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Old 01-02-2005 | 11:59 AM
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Default RE: Any chance of getting AFPD on a Mac??

I'd say the odds are none within the next 5 years for obvious reasons.

1. Mac's market share on US national level (10%)
2. Mac's market share on world level (3%)
2. Mac's market share of users that fly rc planes (3%)

RC users just don't use Macs plain and simple. Otherwise we would get this post much more then we do. I think I've seen this asked 3 times now in 1 year.

If Mac/RC users were maybe even 1/2 of the national average, then maybe they would think about it.

I don't mean to sound discouraging, it's just the facts.

Oh, and I forgot! Mac folks, generally, are A LOT more willing to spend a couple hundred bucks on a program than PC folks!! Good market here!!
That's just not true, almost makes PC owners sound cheap. I own a Mac and a PC. Love my Mac ... but hate their closed minded marketing attitude which results in me only being able to use it for my grapchical programs.

People are paying $150-250 for these sims because they are smart. It's better to invest $175 in a sim then spend $4000 on a giant scale bird just to see it come home in a hundred pieces while learning to fly it.