Original Sender : Ari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------- http://www.sempermac.com.au/news/#quake3 Pinch yourself, it's true, Quake3 Arena test released on Mac only!! In a surprise move that is sure to anger many hardcore Wintel gamers, *snicker* Graeme Devine, a Quake 3 developer from Id Software has publicly announced that the first test version of Quake 3 Arena will only run on Macintosh computers, the next one will run on Linux, then followed last by a version for Windows. "We have a Macintosh candidate ready to go. If all goes well tonight, it will be out over the weekend", said Devine, "The plan is to release the Macintosh version first, followed by the Linux version, followed by the Win32 version. We will release on the other platforms as soon as possible. We will rev the other platforms as we make new releases. Devine gave reasons for the release of a Mac version well before other versions saying "We wanted, and are eager to be completely "out there" on all platforms, but the OpenGL drivers the product needs for all the platforms are not yet finalised. By launching on the Mac first it gives the various 3D board manufacturers some time to get their Win32 OpenGL 3D drivers certified with Microsoft. Hmmm... good old M$, now they are so big the smaller guys have a real chance to beat them at their own game, pun intended. SemperMac will have details of where you can download the test from as soon as it is publicly available, and we have asked Divine to provide an Australian mirror if possible. SemperMac would like to thank Graeme Divine and John Carmack for not being afraid to stick your neck out for the Mac, I am sure Mac users around the world will be flooding your email boxes with many thank you's, and one of them will be from us!! ---------------------------------------------------------------- Compu-Mania MailingList is provided by PT Centrin Utama Maintained by : [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Post a msg : Send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe : Mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] BODY : unsubscribe Compu-Mania For more information, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "HELP" in the BODY of your mail (without quote). ----------------------------------------------------------------
