In SX Microcontrollers, SX/B Compiler and SX-Key Tool, brianbr wrote: [quote="Bean (Hitt Consulting)"]I think a valid question has to be "Are people requesting a Mac version just because they prefer to use Macs, or because they really NEED a Mac version". I personally have not met anyone who used a Mac for microcontroller development that didn't have a PC also. How many Mac users on this forum do not have a PC or a PC emulator ? I know everyone has their favorite computer. And yes it would be nice if you would do SX development on your favorite computer, but is it really a requirement ? I don't know maybe it is ? Again I'm not a Mac user and maybe I'm wrong (I thought I was wrong once....But I was mistaken ;) if I am please let me know. I'm not against making a Mac version, but to re-write everything in RealBasic just so it can be cross-compiled ? That's alot of man-hours considering the software is in Delphi (pascal). Bean.[/quote] Bean, old bean, your timing could not be better. Today Apple announced "Boot Camp" which will permit dual booting Mac OS-X and Win XP Home/pro on Mac Intel-based hardware. This is great news in general, but sadly will slow down all efforts to make decent Mac versions of heretofore Winders only applications. The VirtualPC Windows emulator has always been a kluge and a pain to use. this will probably speed the adoption of the new Intel hardware and i would not al all be surprised to see Leopard (OS X 10.5) come out with support for NTFS file system, up to now its been FAT32 only, so that the Mac side can read/write to the Windows partition of the disk.(No we are not holding our collective breaths waiting for Bronco Billy to support Apple's HFS+! ) I think this announcement by Apple render most of this discussion moot. ---------- End of Message ---------- You can view the post on-line at: http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=7&p=2&m=116410#m119179 Need assistance? Send an email to the Forum Administrator at forumadmin@parallax.com The Parallax Forums are powered by dotNetBB Forums, copyright 2002-2006 (http://www.dotNetBB.com)