[Terpfen]

but Apple Corp. doesn’t seem to have any concern whatsoever for anyone who likes to game on occasion.

It's not really Apple's fault. Microsoft's DirectX won the battle with OpenGL, thus chaining games to the Windows platform. It's going to take a fundamental shift in a number of areas--improved OpenGL support on the part of nvidia and ATi, greater amounts of Mac users, and a clear financial justification for hiring OS X programmers and taking the time to learn the intricacies of the OS. Those are a lot of barriers to overcome, especially since we have Boot Camp now.

[CitizenUSA]

The issue with Boot Camp is it pretty much eliminates the reason for running OS X in the first place. Why do I need a separate OS when Windows XP runs Firefox, Apple makes Quicktime and iTunes for Windows, and Windows actually runs games?

After 25 years of buying/using Mac exclusively, I’m fed up! Windows XP is backwards compatible. I can run all the old games I love and do everything else in Windows XP that I used to do with Mac OS X.

At one time, I didn’t mind it that only quality games made it to the Mac platform or that I paid more for them or that they didn’t run as well as the Windows versions. I could at least run the programs I wanted in addition to enjoying a much more user friendly OS.

I currently use an Intel-based Mac. If I’m always running Boot Camp to do what I want to do, why bother with OS X or Mac hardware in the first place? I speak as someone who went from Apple II to 680X0 to PPC to Intel-based. Please explain why OS X and Mac hardware are even relevant any more.

I suppose success speaks for itself, and Apple’s sales are up. I suspect a lot of that is due to the iPhone and iPod. Will those new Mac owners be so keen to keep buying Mac up the road when they realize they own computers that are handicapped software-wise?