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Mac&Linux&Andriod Neverwinter coming soon ?
mehsybill
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Just find that on the Turkish Arc website and Neverwinter product page,the banner of Neverwinter has Mac&Linux&Andriod logo on it.
I know that STO has Mac logo on its banner and has a Mac cilent. Does this mean Mac&Linux&Andriod Neverwinter coming soon?
I know that STO has Mac logo on its banner and has a Mac cilent. Does this mean Mac&Linux&Andriod Neverwinter coming soon?
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I'm really curious to know how Andriod Neverwinter will be.
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(I've played STO on mac - it's great!) - but porting games in a faithful, well-playing way is not an easy task or for the faith of heart.
Newer macs don't need a client. The current hardware is more than enough to run NW in Bootcamp.
Older macs may need a client however.
There are working Wine ports for NW as long as you don't need access to the Arc UI.
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It might have been true over a decade ago but that really is not the case in the last decade. Hardware is hardware and software is software. As long as whatever program you want to use is available to use on Windows (more than likely it is) it will operate just fine if not better due to the fact you can purpose build your and upgrade a PC while many of the Mac branded computers have soldered components.
The OS does not make software behave vastly different because software developers design the programs to work equally well on both. The only reason Windows is better for gaming (fact) is because fewer and fewer companies are spending resources developing for Mac when Bootcamp and WINE exist for people who do not opt to simply create a Windows partition on their Mac hard drives. Software is held back by the performance of the hardware and the hardware in a a Mac is no different than the hardware available to a Windows User.
So if you like the Mac experience then buy a Mac. Don't buy a mac because people tote a "better for graphic design" banner because it is just an outdated and overused marketing gimmick to define an identity. Whether a Mac or PC is better all boils down to personal preference and absolutely not definitively better. In fact, to nail that point home, the reasons I don't like Mac are the valid reasons other people with different priorities prefer them which is fine in my books.
Here's a video I looked up which explains everything quite accurately albeit not always using the right nomenclature
The Adobe Article which directly says there's absolutely no difference between operating systems.
There is no word on whether that is in the works or not.
It's possible they are. You'll have to wait but I would not hold my breath.
Additionally, just like Mac OS is not better than Windows just because the first thought to come to mind when hearing Android is handheld devices does not mean they will not or could not make a vi for the computer market. Much of the technology in phones are similar technology to those in computers. In fact the last few years of hardware development is often labelled "boring" by enthusiasts as companies such as Intel, AMD and Nvidia have been going smaller and energy efficient rather than more powerful.
For instance last year AMD's big news was a truly revolutionary step forward in APU technology (CPU and GPU combined) which gave true GPU level performance in a single chip. While it was great news for small form factor, extreme budget builds and mobile markets it did not set any records for anybody who already owned a dedicated graphics card.
This year with Intel's Skylake we see much better power consumption, heat output and about a 10% improvement over the previous generation of Intel CPU's. It is absolutely an improvement but it is such a sidestep on performance in an effort to make it better suited for small form factor and mobile devices that it barely put ripples in the desktop market.
Now look at the fact Microsoft has even gone out of it's way to make the Xbox One a computer without a desktop app and made it so you can stream either one to the other...
So yeah, I wouldn't be surprised to hear android wants a piece of the desktop market just as hardware companies want in on the mobile market. The new trend is having interconnected devices and out of Mac, Windows and Andorid only Android doesn't have a hand in both the desktop and mobile market...
Wine runs on Android too and thus, you should be able to run Neverwinter on Android aswell.
Linux is not officially supported, but there is at least one active developer that expands the group of Neverwinter players by Linux users and praise him for it.
If you find an issue with running Neverwinter on Wine,
make sure to flag
SystemSpecs.isWineto1inGameprefs.PrefPrefEntry.PS Yay! We finally got an inline
tagAnd those which work on both DO NOT perform better outside of the margin of error.
Performance differences were true a decade ago. Not anymore.
FYI I have used Macs. Don't assume I haven't. The reasons for me not liking them have to do with a preference for the Windows UI and hatred for the built in obsolescence. The valid reasons people like Mac is the fact they don't even have to think about the hardware which is fine while I would rather think about the hardware and build a computer that is purpose built. That is purely preference as stated.
The only two facts is:
The OS does not magically make the hardware superior (look at performance comparisons)
Most software, particularly the "mainstream" design software, is available on both OS and performs equally well.
If you want a Mac anyway, go for it but don't buy a Mac because of that decade old and completely inaccurate marketing gimmick. It's Mac's version of "Built like a Rock" or "Built Ford Tough." There's valid reasons to want a Mac over a PC which all boils down to preference but citing it as "better for content design" is no different than saying a PC is better for business when most of the mainstream office programs have long since been ported over to OSX.