Why so many macosx demos?
category: general [glöplog]
Is the demoscene switching to the big apple? I see no reason in doing that... except for the... ah well... "coolness factor".
A good reason for switching to MacOS in just five letters:
Vista.
Vista.
Why not? People should code for whatever platform / OS they want.
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Why not?
Anything that runs code and has some kind of visual output is a potential demoplatform.
Anything that runs code and has some kind of visual output is a potential demoplatform.
XP? No its VISTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Actually, my washing machine is a potential demo platform. It has a 16x4 (or so) LCD display.
Now, i just need a way to convince my wife to let me take our expensive washing machine apart.
Now, i just need a way to convince my wife to let me take our expensive washing machine apart.
kb: right on
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Now, i just need a way to convince my wife to let me take our expensive washing machine apart.
You would be the first. ;)
yes! i made 2 mac demo for evoke!!!@!
and i dont even have a mac!
and i dont even have a mac!
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A good reason for switching to MacOS in just five letters:
Vista.
Word. After I finish the demo I am currently working on, expect all my future productions on Mac first..
plus, aren't most computers sold nowadays laptops?
if only decent macbooks with decent hw were affordable for a student... :/
=> why not?
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Is the demoscene switching to the big apple?
Nope, they're just moving away from Windows, because I also see a rising number of Linux releases lately.
a good reason for switching to vista in just five letters: macos 8-))
I thought it was all about the glossiness :(
maybe its part of a big demoscene sellout initiated by the CIA to destroy the scene?
related to jazz musicians.
Actually the demoscene has sold its name to intel (see the new http://intel-demoscene.de/) and intel tries to protect it against AMD. There's no better way than using Intel Macs as standard plattform.
Normally I don't believe in conspiracy theories, but that Commodore Gaming banner on the intel-demoscene.de site convinced me that you may be right on the spot here :-)
Why so many Windows demos?
Trace: Direct3D.
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Vista
Don't let Shawn of Commodore hear you, it's nearly gotten the two of us in a game of fisticuffs :)
I'm far more surprised by the utter *lack* of native OSX demos. Not that bootcamp isn't practical enough in that regard, mind you...
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Don't let Shawn of Commodore hear you, it's nearly gotten the two of us in a game of fisticuffs :)
Don't blame that all on Vista, the booze (another 5 letter word) also helped a lot with that :-)
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if only decent macbooks with decent hw were affordable for a student... :/
I too would love to see regular macbooks without that shitty GMA950 monster.