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Personette · May 27, 2008, 05:01 AM // 05:01

I think my computer is dying, and after a brief foray into the world of PCs I want to return to mac.

Anyone had any luck playing Guild Wars on a Mac? What about other games? I know Macs can run windows, but I'm not sure if that's enough to make them compatible.

Thanks for any answers.

Kamara · May 27, 2008, 07:16 AM // 07:16

Look for a program called "Crossover". It's a 10 day free trial for a program that allows you to run PC software on your Mac. I've used it myself on my Macbook and it worked fine, but just wasn't as pretty as what I'm used to on my PC.

But it did work and stuff. After the 10 days you'd need to buy it, but it's long enough a trial for you to figure out if you like it or not / if it's what you need.

obsidian ectoplasm · May 27, 2008, 07:46 AM // 07:46

Get a Custom build PC for gaming (unless you have other purposes as well)

I dont know Macs very well at all but i wouldent expect macs to run games well

Lilith St Cyr · May 27, 2008, 09:04 AM // 09:04

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Originally Posted by obsidian ectoplasm

I dont know Macs very well at all but i wouldent expect macs to run games well

It runs very well on my MacBook Pro, thank you.
I just start up Windows instead of OS X when I feel like playing. Runs way better than it did on my ex's PC. Ugh, the lag and bad graphics *shudders*

Kale Ironfist · May 27, 2008, 09:56 AM // 09:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Personette

I think my computer is dying, and after a brief foray into the world of PCs I want to return to mac.

Anyone had any luck playing Guild Wars on a Mac? What about other games? I know Macs can run windows, but I'm not sure if that's enough to make them compatible.

Thanks for any answers.

Intel chip = runs Windows *natively*. Windows running natively = no emulation = Guild Wars runs fine, as does any other software you want to run on Windows, since you are running Windows as any other computer runs Windows.

Snograt · May 27, 2008, 02:40 PM // 14:40

It's native if it boots Windows - if it loads Windows on top of the MacOS, then it's emulation.

mampfo666 · May 27, 2008, 02:45 PM // 14:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Personette

I think my computer is dying, and after a brief foray into the world of PCs I want to return to mac.

Anyone had any luck playing Guild Wars on a Mac? What about other games? I know Macs can run windows, but I'm not sure if that's enough to make them compatible.

Thanks for any answers.

hi
i am a mac user in work and use a PC at home. My bro bought an Intel iMac and i tested installing Windows via bootcamp. Windows works better on macs :-P ....... true.

After doin so, u get a multi-boot-system and pressing the alt-key at start up lets u choose wich OS u want to run.
What is really nice on that, is the fact that both, MacOSX and Windows run natively on your machine.
I tested BF2, CoD4 and Guild Wars on that mac. Runs like butter in the sun.

Its not longer an emulation of Windows, it runs the same way it does on a PC.
I know u can install both, WinXP Pro or Win Vista. But better read about that on the apple hompage.

if you install Windows via bootcamp, you will be amazed how fine it works. bootcamp asks u if u want to get all the driver infomation of your system burned on a CD. After burning that CD, install Windows. If u r finished with it, insert the driver-CD and it installs all drivers, so u can use all hardware even when running Windows. Like iSight-cam and build in mics and stuff like that.
You are fully guided by bootcamp and it is very, very, very simple. Like u sure know it from Mac OS.

sry for the errors, i am in a hurry and english is not my primary language.

cya

Commander Ryker · May 27, 2008, 02:46 PM // 14:46

I've moved this to tech because it seemed more like a question for that.

Personette · May 29, 2008, 03:21 AM // 03:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by mampfo666

hi
i am a mac user in work and use a PC at home. My bro bought an Intel iMac and i tested installing Windows via bootcamp. Windows works better on macs :-P ....... true.

After doin so, u get a multi-boot-system and pressing the alt-key at start up lets u choose wich OS u want to run.
What is really nice on that, is the fact that both, MacOSX and Windows run natively on your machine.
I tested BF2, CoD4 and Guild Wars on that mac. Runs like butter in the sun.

Its not longer an emulation of Windows, it runs the same way it does on a PC.
I know u can install both, WinXP Pro or Win Vista. But better read about that on the apple hompage.

if you install Windows via bootcamp, you will be amazed how fine it works. bootcamp asks u if u want to get all the driver infomation of your system burned on a CD. After burning that CD, install Windows. If u r finished with it, insert the driver-CD and it installs all drivers, so u can use all hardware even when running Windows. Like iSight-cam and build in mics and stuff like that.
You are fully guided by bootcamp and it is very, very, very simple. Like u sure know it from Mac OS.

sry for the errors, i am in a hurry and english is not my primary language.

cya

This is brilliant - thanks a bunch (and everyone else who answered).

What are those other games that you mentioned? I don't recognize the acronyms.

Brianna · May 29, 2008, 03:58 AM // 03:58

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Originally Posted by Personette

This is brilliant - thanks a bunch (and everyone else who answered).

What are those other games that you mentioned? I don't recognize the acronyms.

Battlefield 2 (Older) and Call of Duty 4 (Newer).

