I run WoW on a couple Macs, and love it. The Mac client even has a few extra bells and whistles (iTunes control isn't a big deal for most, but built-in video capture could be for some), and is OpenGL instead of DirectX if you're a graphics-language-purist.

The biggest (really, only) issue I have is not with WoW, but with Ventrilo - only the Speex codec (?) is supported on the Mac client, meaning your server will have to be configured to use it and not something else. My GM uses a Mac, as does a few other regulars, so our server is setup to use it, but if your guild's server is not, it can be a pain to get changed (not that it's hard to change, just possibly hard to convince your guild to change for you).

We never fail to chuckle when someone mentions "Welcome to Black Mesa." That, and when someone tries to get fancy and jump out at the last minute, unsuccessfully.

The "Me first" mentality *has always been* pretty common, in and out of WoW


Fixed that for you. Each generation thinks theirs is special, whether good or bad, when in fact little ever changes apart from the technology used to spread information (and thus the perceived speed at which information travels, and breadth of knowledge available to any one individual).

Wait, did I just do a generationl Jante Law?

Instance time has always been different for me (Azjol-Nerub US), as has cross-server BGs.

"Additional instances cannot be launched" has not been totally fixed - this evening on Azjol-Nerub, my guild did a nostalgia / achievement run through Onyxia, AQ20, then tried to get into AQ40 and couldn't, with the additional instances error. By the time we reached ZG we were able to get in (and proceed after to MC), but it still happened, even if only temporarily.

Steve Jobs a Star Trek: TNG fan?

PADD = Personal Access Display Device

Whatever Steve Jobs asked for when he sold Pixar to them.

Pretty sure the drop rate on those Elegant Dresses are about the same as Nobel Prizes.

Ha - already removed the Engadget quote.

Maybe it's too obvious...

But Balthazar is an alternate form of the name of the last Babylonian king (Belshazzar), as mentioned in... the book of Daniel. He was the one who saw "the writing on the wall."

Balthazar = Baltar, much like Geminon = Gemini, Tauron = Taurus, etc?