Civilization IV for the Mac

Civilization IV was released for the Mac about a month ago. It's having much the same birthing pains it had on the PC. I bought the Special Edition of Civilization IV for the PC shortly after it came out. The forums were filled with wailing and moaning and knashing of teeth. A month or so later a patch was released and the game even ran on my under spec Sony Vaio PCG GRX670 (a bit choppy, mind you, but I was willing to put up with quite a bit just to be able to play). I'm planing on buying my first Mac in the next six months or so. I'm waiting for the Merome to hit the laptop line. I'm hoping to get a MacBook (plain, not the Pro). And I'm hoping to run Civilization IV for the Mac on whatever I get. Yes, once again, I'll be trying to run the game on an under spec system. From what I've read, however, people who've played it on a MacBook have had similar experiences to those I had playing it on my Sony Viao, so I think I know what I'm getting into.

Great Links for the First Time Mac User

The Tao of Mac - How To Switch To The Mac - This is a must read for anyone turning on their first Mac for the first time. It tells you exactly what to expect and some gotchas you might want to be aware of. It also details many of the ways you can use the Unix layer of Mac OS X. What is Mac OS X? - This is a well written discussion of what to expect out of the Mac OS X operating system. Fink - Home - This site has Unix software packages for the Darwin "flavor" of Unix (the Unix that the Mac is built upon); the packages are built so that they will not interfere with the Mac portion of the OS.