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realistically the sizes of the straits and geography would have to help determine the ability to close a strait.

sizes at closest points:

–dardanelles–1.6 km wide
–gibraltar-- 22km from gibraltar to africa, although only 12.8 from spain.  good reason to get spain into the war.
–english channel–49.8 km
–danish straits–several-oresound at 4km, great belt at 16km, & little belt at 800 meters wide.
–suez canal–60 meters

i would say it more likely to close dardanelles and danish straits than gibraltar or english channel.  if spain were involved, it would be easier to close the med.

i’ve always found that the truth about statistics can be found in,
“95% of all statistics are made up on the spot.”

Stats don’t mean much of anything, just a pretty bit of perfume into the air to attempt to cover up the massive digestive gases release that occurred.

the hit from bombers can be felt by the axis not in that they lose 3.5 ipcs per round or something, but from the fact (in germany/italy’s case) that they can lose it twice in the same round, plus loose money on rebuilding their production, plus put out less fighting units while being surrounded by 3 enemies who are constantly pressing them. the added fact that 2 of these enemies can for sometime attack this without putting their own ground units into harms way only helps them further Any diminished capacity to meet these threats will be felt quickly by the Axis.

an air-only option is not a good plan for the allies, but the integration of the air-war into the overall strategy is a solid component to victory.

mapview-

mapview looks to be a pbem program for AA, with a number of different modules available even beyond AA.   mapview still looks to be in-development so new versions could be in the works.
   For a mac, your best bet appears to to be an emulation program like earlier ones mentioned, or a dual boot.  The powerful ability of the mac to create and run various competing models programs is again found to a wonderful thing.
   mapview can be found here:
MotCreations.com

for the linux box people–,here’s a link to the forums about using it too:
http://motcreationsgamingcommunity.yuku.com/topic/392/t/Mapview-on-a-linux-box.html

for the battlemap question, the earlier post about abattlemap answers the question about mac usability for it.  Because macs can emulate the windows or dos world, (though not vice versa from those worlds) there are two options mentioned above to get abattlemap to work on a mac.  I suppose a third is if you have access to an old paperweight pc you can run it there and transfer info to a mac to forward on, but this is really side-stepping the mac, which one would be trying to utilize.

triplea
   -this is more than a map, but a clone of AA that contains pretty much everything you would need to play a game on your computer and even online live with others or via email.
pretty much everything is available here via their homepage.  Long live Sourceforge!
http://triplea.sourceforge.net

At this point, triplea is the ONLY one of these types of programs that I know of that is native to the mac and works online fine with other versions.  While macs can be setup to run the other programs out there through emulation or dual-boot (both something that can’t be said vice versa for the pc side), triplea is the only one that you can run natively, so the extra configuration will be needed.

Couple of the ones I’ve seen recently:

abattlemap:
  this is a handy little program that allows you a virtual gameboard, with moveable pieces that can be used via forum or email or whatnot to display your moves per turn for your opponents.
  Unfortunetly, at this time, I have not been able to find a Mac native version.  So if you want to utilize this, you will either need a windows emulation program (ie, softwindows, parrallels, vmware, crossover, or similar) or option B is to dual boot your Mac with windows.  Either way you can run abattlemap pretty fluidly.

install directions and links can be found here:  thanks HolKann
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=12873.0

additional maps for BOTB DDAY & GDCL can be found here:
http://www.axisandallies.us/

Rather than ask a question here and there about Mac compatible software for AA games and then have someone jump into the PC vs Mac debate, here is an opportunity to place info for AA games and software that works for Macs and to help mac users with the software.

Let’s try and keep it to helpful info about what actually works for Macs, and avoid the un-needed drivel.  (yeah, if you’re thinking it, it’s probably you I’m talking to.)

NO’s make it a global war much more easily.  without them you can go KGF or KJF so much easier, which will end up bringing you back to the AAR bids.

Yes to interceptors, only makes sense.

no to closing Dardenelles, because the without changing neutrals rules it’s too one sided.  at least the allies can station interceptors at their ICs.

maybe we should close the baltic too…

ya know Jen,

I joined this topic to help with info on abattlemap for mac.  you don’t use macs, so you are not an authority on them and hence, not able to really help.  you tried, that’s great and i’m sure it’s appreciated all around.

