Wut is this?

[Miggy 10704]

Wut is this?? iToontown Macintosh??? I dont get it is it a new site or suttin? can sum1 plzz explain

[coolsuperduck]

You know those computers with the apple on them?The apples that have the colors from a rainbow?Well Disney is making it so you can play toontown on a macintosh now.

[snowy2004]

"iToontown" is a joke: alot of Apple products have an "i" infront of them - iMac, iPod, iTunes, iPhoto, iCal, etc.

[coolsuperduck]

Originally Posted by snowy2004

"iToontown" is a joke: alot of Apple products have an "i" infront of them - iMac, iPod, iTunes, iPhoto, iCal, etc.

Because Apple was the first to make all of them.Thats why the i is in all of them.

[AwlAmericanDawg]

Originally Posted by coolsuperduck

Because Apple was the first to make all of them.Thats why the i is in all of them.

LOL wow the first ones lol

[bryan123]

maybe tt will be on linux soon? not that i have a linux? and linux isnt popular that much?


OR IS IT?

[sora_145]

Originally Posted by bryan123

maybe tt will be on linux soon? not that i have a linux? and linux isnt popular that much?


OR IS IT?

I don't even know what that is...

[snowy2004]

Originally Posted by sora_145

I don't even know what that is...

Your programs, like Toontown, need a base to work on. That base is an operating system. Microsoft's Windows XP and Apple's Mac OS X are examples of operating systems. Linux is a catagory of operating systems, with other opertating systems being versions of it.

[Captain Comet Thunderboom]

Originally Posted by snowy2004

Your programs, like Toontown, need a base to work on. That base is an operating system. Microsoft's Windows XP and Apple's Mac OS X are examples of operating systems. Linux is a catagory of operating systems, with other opertating systems being versions of it.

With Linux being an open source version of Unix, one of the earlier operating systems, written by Linus Torvalds (Linus + Unix = Linux). I've played with Linux a bit, it would be pretty neat to have a TT version for it. Unfortunately, the chances of that are slim, since Linux has a minimal chunk of the home PC market. Not to mention the fact that hardware support, which would be vital for a game like TT, is sketchy at best in Linux. Some of the bigger hardware providers have drivers for Linux, but even then it's no guarantee that they'll work depending on the configuration of your system. (And they state it in their readme notes) It's big niche is in the server market, particularly web servers due to its reliability and stability.

I'd also note that 'Linux' is actually just the base code that runs your system and the applications. Red Hat, Slackware, and other distributions are just various collections of applications bundled together with the same base code all the others use, or 'kernel'. So in essence, they are all the same version, just different 'flavors' of apps for you to choose from to suit your taste (and experience level).

[DippyRustyWackyMuffin]

Originally Posted by snowy2004

Your programs, like Toontown, need a base to work on. That base is an operating system. Microsoft's Windows XP and Apple's Mac OS X are examples of operating systems. Linux is a catagory of operating systems, with other opertating systems being versions of it.

lunix isn't used for playing game its a operating system so you make games with it like windows if you have a limited space on you computer for a database at start up the first time it askes do you want to run this in MS-DOS or WINDOWS

[Captain Comet Thunderboom]

Originally Posted by DippyRustyWackyMuffin

lunix isn't used for playing game its a operating system so you make games with it like windows if you have a limited space on you computer for a database at start up the first time it askes do you want to run this in MS-DOS or WINDOWS

Linux, like any OS, can be used to play games, so long as they were written for it. Many distributions come with some that people have written, mostly variations on common 'solitaire' games like Mahjong. There are several commercial versions of games available to run on Linux. I believe Simcity 3000 was one such app with a Linux version. The key is making sure you have all the correct versions of the underlying components that were used to write the game, and in Linux, that's not always an easy task unless you know what you're doing. This is the key reason why it has not caught on for general home use. Many aspects of it still require a fair amount of technical knowledge in order to upgrade and maintain it.

Getting back on track, making it available for Macintosh is a good strategic move for Disney. They have a fair share of the home PC market, and now that Apple is starting to build them with more 'standard' components, such as Intel processors and ATI video cards, moving TT to them is a much easier task. That equals a fair amount of additional customers for Disney.

[Miggy 10704]

Originally Posted by coolsuperduck

You know those computers with the apple on them?The apples that have the colors from a rainbow?Well Disney is making it so you can play toontown on a macintosh now.

Ok thanx. I feel like a noob now =O LOL

"~: Miggy :~"

[Tom182]

Toontown is available on Macintosh computers. Macintosh is owned by 'Apple.' 'iToontown Macintosh' was a creative way of saying that this subforum is for Toontown Macintosh users, because products such as iPod, iTunes, iPhoto, iMac, iMovie, iDVD, iStat, etcetera are all products owned by Apple.

[spunk1000]

they might update to put toontown on alienware computers!

[sora_145]

Originally Posted by snowy2004

Your programs, like Toontown, need a base to work on. That base is an operating system. Microsoft's Windows XP and Apple's Mac OS X are examples of operating systems. Linux is a catagory of operating systems, with other opertating systems being versions of it.

YEAH I KNOW! IM NOT AN IDIOT! I know more about computers then any of you!

I just didn't know what Linux was!