Have any1 tried playing Warcraft DOTA on an iMAC machine?

Is it fast enuf?Reliable?

I will try to play against my windows based gaming friends via LAN after I get the iMAC.

Is there any conflict problem?

Thanx.

intel imac? If so, better use bootcamp or crossover/parallels cos' WC3 not yet UB and it's quite buggy. That's what i heard it.

get a backup PC n play or go to the CC.

UB??

U mean use bootcamp and play DOTA under windows.

UB = Universal Binary

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_binary

unless u have the imac version warcraft...then shouldnt have problem

Looks like when it comes to PC gaming,Windows is still the best choice huh.

So still allowable for cross playing between PC and MAC when using LAN?

Yup, MAC version of warcraft to be used.

This post has been edited by macball: Jan 1 2007, 07:02 PM

hamachi can be used .

shouldnt be a problem....since blizzard should already figure this will happen

I don't think Blizzard will bother to release a Universal Binary patch for Warcraft 3. All their attention now is at World of Warcraft.

If im not mistaken there is no Mac version of Warcraft III.

You can install the cd both on a windows or a Mac.

Mac is not made to play games. We do real stuffs

This post has been edited by Makakeke: Jan 1 2007, 08:31 PM

real stuff? all work and no play makes jack a dull boy.

well, jack is a dull boy, haha!

Got mac version la Just that for intelmac, it will be buggy and slow cos' it design for PPC mac only. The best way is running under bootcamp. For crossover, i had use it before, kinda buggy as well since crossover still under beta

btw, hamachi for mac don't have chat feature

What he means is there is no SEPARATE edition for mac. You can use the same installation disc (original, not pirated) to install on both platforms.

WC3 lagging even im using MBP with 1.5G ram.. Sux..
Better use bootcamp..

In other words, still we use PC for ultimate gaming. Is MAC really that bad in world of gaming?

It's because of directx. Mac os using opengl, whereas most game use directx.

OSX is using OpenGL . Thats not the problem , Warcraft III runs pretty good on my mac mini . no problem , but hten it lags when i run it on top of my hac.Its mainly because of the emulation , even such an old game , it lags. so pretty much you're better off running warcraft III on windows then on an intel mac / but if you're talking about ppc imacs its fine

i have dota'ed on my mac mini ...i have no what-so-ever problems

my bad Well, i think the main issue is the UB for intelmac. It's just like CS2 which is still under PPC.

Like said b4, WC3 is available for G4/G5 Macs. If u got the Intel Mac, then bootcamp n install WC3 lor. I don't understand what's the problem here. Or is it because WC3 is quite rare for OS X?

So we install it in bootcamp windows, the game should work just fine, no lagging.

well latest v1.21a patch released....

http://www.blizzard.com/support/?id=mwr02093p

the patch notes show tat it could run native on both Intel n PPC Macs

yeah hope no more lagging issue