I use a one year old iMac and while on Windows I can play Guild Wars 2 at its highest graphics settings with no problem. I was able to start the client up only once, and every time I've tried since then I've gotten a wildly frustrating error window and an immediate crash. I wanted to be able to provide a pretty detailed report on my experience playing around with the Mac client. I love this game, but as much as I want to tell my fellow Mac users that this beta is ready for prime time, I can't, and here's why: I have no problem installing games on my harddrive's Windows 7 Bootcamp partition, but lots of Mac users aren't as willing or able to use Bootcamp, so they usually miss out on a lot of outstanding titles like GW2 as a result. I'm a pretty avid PC gamer, but I'm also a die-hard Mac user. All signs point to Mac and PC compatibility as being a smart strategy, if you can pull it off. If you think about the western MMOs that have found the most long-term success in the past decade, the majority have supported both Windows and OS X: World of Warcraft, EVE Online, Runescape, Everquest, City of Heroes, and even Second Life. It took me a little bit by surprise, but it's a great idea. Less than a month after their official PC launch, Guild Wars 2 recently debuted their Mac beta client, a Cider port that's still very much a work in progress.
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