The ide itself doesn't , but you can't connect to your hana instance if you don't have the hana client. Which doesn't work on a mac. It may work on linux, but i've been told that Windows really was the platform of choice for development.
I use it on Mac every day. The regi client is not required on the Mac version and it works just fine. I don't understand how you can make claims without even trying
Are you sure you are able to upload code to a running instance deployed on an amazon AMI, right from the IDE running on your mac ?
I even asked someone from SAP and had a look at various forums on the sap dev network. Everyone seemed to agree that Windows was the way to go (the SAP guy even advised me to install a Windows VM). Glad to hear i was wrong.
I am sure. Disclaimer: I work for SAP and I am the one who originally created those amazon AMIs about two years ago. Meanwhile I got re-org'd into some other group (as happens frequently at big companies) but I still use it myself. I'll clarify things on our forums (not that anyone would find it there...)