Rating: 
Summary: One Great Game
Review: This game is simply a must have. Yes, at times it does have a slow gameplay, but, for the most part is is smooth running. When you do have bigger cities, in order to keep it running smoothly, you must lower some graphic quality, ex. not have high building variety, low amount of cars, etc. I've played SC4 on my friends' PCs, and yes, it can run slowly too. If you want a fast running Sim City, you are just going to have to live with out the high intensity graphics.
Rating: 
Summary: Not a bad game.
Review: This game was very entertaining for about the first 2 weeks, but after that, it got a little old. The graphics are superb. It wasn't that hard to master the financial aspect of the game. The things I was dissapointed with was that there were no prebuilt cities, there aren't random disasters (only fire), all other disasters you have to create yourself which takes away half the fun. Overall it's a good game. Just gets old like any game after a while.
Rating: 
Summary: Be warned
Review: This game will not work unless you have the requisite souped-up video cards to support it.For example, a plain G3 iBook will not run the software-- at all. You get a bizarre error message and then it quits.
Rating:
Summary: A unplayable WASTE of money!
Review: This is my first Sim City for Mac, I've played the other's on PC and enjoyed them very much - it's my favorite game. Naturally, I shelled out about $50 for this piece of junk! I have a brand new (2 week old) iBook G4 and this game is simply unplayable do to the scrolling problems. You end up placing or destroying things in the wrong place - it's very frustrating! The graphis are great - but who cares? What good are graphics when the game is unplayable? Read the reviews on here and don't waste your money.
Rating: 
Summary: Dissapointed with Aspyr
Review: When Aspyr licensed SimCity 4 from EA Games to do a Macintosh version they quietly decided that there was no need to allow Macintosh users the one ability that makes this game a lasting favorite. While PC users are linked by a network of designers who regularly edit and release additional lots, buildings, landmarks, game enhancements and regions, Macintosh users will find themselves left out in the cold. The serial number included with the game will get you registered at Aspyr's website but will not register you with SimCity.com, the ONLY place a SimDesigner can obtain a little program called the Lot Editor which allows you design your own buildings and parks and just about anything else you can imagine. Additionally, Aspyr tells you that all the official landmarks and 3rd party buildings will work with the Macintoch version, howver they do not tell you that to recieve these extra, free landmarks from SimCity.com that you must be registered there... which you can't. My recommendation is to NOT buy this game is you are a fan of the previous versions. Aspyr makes no apologies about the limited features in the Macintosh version and has no plans to currently resolve any of these issues. Additionally, other users who report slow game play are correct. A Dual G4 1GHz with 2GB of RAM creeps along once a city reaches 100,000 inhabitants and there are numerous visual anomalies during game play as well as unexplainable random crashes which require you to regularly reinstall the game to resolve. While the game has lots of promise for those who enjoy this series, I find the Aspyr Macintosh version HIGHLY disappointing.
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