#4

9th Jul 2009 at 8:54 PM
Last edited by HeyBubbe : 9th Jul 2009 at
9:03 PM.
Reason: Want to add thanks to previous posters
CC on a mac
Thanks to the previous posters who took the time to look into the issue, much appreciated as it seems there are few out there who'd go up to bat for team OSX when they're on team PC. So, it's nice to see someone looking into mac needs than ignoring the issue altogether (which is the usual response, sadly). So, again, hats off to you.
There are several problems with running through bootcamp for peeps (such as myself) who are native OSX users.
1)Need HD space to partition the disk.
I have an older model imac and I share it with my husband who does film editing. We just can't spare the HD space to partition space for PC just to play one game. No, I don't have to use the 32gb default partition size-I can adjust how much space to partition. But any space taken away from my husband's work (an important thing) so I can play a video game (a (fun but) unimportant thing) won't do. Yeah, I'm nickle and dime-ing HD space, but until we can afford a more spacious computer, I have ration HD space.
2)Computer sharing
I'm sure other people share the computer they play/create CC on. My husband, as aforementioned, does film editing. Compressing a film file can take quite a loooooong time. As a film is quietly compressing in the background, I can hop on to play Sims, create CC, online shop, watch porn... whatever. However, I can't hop on over to the PC side while his films are compressing unless I want to have a very frustrated hubby. While my situation is unique to me, I'm sure others out there share their computers with people who may sigh and kvetch because our leisure activity is inconveniencing "hop on real quick" work they have to do on a program that's run on OSX.
3) My graphic editing programs are for mac
I have the Adobe CS4 suite installed on my mac. It's boofitful and faboolous and I love it. I'd love to create CC with it. In order to make CC for my PC game, I have to create my cc, reboot to PC, test it, reboot to OSX to make changes, reboot to PC to test again... etc. It's such an inconvenient pain that I don't even really want to bother. Of course, I could pirate imaging programs for PC, but I don't want to be a dirty thief. I could also download one of the free image editing programs available, but then I have to deal with a learning curve in order to do my "fun in my spare time" thing. Meh. It's just pointless to bother with it at all at this point.
4) The principle of the thing
Hey, us OSX users spend a lot of money on these machines for a reason, especially if that reason is our work. Every time I have to traverse to the PC dark side, I feel like... well... it's like buying an electric car but having to take the sputtering smoke belching jalopy to the store because no one wants to put an outlet in the parking lot.
While playing sims and creating CC via bootcamp or parallels or whatever may be the simplest solution, it's not necessarily more convenient. I'd love to create and share cc, but at this point I really don't want to bother right now with the status quo as it is. And I'm sure I'm not the only potential cc contributor who is being alienated by the lack of mac support.
My $.02, for what it's worth.
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