Anyone Running SH3 on an Intel Mac?

Mylander · 02-17-07, 05:47 PM

I am curious: is anyone else doing this? I am, and have been very pleased. I was always a "windows guy" until a few months ago. I got so tired of all of the bugs, viruses, incompatibility, and other garbage that PCs have been infected with.

In Mac-world, there is no such thing as a virus. Or any other malicious software for that matter. It is a non-issue.

The Mac OS was written with security foremost in mind. Windows is still based on it's original OS that was written before Al Gore had invented the internet or e-mail. This is why there are still huge security holes in windows which hackers and criminals freely exploit. Mac OS is all about security, windows pays lip-service to it. Meanwhile, there is a huge market for "protection money" i.e. McAfee, Norton, etc. folks write software to try to fix your broke-ass PC, and protect it from malicous software threats. It feels a little bit like organized crime: Norton: "This is a nice PC you've got here... We wouldn't want anything to happen to it, now would we?" "For a small fee..." you get the picture. Don't even get me started about all of the trash-ware which is pre-installed on your PC when you buy it.

I run SH3 with silky-smooth framerates with graphics maxed out. And get this: The Mac machine - - - works! All of the time!

I was a diehard windows man until a few months ago. Been at it for 17 years+ I have built my own PCs from the ground up, and I have bought them from Dell, HP etc... Started out on MS-DOS v2. Now, there is no PC out there that can compare to a intel based Mac. The high-end ones actually run windows software faster than the fastest PCs in benchmark tests. Go figure.

My argument against Macs was always "There's no software for them". Now that they have intel-based chips, PCs just plain suck. I no longer spend entire weekends "fixing" windows software and hardware conflicts.

I only wish that I didn't have to run windows to run SH3, et al. As far as I'm concerned, other than that, windows just wastes space on my HD.

Sorry to rant, but with my Mac, I feel like a man who has just been released from PC prison, and it is hard not to get excited about it and tell other people. What I'm saying is that Mac (wisely) realized that they had to get on board with all of the software written for windows, and it has always been the case that Macintosh builds a far superior machine that actually does what it's supposed to do, every time. The software is becoming more and more compatible, and the line is blurring between PCs and Macs. If I can run all available software, PCs have no advantage over Macs at all, IMHO.

The key to all of this is a program called "Boot Camp". When I start my machine, I decide whether I want to run Mac OS X Tiger, or WinXP. I can also "see" my Mac drives while in windows, and vice-versa.

Best Regards,
Andrew

02-17-07, 05:47 PM	#1
Mylander Torpedoman Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: New Bern, NC, USA Posts: 120 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Anyone Running SH3 on an Intel Mac? I am curious: is anyone else doing this? I am, and have been very pleased. I was always a "windows guy" until a few months ago. I got so tired of all of the bugs, viruses, incompatibility, and other garbage that PCs have been infected with. In Mac-world, there is no such thing as a virus. Or any other malicious software for that matter. It is a non-issue. The Mac OS was written with security foremost in mind. Windows is still based on it's original OS that was written before Al Gore had invented the internet or e-mail. This is why there are still huge security holes in windows which hackers and criminals freely exploit. Mac OS is all about security, windows pays lip-service to it. Meanwhile, there is a huge market for "protection money" i.e. McAfee, Norton, etc. folks write software to try to fix your broke-ass PC, and protect it from malicous software threats. It feels a little bit like organized crime: Norton: "This is a nice PC you've got here... We wouldn't want anything to happen to it, now would we?" "For a small fee..." you get the picture. Don't even get me started about all of the trash-ware which is pre-installed on your PC when you buy it. I run SH3 with silky-smooth framerates with graphics maxed out. And get this: The Mac machine - - - works! All of the time! I was a diehard windows man until a few months ago. Been at it for 17 years+ I have built my own PCs from the ground up, and I have bought them from Dell, HP etc... Started out on MS-DOS v2. Now, there is no PC out there that can compare to a intel based Mac. The high-end ones actually run windows software faster than the fastest PCs in benchmark tests. Go figure. My argument against Macs was always "There's no software for them". Now that they have intel-based chips, PCs just plain suck. I no longer spend entire weekends "fixing" windows software and hardware conflicts. I only wish that I didn't have to run windows to run SH3, et al. As far as I'm concerned, other than that, windows just wastes space on my HD. Sorry to rant, but with my Mac, I feel like a man who has just been released from PC prison, and it is hard not to get excited about it and tell other people. What I'm saying is that Mac (wisely) realized that they had to get on board with all of the software written for windows, and it has always been the case that Macintosh builds a far superior machine that actually does what it's supposed to do, every time. The software is becoming more and more compatible, and the line is blurring between PCs and Macs. If I can run all available software, PCs have no advantage over Macs at all, IMHO. The key to all of this is a program called "Boot Camp". When I start my machine, I decide whether I want to run Mac OS X Tiger, or WinXP. I can also "see" my Mac drives while in windows, and vice-versa. Best Regards, Andrew __________________ Periscope depth... Up Scope...