Razer Pledges Support to Mac Gamers
Razer hops on the recent "Games for Mac" craze started by Valve's plans for Steam and Source on Apple computers.
No doubt spurred on by the commitment that Valve software pledged to the Mac with confirmation that Steam and Source Engine games, Razer today affirmed its support for Apple's computer platform.
The announcement by Razer was made at the Game Developers Conference, where the company pledged an effort to increase support for Mac users by issuing driver support for all upcoming products, including the Razer StarCraft II peripheral suite.
"I’m very proud to say that at Razer, we are committed to supporting both Mac and PC gamers," said Robert Krakoff, president, Razer USA. "We are constantly working to increase driver support for Mac with our existing Razer products and have plans to release all of our new products with dedicated Mac and PC drivers. This is a really exciting opportunity to expand the gaming industry and make it more inclusive for Mac users by providing the same level of support that we give to our PC users."
Mac gamers can now pick from several Razer options, such as the Naga, for MMO gaming, as well as the DeathAdder, right-handed gamers. Razer said that it is now working on releasing drivers to equip existing products with Mac compatibility.
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All 10 of them?
That's great news.
Just kidding
Finally Apple might consider releasing Mac Pros withour Pro for less than $1500 and decent video card. Lose the Xeons and go with i5.
And they will cost 30% more than the PC counterpart.
Can Mac users handle TWO mouse buttons? That kind of complexity can be overwhelming!
I jest. The only thing that pleases me about Macs getting more games and gaming support is that it could mean more Linux support too.
I can see the headlines now "Apple releases it's first gaming computer the 'You-can't-afford-it-2000'. Available now for an MSRP of only $5,000*........*Monitor, Keyboard and Mouse extra"
This apple gaming thing is great (Gmod on mac! garry said he would try!), but apple is going to have to step it up (and step prices down) if they want to keep (or potentially gain) customers.
This is great news for Mac gamers (I'm one of them, and yes, you can thumb me down if you want), but Apple really needs to upgrade their computers faster. I've got a Mac Pro with a GTX 285, so it isn't really an issue for me, but the iMac's and MBP's need better GPU's to run the more current games, and I'm still waiting for 5xxx series in the Mac Pro. My homebuild has a Q9450 @ 3.85 GHz with a 5850, and that thing slaughters my Mac Pro in gaming.
well, all that razer has to do is replace the black paint with white and done... profit
Dito, on the two button comment only, I think most Razers have like 6 or something, and they don't keep up with the white color scheme.
Oh, and they're not magic.
Finally Apple might consider releasing Mac Pros withour Pro for less than $1500 and decent video card. Lose the Xeons and go with i5.
why would they downgrade? the mac pros are already using core i7 xeons, and were the first to do so actually
why would they downgrade? the mac pros are already using core i7 xeons, and were the first to do so actually
What is this "core i7 xeon" of which you speak?
First razer mouse for mac: Razer Cyclops
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One button
First razer mouse for mac: Razer CyclopsOne button .
cyclops isn't a snake
You guys realize that macs have had two button mice for the better part of a decade, right? the new ones are 5 button.
You guys realize that macs have had two button mice for the better part of a decade, right? the new ones are 5 button.
Yeah. And they refused to incorporate right click until what, OS X?
Are there really people that try to use Macs for serious gaming? That sounds incredibly expensive for the level of hardware required and the premium Apple charges for their systems.
This is great news for Mac gamers (I'm one of them, and yes, you can thumb me down if you want), but Apple really needs to upgrade their computers faster. I've got a Mac Pro with a GTX 285, so it isn't really an issue for me, but the iMac's and MBP's need better GPU's to run the more current games, and I'm still waiting for 5xxx series in the Mac Pro. My homebuild has a Q9450 @ 3.85 GHz with a 5850, and that thing slaughters my Mac Pro in gaming.
Agreed. I tried running CoD4 on my friend's unibody Macbook with Windows 7. Still lags a lot with everything set to absolutely lowest.
omg, companies are even worse at jumping on Apple bandwagons than their customers are...
still, fair enough, anything that increases the PC gaming community
Catastrophic smug storm is imminent.
Catastrophic smug storm is imminent.
Sorry, meant to add more to that. The one thing that seperated Mac users from PC is now being breached. The balance of the internet is at stake.
And they will cost 30% more than the PC counterpart.
You seem to be incredibly anti-mac, your always picking everything Mac, stereotypical or not it's rather annoying.
Can Mac users handle TWO mouse buttons? That kind of complexity can be overwhelming!I jest. The only thing that pleases me about Macs getting more games and gaming support is that it could mean more Linux support too.
Yes, that too is a rather old stereotype, but atleast your kidding. Actually the first multi button (more than right/left/mouse wheel) that I owned was a Might Mouse (Right/Left/Mouse Wheel/side button combo), although I no longer use a Mac.
Anyway, it's nice to see this. I'm glad to have more gamers on board, and this means widening support and it shows that Valve knows what it's doing. As soon as Mac/Linux become easier to program for we could be talking about a true revival of PC gaming, which of course should make us all quite happy
A little off-topic, but does anyone else have problems with the hide/show toggle at comments? Tried FF and IE but no success. Actually, in IE I get :
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What's up with that, moderators?
where the linux love here razer? i bet linux users would actually appreciate the support, but razer would make more money because mac users would constantly call customer support to learn how to plug in the mouse.
$2000 for a system with a 4850...GL gaming on a Mac for under $1000.
I think it means you're running older versions of the browsers than it supports. Try using IE8 or a newer version of firefox.
Scratch that, comment hiding is broken. Vote down above post please.
A little off-topic, but does anyone else have problems with the hide/show toggle at comments? Tried FF and IE but no success. Actually, in IE I get :Webpage error detailsUser Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)Timestamp: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:10:04 UTCMessage: 'commentsSortableObj' is undefinedLine: 776Char: 1Code: 0URI: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/r [...] ,9859.htmlWhat's up with that, moderators?
Agreed. Not all comments that get downvoted into oblivion deserve it. I still want to be able to see.
Hmm.. Can Mac user handle mouse with +5 buttons? Hey I'm just asking since Steve Jobs once said that mouse with more than one button is too complicated for Mac users.
Stands to reason they're a gaming company why limit who their selling to? That only cuts out profit.
A little off-topic, but does anyone else have problems with the hide/show toggle at comments? Tried FF and IE but no success.What's up with that, moderators?
It's broken, sorry.
when will Razer give support for Win7?
i have the latest drivers for both my Razer lycosa, and salmosa, and none work properly any of the time.
my keyboard ghosts, and the mouse sometimes just doesn't work... i';ve tried every driver, and even the un-razer counterparts (eg. HP voodooDNA) drivers, and still nothing works
get good support for one thing, then move on and expand when u have a reputation (normally a good one)
logitech gets my vote for new PC peripherals when these die
[citation]well, all that razer has to do is replace the black paint with white and done... profit[/citation]
They still need to make Mac drivers/tools, and seeing how Razer is slow on driver enhancements it may take some effort. That 'slow' is comming from my experience with Razer keyboard - Razer Lycosa does not even support key remapping, and since it support macros on all those keys it is driver/tools limitation, not hardware one. And yet, after all this time, they did not include remapping in Lycosa driver support. BTW, I'm not saying that they had to do it - they cleverly marketed 'fully programmable keys' , but without distinction if 'programmable' means remapping and macroing, or only macroing. But supposing that they were able to support remapping just by driver/tools update, and that they did not do it, suggest that customizing drivers/tools is not so easy for them ... therefore port to Mac is not just 'coloring it white' ;p