Snograt · May 29, 2008, 12:15 PM // 12:15

Yup, Bootcamp makes the Mac hardware boot Windows so, to all intents and purposes, it is a PC. So it's native

Resident · May 29, 2008, 12:28 PM // 12:28

Since now there is no difference between a PC and a MAC but the OS. You could just simply run a linux like ubuntu and thats it. MAC is just... Hmm... Whatever...

Btw, crossover works just fine, some textures missing and stuff, my girlfriend uses it sometimes she complains about missing armor parts and stuffs but apart from that, its fine.

Flightmare · May 29, 2008, 10:03 PM // 22:03

Whats the point about buying a mac if you are running windows on it anyways?
I heard Guild Wars runs fine on Crossover and Cider, like mentioned above, trials are free, so use them :P You could allso consider using VMware Fusion (virtualising windows in osx) for gaming purpose, it works better than crossover and cider becouse you have complete access to all windows features which the games run on, instead of just having the application programming interface rewritten.

mampfo666 · May 30, 2008, 07:53 AM // 07:53

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Originally Posted by Flightmare

Whats the point about buying a mac if you are running windows on it anyways?
I heard Guild Wars runs fine on Crossover and Cider, like mentioned above, trials are free, so use them :P You could allso consider using VMware Fusion (virtualising windows in osx) for gaming purpose, it works better than crossover and cider becouse you have complete access to all windows features which the games run on, instead of just having the application programming interface rewritten.

The point is, that the MacOSX is a perfect OS.We can do all the things we want to do on our Mac.
But because MAC OS is not supported by game developers so much, we need a windows to play the games we like. What then is easyer then pressing the Alt-key at startup and choose the operating system u like? Start Windows -> play game. start Mac OSX -> do all the rest.

ahmm, there is a big difference in using an emulated Windows to a nativ running one. Exept for that, that u need an original Windows. Why should i buy a Windows and then use it emulated if i can have it running natively on my mac?
while installing emulater software and configuing it, takes longer then installing Windows with bootcamp, there is deffinitly no reason to do so.

why a mac?
funny vids :-P

Snograt · May 30, 2008, 08:48 AM // 08:48

I'll second that - what a Mac does, it does brilliantly.

What a Mac doesn't do is play most games - not because it can't, but because it isn't worth the publishers time and money to port PC games to MacOS.

Mac vs Pc is a null argument in my opinion. Takes me back to the days of Spectrum vs C64 and AtariST vs Amiga.

Lord Sojar · May 30, 2008, 01:56 PM // 13:56

MAC Powerbooks (Intel based obviously) ironically run Vista the best... how funny.

MAC OSX is gorgeous, and worlds better than anything MSFT has ever come up with. Maybe Windows7 they will get a clue.

Etta · Jun 04, 2008, 02:16 PM // 14:16

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Originally Posted by Rahja the Thief

MAC OSX is gorgeous.

Yep.

A bit of a late answer here but if you're going to install window, please do make sure that:

A. Win XP need to have SP2 integrated, you can't install XP with SP1 and install Sp2 or 3 later. It won't work. Vista is fine, you can install sp1 after the installation is finish.
B. Both version of windows must be 32 bit, 64 bit won't work.

The Way Out · Jun 04, 2008, 02:23 PM // 14:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by mampfo666

The point is, that the MacOSX is a perfect OS.We can do all the things we want to do on our Mac.
But because MAC OS is not supported by game developers so much, we need a windows to play the games we like. What then is easyer then pressing the Alt-key at startup and choose the operating system u like? Start Windows -> play game. start Mac OSX -> do all the rest.

ahmm, there is a big difference in using an emulated Windows to a nativ running one. Exept for that, that u need an original Windows. Why should i buy a Windows and then use it emulated if i can have it running natively on my mac?
while installing emulater software and configuing it, takes longer then installing Windows with bootcamp, there is deffinitly no reason to do so.

why a mac?
funny vids :-P

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Did you say perfect OS? You must not be a tech... *sigh*

Montrallis · Sep 06, 2008, 04:03 AM // 04:03

Im currently running Guild Wars on my Macbook standard and it runs well, usualy but i experience alot of lag at times, need more than 1G of ram i guess... although it ran WoW seamlessly.(beat my addiction! yay) I also run Windows XP on my Mac and the Mac runs games better from what ive seen (warcraft, EQ2, Halo, Guild Wars)... Im in no way a expert with Mac or Windows but i do seem to figure out what i need to. dont normally run gigh graphic oriented games since i have only 1G ram but i do play alot of MMO and they run great... excpet guild wars for some reason so any tips would be great

Quaker · Sep 06, 2008, 11:26 PM // 23:26

So, if you primarily run games on your machine and only do a few things like Facebook, email, etc., you may as well get a PC since the PC will cost you about half what a Mac does for the same hardware and you'd end up running Windows most of the time anyway.

Basically, the only advantage that a Mac has over a PC is OSX - the hardware is basically the same now. Keep in mind that those Vista versus Mac commercials you see, are really Vista vs OSX.

Of, course, OSX may be the only advantage they need.

Too bad they don't make OSX for PCs - but Apple is making too much money atm to need to do that