I'm kind of excited to see what apple's developer conference next week will be. At the same time, I fully expect to be disappointed.

Things I want:

- More cheap macs.
- Gaming announcements.
- Less apple intelligence.

What I'll probably get:

- More expensive macs.
- Depressing game updates.
- All apple intelligence.

@scarlet why are you interested in apple gaming? /genq
like i have linux installed on a NVME connected to a 2019 intel imac via usb, and it’s leagues better than just using the mac

@shroomie I mean, this is a valid question! There are two answers -

1. I mean, I like macs a lot and I enjoy the experience of using them. As a result, it's nice if I can use my existing mac for more things.

2. Honestly, I need to use my mac for app development, and I have limited finances, so it means that my PC isn't generally as powerful as the mac that I own. As a result, if a game can run well on the same mac that I use for app dev, it's definitely a win.

@scarlet fair tbh. though also it still probably isn't a bad idea to install steamos (or something) on a drive of some sort so you can play a broader variety of stuff. like there's no proton for mac unfortunately

@shroomie Ahhh, but there is a "proton for mac" in the form of the game porting toolkit combined with "Crossover" by the Codeweavers group.

As a random tangent, Codeweavers are the same folks that Valve contracts with to work on Proton - https://www.codeweavers.com/about/news/press/20220225

However, they also ran Crossover which now has support for quite a few games on mac. Proton is still much further ahead, but there are exciting new developments in this space these days...

@scarlet oh sweet

@scarlet ~~still happy i switched to linux tho~~

@shroomie Heya! Linux is excellent!

I was actually there back when the "deep magic" was written. Believe it or not, I was a linux evangelist and open source contributor back in the early 1990s, hahaha.

Still use only linux on my servers and other systems that aren't my daily driver, but I switched to macs full time about a decade ago.

I mean. After twenty years of linux on the desktop, I just wanted basic stuff. Ofc, then I started messing around in the weeds and mac became just as messy.

@scarlet i wish i were better at linux tbh, but yea that's really cool :3

@scarlet @shroomie heh, yeah, the 2000s were just full of Linux nerds going "wait, a UNIX computer that does graphics but I never have to fight with X or think about a modeline ever again? SOLD!"