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Re: The voice of Reason has spoken!
Posted By: Miguel Chavez <bs@bungie.org>Date: 4/11/02 3:12 a.m.

In Response To: Re: The voice of Reason has spoken! (Mr. Zarquon)

: Dude, exactly.

: But then again, a flock of iMacs would probably play the game fairly nicely
: also. I say this cause my college is installing them in their library as
: media stations (to use with scanners, etc.). I am working at the tech desk
: this summer (which means i sit around all day) and we manage those iMacs.
: If Halo comes out this summer (or a beta, or something) I am so going to
: have my own little lan party 9-5 monday thru friday with my coworkers.
: hehe.

: Miguel- remember, its all about the portable laptop lanfests. I wonder if I
: can hold Jason Jones to his word about being able to play Halo on the Mac,
: on a PowerBook G3 (to quote him: "why would you want to") from
: all the way back at the 2000 MWNY Fanfest.

I guess it all depends on what's considered 'current' when the game finally ships for the mac. It's the typical trade-off of satisfying the largest userbase (read: not the best/current equipment) and letting the game shine in the best light. The exact reason why console development is so much less of a headache in that regard since you have a consistent hardware base and can instead concentrate on other more important aspects of the game.

Even if I *could* play it on my G3 bronze powerbook, would I want to as Jason asked? I'd imagine the quality and 'immersiveness' of the game would suffer from such an old processor and video subsystem. Kudos if they can make it work, but I'd certainly not suggest that that would be the optimal way to play something like Halo.

: Random thought, anyone still have the Halo Wazzzup video somewhere?

It's around, I have it on a drive somewhere. Maybe Louis will point you to a mirror or something.

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                                   The voice of Reason has spoken!Miguel Chavez 4/8/02 10:59 a.m.
                                         Re: The voice of Reason has spoken!Mr. Zarquon 4/11/02 1:43 a.m.
                                               Re: The voice of Reason has spoken!Miguel Chavez 4/11/02 3:12 a.m.
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