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6 years ago ::
Aug 25, 2007 - 10:36AM
#471
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well...you COULD put all that "stuff" on the windows side in the first place.
OH and BELIEVE ME...I'm an artist and an art teacher. we have macs at work...I have an old 8600 in my studio, of course it's very out dated and not working. I'de fix it but when they got me my new 21" Imac at work I decided to just save the money and get a new one. I'm so totally on your side...I'm just saying that with a little planning you could easily over come the inconveniences.
At which point I'm just using an overpriced nice looking windows box. And splitting up my data. It's a cludgy workaround.
Point being, just running windows is not a good long term solution.
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6 years ago ::
Aug 25, 2007 - 1:28PM
#472
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Date Joined:
Aug 10, 2009
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At which point I'm just using an overpriced nice looking windows box. And splitting up my data. It's a cludgy workaround.
Point being, just running windows is not a good long term solution.
Not to mention that the cost of such a workaround involves buying an entirely seperate second OS. So... if we want to play we need to buy a new copy of windows as well as the other stuff that everyone else has to buy.
It also takes up valuable HD space that could be used for something constructive, instead of a partition for something we only need for a game. Remember, most people who own Macs do so because they are better for the work they do. Cluttering it up with a whole OS and the extra space needed to run whatever you want to use it for is often not an attractive option.
A little forethought on the part of the designers could have avoided the whole mess. Open GL would have made it available for everyone. But someone in the chain decided to go with Direct X. It's too bad really, there are many more Mac users than the numbers out there suggest. And just a quick look at these forums show that a lot of D&D players are Mac users.
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6 years ago ::
Aug 25, 2007 - 2:04PM
#473
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Date Joined:
Nov 20, 2005
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Hmm, so I saw Mike's post that "D&D Insider is currently up and working properly" ( here) and I was like "Okay!" so I went and logged in and it said "You are now logged in to D&D Insider" and I was like "Woo!" So... is there any stuff? I can't seem to find any new buttons, or menus, or links to the... Inside. Everything looks pretty much the same. Except that red thing near the login prompt is now green. So that's... hot. Am I missing something?
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6 years ago ::
Aug 25, 2007 - 2:17PM
#474
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Date Joined:
Feb 15, 2006
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Hmm, so I saw Mike's post that "D&D Insider is currently up and working properly" (here) and I was like "Okay!" so I went and logged in and it said "You are now logged in to D&D Insider" and I was like "Woo!"
So... is there any stuff? I can't seem to find any new buttons, or menus, or links to the... Inside. Everything looks pretty much the same. Except that red thing near the login prompt is now green. So that's... hot.
Am I missing something?
It is up and running but it is still very new. They have little content on it at the moment. As time passes it will build.
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6 years ago ::
Aug 25, 2007 - 7:52PM
#475
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Date Joined:
Nov 20, 2005
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It is up and running but it is still very new. They have little content on it at the moment. As time passes it will build.
There's still some misunderstanding... where is the "little content" you speak of? Is the DI its own page/site? If so, where is the link to it? Are you saying that the green light that tells you you're logged in is the extent of the content? If not, how does the content manifest itself?
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6 years ago ::
Aug 25, 2007 - 7:54PM
#476
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Date Joined:
Aug 12, 2004
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There's still some misunderstanding... where is the "little content" you speak of? Is the DI its own page/site? If so, where is the link to it? Are you saying that the green light that tells you you're logged in is the extent of the content? If not, how does the content manifest itself?
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/drdd/20070822a
Try it both logged in and not.
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6 years ago ::
Aug 25, 2007 - 8:01PM
#477
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Date Joined:
Aug 14, 2005
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No, there will still be content available without subscription. Things like the Dungeon articles or the Dragon's Articles will require the subscription though.
Stay tuned on dndinsider for more information on this in the coming months. This is not a question we can answer fully at that stage. We are aware of the needs of sharing material, but we also want to make sure we protect our Intellectual Properties appropriately.
No, anything related to D&D Insider is not required nor necessary to play 4th Edition at your gaming table.
Some answer have already been provided to this here. By the way Wizards has had art and maps available for download for free for years... Stay tuned on dndinsider.com to learn what will be the future of the web enhancements in the upcoming months.
Thank you. Those are some of the straightest answers I've ever seen on these boards. I was particularly concerned about currently-free product (errata's, maps, etc.) being taken 'offline' except for paying customers.
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6 years ago ::
Aug 25, 2007 - 8:53PM
#478
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Date Joined:
Jul 26, 2003
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There's still some misunderstanding... where is the "little content" you speak of? Is the DI its own page/site? If so, where is the link to it? Are you saying that the green light that tells you you're logged in is the extent of the content? If not, how does the content manifest itself?
Once your there and logged in look for the sections called Design & Development and Playtest report.
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6 years ago ::
Aug 25, 2007 - 9:25PM
#479
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They don't have a right to that. Talking like that trivializes the whole notion of rights, and is flat-out wrong besides; we're talking about something being provided by a private company for the sole purpose of entertainment here. Nobody has a right to anything that fits that description.
Moreover, I saw a lot more substance in his post than just that he doesn't like Apple or Linux. He pointed to a legitimate drawback of those systems, even if it's one that a large and growing number of people are quite willing to live with.
Perhaps you have a point, but personally I'm just flat out tired of people putting down mac and linux at every opportunity - both OSes have their pros and cons just like the wintel platform. And he seemed just as much blasting those who use those OSes as the technology behind them - if not more so. If someone who uses a mac asks for a mac -compatable version, that IS their right - I'll agree that the company does not have to cater to them. But for some knucklehead to just blast someone who asks... that's simply common.
And even though the market share for mac and linux users is smaller than the wintel users, it would still behoove the company to look into having a mac version of the product.
And for the record, I am a windows user - I've used macs before and loved them but I like gaming more so that is the main reason I'm using a wintel-based computer. I still feel that mac users and linux users should be able to use all the parts of the DI just like I am able to running my machine.
Sorry about the off-topic post here...
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6 years ago ::
Aug 25, 2007 - 9:30PM
#480
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Date Joined:
Apr 19, 2007
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At which point I'm just using an overpriced nice looking windows box. And splitting up my data. It's a cludgy workaround.
Point being, just running windows is not a good long term solution.
OH I agree...it is not a good long term solution.
I still don't get why companies insist on just sticking to one OS or another. If they had anticipated this from the start they could have made it functional across the board from the start. At this point it will take them extra cash to include MAC and LINUX.
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