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Why so many macosx demos?

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Is the demoscene switching to the big apple? I see no reason in doing that... except for the... ah well... "coolness factor".
added on the 2007-08-13 22:37:54 by friol friol
A good reason for switching to MacOS in just five letters:

Vista.
added on the 2007-08-13 22:39:25 by kb_ kb_
Why not? People should code for whatever platform / OS they want.
Why not?

Anything that runs code and has some kind of visual output is a potential demoplatform.
added on the 2007-08-13 22:39:46 by xeron xeron
XP? No its VISTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
added on the 2007-08-13 22:41:38 by Rubicante Rubicante
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.
added on the 2007-08-13 22:41:40 by xeron xeron
kb: right on
added on the 2007-08-13 22:42:20 by psenough psenough
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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. ;)
added on the 2007-08-13 22:42:30 by Rubicante Rubicante
yes! i made 2 mac demo for evoke!!!@!














and i dont even have a mac!
added on the 2007-08-13 22:53:39 by alienttn alienttn
Quote:
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..
added on the 2007-08-13 22:59:36 by Preacher Preacher
plus, aren't most computers sold nowadays laptops?
added on the 2007-08-13 23:13:37 by _-_-__ _-_-__
if only decent macbooks with decent hw were affordable for a student... :/
added on the 2007-08-13 23:25:43 by rmeht rmeht
Quote:

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.
added on the 2007-08-13 23:34:27 by sparcus sparcus
a good reason for switching to vista in just five letters: macos 8-))
added on the 2007-08-13 23:35:27 by friol friol
I thought it was all about the glossiness :(
maybe its part of a big demoscene sellout initiated by the CIA to destroy the scene?
added on the 2007-08-13 23:42:00 by toxie toxie
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 :-)
added on the 2007-08-14 00:12:13 by sparcus sparcus
Why so many Windows demos?
added on the 2007-08-14 00:12:34 by mrdoob mrdoob
Trace: Direct3D.
added on the 2007-08-14 00:17:04 by Gargaj Gargaj
Quote:
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...
added on the 2007-08-14 00:25:09 by Shifter Shifter
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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 :-)
added on the 2007-08-14 00:26:35 by sparcus sparcus
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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.
added on the 2007-08-14 00:27:48 by Shifter Shifter

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