PureBasic 4.00 Beta 1 for MacOS X

Post by **Fred** » Sun May 13, 2007 7:36 pm

Hi there,

There is not that much news for this version but as we get very few feedback we decided to go in beta stage now. Use the regular bug section to report the problems found on OS X. It is available on your online account.

Have fun !

The Fantaisie Software Team.

dell_jockey · Post by **dell_jockey** » Sun May 13, 2007 7:38 pm

Merci bien, Fred. So it's about time to get a real MAC now...

CSAUER · Post by **CSAUER** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:34 pm

Thank you Fred. I will take a look.

codemaniac · Post by **codemaniac** » Mon May 14, 2007 5:58 pm

Thanks for the release! Something to test on my new MacBook

Does this run natively with Intel Macs or does it run through Rosetta or is this an Universal binary? Thanks!

johnfinch · Post by **johnfinch** » Tue May 15, 2007 1:37 am

Rosetta

JoRo · Post by **JoRo** » Sat May 19, 2007 6:26 am

Well,
does this now compile and run for dual core intel macs or not?

Post by **Fred** » Sat May 19, 2007 8:38 am

It is compiling/running on intel macs, trough rosetta.

JoRo · Post by **JoRo** » Sat May 19, 2007 10:20 am

I understand.
I will see, whether I find the time for testing.

Sebe · Post by **Sebe** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:42 am

Any news about the Intel Macs? I'm getting a new MacBookPro soon and I want to have PureBasic for that.

CSAUER · Post by **CSAUER** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:52 am

Any news on Mac version at all? There are some bugs, already fixed - some are open. When can we expect a new beta or final release (hopefully 4.1 or greater)?

Thalius · Post by **Thalius** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:20 pm

*must test this on my AmigaPPC*

aaron · Post by **aaron** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:28 pm

Sebe wrote:Any news about the Intel Macs? I'm getting a new MacBookPro soon and I want to have PureBasic for that.

Just got my macbook pro yesterday and I bummed that there isn't a native OSX intel version. Blitzmax is up and running but that doesn't help me write apps.

Post by **freak** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:36 pm

We are planning to move to a 4.10 beta for mac soon. I am the one holding
things back a bit right now because i have to implement the Drag & Drop lib for OSX first.

As for the x86 version, you probably shouldn't hold your breath for that one.
Our priorities are more focused on Windows/Linux right now.
(Mostly because of the poor response we got so far on the OSX releases.)

Thalius · Post by **Thalius** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:41 pm

Hmm - eventually the userbase might grow if there would be an x86 mac Version altho i have no idea how complex the conversion would be - so thats up to you anyway.

But something id really be interested in ( since the libs are there ) would be a LinuxPPC version - how hard would that one be to convert?

Thanks and keep up the GREAT work!

Thalius

Sebe · Post by **Sebe** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 3:47 pm

It's very sad to hear the Intel Mac version isn't coming for a while

That way you will lose users that go the Mac way rather than satisfying the people already using an (PPC) Mac.

It's really disturbing: while more and more software is coming for the Intel Mac (even games: Quake Wars, Unreal 3 engine games, id tech 5 engine games, ...) and BlitzMax supports it out of the box (even Universal binaries actually) PureBasic seems to become a Win/Lin only language. Who will be interested in PPC support next year, most will have an MacTel by then.