs crash or lock up. This has to do with video drivers and video cards installed in the MACs that you can't upgrade (like you can with a PC).

He's already started looking into getting a PC so he can continue his work. This was one of the reasons why FD said they had to discontinue support for MACs - shading, etc, things that had to do with video card operations. BTW, I did offer to build him a monster but I think he's going to look for one on his own. The fact that you can upgrade the video card is a huge factor in the difference between the two types of machines.

MAC shot themselves in the foot by making the box proprietary instead of making them upgradeable like a PC. This is how certain species go extinct.
 

sollisb

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Well... As someone with a MacBookPro, a self built water cooled PC and an Asus Predator Gaming Laptop, I can state this;

For major gaming, PC wins hands down.

For all my photography business I use Mac, for all my high-end retouching and editing, I use Mac, for all my Java development I use Mac. For all my business practises I use Mac.

For all my C sharp code I use PC, obviously. PC to me is for gaming not a lot else.

There's a place for each OS, knowing which is more suited to what is key.
 

IndigoWyrd

IndigoWyrd
Here’s my thought:

Whatever made you think of a Mac in the first place?

Here’s my rationale:

Long ago Macs were special. They used RISC based processors, had a ROM based toolkit to manage the GUI, and used HFS, a file structure so unlike anything else.

But today, they use Intel reference processors on Intel reference motherboards. They’re just PC’s. Mac OS is the only thing that makes them different, and the only real difference: half the software, twice the price, 1/4 of the support.
 

fnkaiser

fnkaiser
Yep. It was good while it lasted, and I agree that there is blame to be shared. Sadly, this led me to give up on Mac gaming. My two sons are building me a PC for Christmas. Guess I'll have to learn the ways of Windows. Gotta keep flying!
 
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