Hi Charles,
It has been stated that one of the reasons for not developing for the Mac has been because Xara has been optimized in assembly for x86 platforms.
Now that Macs will share that same platform, assuming that hardware is consistent with only BIOS being the difference, is Xara on OS X within the realm of possiblity?
In the apple keynote speech, it was demonstrated that Mathematica 5 code was recompiled to work on an Intel based Mac by changing 20 lines of code. I assume it will probably be more complex than that for Xara.
In all honesty, the only application that has kept me on a PC has been Xara. I have been frustrated with operating system issues and various other non Xara related issues.
Personally, I don't care which operating system I use. I want reliability. I have hardware specced out for my upcomming needs that I will pull the trigger on soon. I have no intention of switching to a Mac at this time, but in a few years, I anticipate having to make a choice.
Will you consider looking into developing for forthcoming Macs? I am seeing this as a strategic move on Apple's part to show developers that they can easily port their apps to OS X. By doing this, they open Apple up to a lot of new hardware and software.
The problem with Xara has been that the Illustrator is the reigning king on Macs and there was no way for you to compete with that. Now that all future versions of Illustrator will be x86 based, Xara can now make a real push into converting designers.
So what do you say?