I’ve been around this site for a couple years now and have come to understand how you work, the case is clearly seen over and over again in your writing.  Seems only fitting (being what this site is about) that you remind me of any of the European leaders who have decided to invade Russia.  It was doomed from the start, but they just kept going.

Even in the face of overwhelming evidence and rational thought you will continue on your course and argue something or anything; not until someone agrees with you, but until someone gets tired of arguing with you and gives in.  I won’t begin to psycho-analyze you here, not my job here afterall.  Fact is that I’m not giving up arguing with you, but I have overwhelmingly proved my point, and shall prove it again because you no doubt will argue this too, but I have no further need to state any case about this.

So I have helped, left the info on the last post and now I move to more important topics.  Arguing isn’t important to me, maybe to you, but not to me.  You are welcome to have your opinions, and good for you.  But personally, I have pity for you and your need to argue and pump yourself up.  You hijack this thread which is supposed to be helpful to mac players and yet you have NO understanding of what macs are or how they work and yet argue about what they could do with programs on a mac.  You are just asking for a fight.

you may be a good AA player, and may have good ideas about alot of the games, but just like so many leaders before you don’t know how to pick your battles well and don’t know when to get out of them.

I’d say good day to you to close this, but honestly, we all know that you will have something negative to say about it, and you need to understand that your displacing your hurt onto others will keep it from being a good day.  You are only bringing it back on yourself in a circle.  And you know that you will want to argue this to which you have to realize only reaffirms the problem.  You have my pity, and I’ll say good-day anyhow.

yeah, a turn 2 build would have the advantage of the Japanese already starting in one direction and having to course-correct…

just have to make sure and take and be able to hold Borneo/E Indies…

ok, do i pretty much tuned out somewhere on the first page of discussion, crack about Star Wars explosions in space (made for the movie, not argued to be accurate), SW showing possible evolution (Long, long time ago…) and the Lord of the Rings (not a comic and created way back and in England no less, come on!)

anyhow, the argument about comics made into movies, reminded me of an interview I read with Alan Moore (watchmen), about his agreement with IL… how he doesn’t like comic book movies and isn’t going to see Watchmen.

http://www.totalfilm.com/features/exclusive-why-alan-moore-hates-comic-book-movies

i’ll leave the discussion to you guys…

Per the original topic.

abattlemap, the version (.79) i’ve found linked from here, daak, flamesofeurope or where-ever else on the net, can run on a Mac with the following conditions:

1. you have a mac with an intel chipset and have parallels, vmware, soft-windows, crossover or similar (windows emulation programs).  Switch on this program and run abattlemap.
2. you have a mac (again intel chip) you have set to dual boot with windows.  start up with windows, and run abattlemap.

–simple way to tell if a program with start in osx–the file extension.  if it’s an .exe, then you have a program designed to install or start in windows.

@TG:

Personally, I would rather coat my barbs with honey than vinegar.

wouldn’t that still mean sticking somebody with sharp barbs?

“Ooowwwwww-eeeee!!  But hey, is that honey?  Aaaahh, how nice…”

…??

would this be in conjunction with an india IC or instead?

if both, tough to do much against Germany.
if instead, India will be quickly lost and since Australia can’t build as much i don’t think it would be able to build enough to defend against japan who now controls eastern asia.  Plus, to get anything off of Australia you are gonna have to build, more ipcs there too.

if japan is gonna build an IC in Asia, they’ll do it no matter if you build one in Australia.  they stand a good chance to build another in India then, and will use yours in Australia to build ships to go further harass the US.

all in all, i don’t think I’d build one there as the main hinge-point of taking down Japan…, but that’s just my opinion, i could be wrong…

yeah, i’d go with falconrider about kelly’s heroes or where eagles dare.

but that brought me to the thought of I’d be distracted by those and not play my best, so I guess the optimal thing to do would be to have something playing that will distract my opponents?

for instance–they like the war movies, show those
they like comedies, show those
they like chick-flicks… what the heck are you doing playing AA with them?

