Carmack on why Mac

The Men in Blue reported about an "article in the Los Angeles Times Business section titled Apple Has Eye of Software Makers, looks at the changing fortunes of gaming on the Macintosh with guarded optimism, pointing out that the release of a Mac version of Quake III Arena concurrent with the Windows release is a positive sign, but how well it sells on the Mac will serve as a test of how successful a gaming platform it truly has become."

Overall, I'm a pretty big proponent of the Apple hardware," said Carmack, who said that his products run well on Macintosh G3 computers. "But a lot of Mac people do blind themselves as to the quantifiable performance. No one can honestly say [Macs] are faster than the PC--or even as fast." He called the iMac "marginally acceptable"--dangerously faint praise in an environment where fast, cheap PCs are ubiquitous.

And another quote on why he wants to support the Mac:

"I'm [supporting the Mac] because it's the technically right thing to do, and to support people outside the mainstream," said Carmack. "Microsoft dominating everything with what is basically an inferior technology would be a very bad thing."