There's good news for all Sims fans who use a macintosh. Although Vacation is already out for Windows, Hot Date is now in beta-stage for the mac. Currently the scheduled release is May 2002. Plans about Linux-versions are unknown, and so far only the original game has been successfully ported over to Linux in November. Also Aspyr has not announced making Vacation for Macs yet, although there's not much doubt that they will. You can pre-order Hot Date for Macintosh at Aspyr.com.