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Message: <blockquote data-quote="smathis" data-source="post: 4183717" data-attributes="member: 56465">Don't forget VMWare Fusion. Reportedly it supports DirectX 8.1. Using their Unity feature, it looks like I'm running Windows programs on my Mac. But you will need a copy of Windows XP to load on the VM.Now I don't know how fast VMWare Fusion will be to run something like DDI on -- but it may be okay. Overall, I'd recommend it over parallels. Especially if Parallels doesn't give you access to DirectX.As for WotC hating Macs... I seriously doubt that's true. What they were doing was developing DDI at a fairly rapid pace and choosing to use DirectX because, well, it's just a lot faster and captures the majority of their user base.I don't think they were thinking about the group with one or two mac users having to pass on DDI. That's a valid point. In my group, we only have one or two Windows users. So, while I think WotC probably made the best choice for them at the time, I also agree that this was a major oversight.What I don't understand is why WotC didn't just buy up one of the existing companies out there that already do this. Why design something from scratch? Something like Fantasy Battlegrounds (I think that's the name) is already built, stable and supports everything.So instead of spending multi-millions of dollars to build something from scratch making obvious shortcuts to meet the deadline, they could have bought an existing application (or, heck, company) and then invested their money more wisely in improving that application.I don't understand the reasoning behind building from scratch. But, then again, I wasn't privvy to the business dealings going on at the time.As far as Gleemax...It's frustrating to navigate and one of the best examples of how NOT to design a website.I have no problem accessing it on the Mac. I use Firefox, though. One thing I will point out is that my bookmarks and links to the site don't work. But they've never worked all that well.Basically, if I want to find something on their site, I have to log in and then try to find it by navigating (the search is worthless). And I've already pointed out how horrible it is to navigate so there you have it.In a nutshell...If you want to use DDI, VMWare Fusion might be an idea. I wouldn't buy it just for DDI. It costs around $70. I have it because I need access to Windows programs for testing purposes. So I had a need for it outside of DDI.And I'll echo the forum member who said wait and see about DDI/Gleemax. It is an untested entity, for sure. And there may be changes coming down the pipe. Or it may bomb altogether. Who knows?Gleemax is horrible, though. I really wish they would do some usability testing on that site. It's like a 1990's level of bad.</blockquote>

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