[devicenull]

Originally Posted by recon0 Windows servers can have more RAM than that ;)

My desktop can technically handle up to 4 petabytes of ram

[API]

Yeah, I guess that is a good point recon0 and dn. I still think that cross-platform support is important, so I still vote for 'yes' on Mac of course

[DaFox]

Originally Posted by walterbrunswick Don't waste time with Macs. Make a Linux port, and you're done.

There is already a linux port. I see no reason not to support every platform that Source runs on that has the plugin interface. (read: not 360/PS3)

Originally Posted by pimpinjuice Just an opinion: Aren't Mac computers designed for Video Editting, etc? I see absolutely no reason NOT to support it for servers, imagine playing on a server with like 30 gigs of RAM

Macs are designed to be general purpose computers with a sense of style.

They just happen to be used for multimedia stuff quite often because the style and applications attract artists.

I voted No on the poll but who knows I might try out a hackintosh one day and I would definitely try some Source games on it.

Originally Posted by recon0 but that raised the question, why not just run Windows?

Most people who run OSX don't need any Windows apps. Thats why you rarely see OSX gamers.

[BAILOPAN]

recon0: My time is split equally between the three major operating systems. I usually prefer OS X for development and day-to-day stuff. I don't play games very often (maybe once every few months), but for when I do, or I need to read crash dumps/test Steam, I use a Windows desktop.

For about a year I used OS X almost exclusively, but doing high-load testing on a laptop, on VMWare, is a real chore. And performance testing in VMWare is not a good idea.

The unfortunate thing is that it's not legal to put OS X on non-Apple hardware. So my really-beefy Dell machine is "stuck" with Linux, since I prefer Unix development environments. But when you spend 75% of your day in vim, and 25% in a web browser, everything looks the same (except Windows, where the console subsystem sucks).

[DS]

I suppose I'll chime in. I'm one of the other developers that was mentioned, I think.

However, I'm currently using a "Hackintosh" which is working rather well for me. I dual boot between OS X (Snow Leopard) and Windows 7, but I find myself in OS X most of the time as of late. I certainly wouldn't mind owning a MacBook Pro in the future though.

I don't play games as much as I used to, so my reason for using Windows is usually development-related. If we are really getting dedicated servers besides the client, I'm sure my reboots into Windows will be getting even fewer.

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I have *no* idea who the third is...

[BAILOPAN]

I'm Spartacus!

[DaFox]

Originally Posted by BAILOPAN The unfortunate thing is that it's not legal to put OS X on non-Apple hardware.

Legalities don't stop the rest of us ;)

Edit, as long as you own a legal copy of it of course. RIGHT DS?

[AntiBots]

I will like to have a MAC!!!!! Someone help me xD

[nightrider]

I run a dedicated windows server with 12 srcds installs professionally collocated.
I use a Macintosh for graphics work & layout design.
I'm sure I would find use for a OSX port of the dedicated server engine with Sourcemod.