Mac a Game

Fancy getting some games for your Mac? Thanks to more support from software developers now, Mac owners will have an easier task in getting games. And I do not just mean simple puzzle and card games like Bejeweled, Luxor or Solitare, although they are also available for the Mac, but A list titles like Call of Suty 2 and Civilizations 4. Afraid that these games are not your cup of tea? There is still Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WW2, The Sims 2 or even the light-hearted Disney/Pixar Cars for some casual fun, not forgetting the massive monsters of Quake 4. Mac owners now have a wide array of games to select from. Over the past few years, support for the Mac has been streaming in at a resonable pace, and Mac owners are no longer limited to just first-party software. Owners of older Mac computers using the PowerPC chips need not feel left out as most of the recently released Mac DVD games will play on both older and newer Macs. One factor that has contributed to the increased support of the Mac is the number of people who are converting from Microsoft Windows or Linux to Apple's latest operating system, Mac OS X Tiger, especially at a time when Apple has just revamped its line of Mac desktops and notebooks. Software developers see the improved Mac market as a new opportunity to earn more revenue. However, despite the effort from Apple to woo more software developers into making software for the Macs, its library of games is still incomparable to Microsoft Windows. Recent hits like Prey and Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion do not seem to be making their way to the Macs. One of the newest PC game releases, Company of Heroes, even has a quirky new heading of 'Games for Windows' at the top of the box art. Mac DVD games, unlike Windows games, also take a longer time to arrive, hitting back any hopes of a Mac owner in getting the latest games. Perhaps the reason for this problem is that only approximately 5% of the world's computers are powered by an Apple operating system, forcing the software developers into thinking that releasing PC games on Windows is the top priority, and hence, the Mac DVD games are pushed back. In relation to this, I must say that the Mac is still not up there yet -- the same level as Windows. Fortunately, there is still another alternative if a Mac owner wants to play more PC games that do not support the Mac. One suggestion is to install both Windows XP (or if you prefer to wait for Windows Vista) and the Mac OS X Tiger into the computer. This can be done by installing the software 'Boot Camp Public Beta' by Apple, which allows you to run both Windows and Mac OS X Tiger, but only one at a time. If you are a Mac OS X Tiger user, click here now to download the software. With this solution, it will certainly end some of the fustrations of the Mac user. But, as I mentioned earlier, Apple still need to do a better job in catching Microsoft Windows -- at least on the gaming front.