Hey, look on the bright side, no more AA51 means that there will be a AA51.  it’s an ever evolving project (that being AA) and so there will be more installments.  If AA50 was the end all, how would they make more money off us?  So play it, change it, fix it, whatever, but be assured that as long as AA50 sells out, there will be a new version down the road to buy and complain about it’s weak points.  ie-Classic & Revised.

LOL

so let me get this straight here cause there’s so much info here to correlate…

#1–hackers don’t attack macs because it’s too easy but the windows programers are so smart that they don’t leave holes, they just don’t anticipate what hackers will do because it gets hackers jobs, and after all, sometime soon the windows programmers may need a new job themselves.

so I suppose that muggers don’t pick easy marks, bank robbers always aim for the Federal Reserve or the newest bank with most up-to-date security and burglars always pick the house with the ADT sign because anything less wouldn’t give them proper street credit?

#2–Just what is windows again?  I believe you said:
@Cmdr:

Windows is the nifty, jazzed up, DOS program that’s been beautified for the masses,

@Cmdr:

However, Windows does not run on top of DOS.

hmmm…  do you read this stuff before you post?

#3  I’d love to know where you are on the mac store to buy vista, cause baby, I’m there too and I don’t see a thing.  In fact, on the FAQ page, about windows it says:
“Yes. In addition to Microsoft Office, most popular applications are available for the Mac, too. But if you want to use a particular Windows-only application and you have a copy of Windows XP or Windows Vista, you have a few options:”

–if you have a copy.  I’m pretty sure that if they sold it, there’d be a link or a statement that you can include windows on your mac.
here’s the link:
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/campaigns/new_to_mac?mco=Mzk2NzQ1MQ#windowsmac

#4-  what the heck are you doing looking at the AAFES store when the argument was the mac store, i quote,
@LuckyDay:

and just for the record, Macs, do not, and probably never will, ship with Windows installed or even a Windows/Microsoft sticker on them or the box.  3rd party resellers do not count.

-i don’t know why you are comparing a tower to a laptop, you imply you looked at the mac pro.  am I supposed to believe that your 2 1/2 year old HP was a Intel Eight-Core that cost $2000 dollars?  Really, they only released the Quad-Core in 2006, ie 2 1/2 years ago.

http://download.intel.com/pressroom/kits/IntelProcessorHistory.pdf

hmmm, how could something from then cost that much less than today?  Economy isn’t that screwed up, yet.  interesting.  and by the way, the 2006 model was only 1.66ghz, where the mac pro you looked at was 2.93ghz or didn’t you pick the high-end to hit $18 grand?  (even the entry level is 2.26) doesn’t matter if it was less than yours on processor power, it would actually run windows better than your hp does.

On a side note, upgrade discs at storefronts, even bestbuy cost $130 for vista UPGRADE, double that for new.  (psst, that’s $260)

I’m guessing the reason it’s so bloody expensive is that you went to the AAFES instead of the manufacturer, I maxed out everything on the apple website and hit 18 grand for the 8-core mac pro with 32gb of ram and just passed 18 grand, with every sniveling add-on they had.  does your HP have every add-on, including the ones released since 2 1/2 years ago?  i’m guessing not, so maybe you should not try and compare the two.  And I am sorry that the AAFES is apparently ripping off the armed forces, but being the government and all I guess they figure they can hose the troops abit more eh.  they are a 3rd party reseller after all.

Thanks Krieghund, glad to have the cold hard facts on the matter.

Good observation locke, you got a FAQ entry.

a couple years ago they weren’t using Intel chips in macs, and could only emulate windows with programs like softwindows on the mac.  No offense, but I believe you are remembering an article where they were talking about seeing a time in the future where they would or could package macs with windows.  That just has never happened.  You can buy microsoft office for mac, and yes, from the mac store, but it doesn’t come preloaded, nor has it and that is not the operating system.
  What may happen is the other way around, that mac may release it’s operating system for windows machines and you would use that instead, like sun micro has tried to do.  that’s another conversation though.

the problem with windows is not a user not knowing how to keep their machine safe, it’s not their job to fix the holes that are left open by short-sited or sloppy programers.  too often windows users create additional problems, yes, but there are far too many problems that come with windows, xp, 2000, me, nt, vista, you name it.

hardware breaks on both, the mac v windows controversy is more on the software side.

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