Finally I could play Civ V on my Mac with my friends on Windows. Could this really not wait to be ported to Mac too?
No... 2K won't sit on a patch and wait for Aspyr to port it. It's like they're purposely inciting the Mac crowd.
On the plus side, Aspyr's suggested that patches shouldn't take as long to port, going forward. Of course, 2K releases this one right in the middle of holiday vacations, where (A) people with more time to play cross-platform MP won't be able to, and (B) not many people will be in the office to work on the port.
If I wasn't weary, I'd be angry.