http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/Dec 10th 2008 5:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/]]>Dec 10th 2008 5:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/Dec 10th 2008 6:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/Dec 10th 2008 8:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/Dec 10th 2008 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/Dec 10th 2008 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/
The problem is, you can only name a few :-P

Also, many of those games can see 20% performance boosts by running under Windows with Boot Camp as opposed to runing their native OS X versions. You might want to try it sometime.

(That is not saying Windows performs better than OS X, just the fact that most games are optimized for Windows, and have just enough Mac support built in to work.)]]>Dec 10th 2008 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/Dec 10th 2008 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/
Multi-threaded OpenGL for WoW under OS X. Bugger Windows.

Still, I think we can all agree that there are more games available for Windows. However, that is not to say that they are not available for the Mac OS and that people do not run them. Where possible I will always run the Mac version of a game that is available for Windows as a point of principle.]]>Dec 10th 2008 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/Dec 10th 2008 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/
And, I'm trying to be civil here, so don't take this the wrong way, but that is what I consider one definition of a fanboy. Doing something that you know is inferior just to prove a point. I personally find that very...well...silly.

I'll buy Intel or AMD, nVidia or ATI, it depends on which has the better peformance as the price point I am looking for.

The same is true with OSes. I have a few Linux boxes because they do some things better than Windows. At work, we use a lot of Windows Server because Active Directory, Exchange, ISA, etc. is robust and inter-operates better than any Linux solution I have seen.

I don't have any reason to run OS X, so I don't have it running on any machine I use. I don't have a problem with it, I just have no reason to use it over Windows or Linux. But, if any game I played regularly had 5-10% better performance on OSX, I guarantee to you I would have OSx86 on my gaming PC in a heartbeat, no questions asked.

I can understand why you would do it on principle, but really, aren't you hurting yourself even worse than you realize? If you don't use what works best, why would a company try to improve their product to earn your business? I know you are probably blaming the game developers for not supporting OSX better, but remember Microsoft does a lot to get games working well on Windows...there are probalby a few titles that would have stayed console only without Microsoft's help....Apple could be more proactive in getting more games, and getting them to run better, on OSX.]]>Dec 10th 2008 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/and wtf is a Mac gamer?]]>Dec 10th 2008 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/]]>Dec 10th 2008 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/
I totally agree. Consoles need something like this so bad.

Who cares if it's not for everyone. I think enough people are interested that it is warranted.]]>Dec 10th 2008 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/
No, you're really not being civil. It's called personal preference. It's the reason I buy games for my PS3 over 360 games now. I just prefer the environment over the 360s. Yet, I still own more games for my 360 because it's been out longer.

Also, what he is doing is not "inferior". WoW runs fantastic on OSX, and I know quite a few people who actually play on OSX boxes without any complaints.

What you're doing here is trying to play off the Mac stereo type of being trendy elitist snobs, when the only people who are, are those like yourself. Get over it. ]]>Dec 10th 2008 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/Dec 10th 2008 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/
Inspired from the famous Mac Commercial..

-Kamokazi: I am a MAC !
-Kamokazi again: And I was a PC.]]>Dec 10th 2008 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/
No offense taken. My reasons are reasonably sound. Firstly, Boot Camp is a colossal pain in the backside because it gives you an extra OS to manage, munches a good 30GB of drive space (important if you are a laptop user like myself) and rebooting and restarting applications just takes too long. The memory management in OS X is excellent so unless you have an application running that is consuming CPU time in the background then you can happily run games without the need to quit existing programs. Finally, I want to see more games coming to the Mac so that is clearly not going to happen without supporting the developers investing time in the platform today.

However, I will note that I only buy native Mac OS ports of games and not ones that are using the TransGaming Cider system since the performance of those really is rubbish. Titles by Aspyr are a bit hit and miss (the Call Of Duty games and Quake 4 seem to work fine for me) and Blizzard's titles are always excellent on the Mac.]]>Dec 11th 2008 3:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.bestdealsonar.com/award-winning-logitech-g13-gaming-keyboard/


G13 is Winner of the CES 2009 Design and Engineering Award: Best of Innovations in Electronic Gaming. ]]>Jan 8th 2009 11:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/Dec 10th 2008 5:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/Dec 10th 2008 6:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/Dec 10th 2008 8:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/Dec 10th 2008 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/Dec 10th 2008 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/Dec 11th 2008 12:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/Dec 10th 2008 5:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/but think of it logically. mouses are designed to fit ur hand perfectly. so when u dont need to "type" why not have a pad designed to fit ur hand perfectly and have better controls then a keyboard.

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Gamepads are, at least in theory after having an n52, well worth the money in terms of the control that they give. However, the n52 keys were just much too stiff for me so it fell into disuse - I'm now in the process of selling it.

That said, all I can say about the above is daaaaaaaaaaaaaamn.......... I'd totally get one if I had the money.]]>Dec 10th 2008 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/Dec 10th 2008 5:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/Dec 10th 2008 5:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/Dec 10th 2008 5:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/Dec 10th 2008 5:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/Dec 10th 2008 6:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/Dec 10th 2008 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/Heh heh *snort* World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade only allows players to reach level 70. The newest expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, "turns it up to level 80" *snort* heh heh *snort* heh.
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Logitech.. keeping guy virgins, one schuper schweet keyboard or controller at a time.]]>Dec 10th 2008 6:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/Dec 10th 2008 6:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/Why are all of these companies ignoring the existence of left-handed people? If it weren't for Razer, I couldn't even get a decent gaming mouse. God forbid someone make a gameboard to use with your right hand...]]>Dec 10th 2008 6:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/Dec 10th 2008 8:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/Dec 10th 2008 10:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/Dec 10th 2008 6:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/Dec 10th 2008 6:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/logitechs-g13-gameboard-turns-it-up-to-level-80/
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