PC games on IMac: I desperatly want to run pc games on my IMac, Would boot came or parallels be better?
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the version on amazon of parallels doesnt even support games in windows, so I would recommend bootcamp. The new version of parallels (3.0) does support games, but you will experience much better gaming performance if you run windows from bootcamp
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I would not recommend it. I tried Call of Duty on Vista Ultimate on a VMware Fusion partition and it would not run at all - even with an iMac 2.8 GHz and 4 GB of ram. I also tried some less video card intensive games - Age of Empires and Command and Conquer and they pretty much bombed out as well. I suspect it is the VMware video drivers as you can only use their Direct X in emulation. If you do Bootcamp and load up XP or Vista the games will probably run faster than on your PC - that was my ultimate solution. As I understand it Parallels has the same problems. Hope this helps.
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It may be able to play them on the lowest settings, or possibly not at all. Honestly, don't by a Mac if you intend to game on it. For the same price, you could get a really great gaming PC.
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sorry, i use only imacs so have no experience with pcs. i shall try tomorrow on a friends pc and let you know then.jim crawford
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The short answer is no, it will not work on a Mac! However, you could buy a copy of Windows 7 and install it on the iMac as a dual boot. It's not too difficult to do. Then when you boot up your iMac, you just hold down the option key and you can choose which OS you want to boot too.The Phoenix R/C Pro is a great simulator and trainer. I have the iMac and I was able to pick up a copy of Windows 7 at a reasonable price. Everything works great, but to be honest, the extra cost and hassle of running a dual boot with Windows is borderline as to it being worth it. It's really up to the individual to make that choice. The short answer is no, it will not work on a Mac! However, you could buy a copy of Windows 7 and install it on the iMac as a dual boot. It's not too difficult to do. Then when you boot up your iMac, you just hold down the option key and you can choose which OS you want to boot too.The Phoenix R/C Pro is a great simulator and trainer. I have the iMac and I was able to pick up a copy of Windows 7 at a reasonable price. Everything works great, but to be honest, the extra cost and hassle of running a dual boot with Windows is borderline as to it being worth it. It's really up to the... » Read More The short answer is no, it will not work on a Mac! However, you could buy a copy of Windows 7 and install it on the iMac as a dual boot. It's not too difficult to do. Then when you boot up your iMac, you just hold down the option key and you can choose which OS you want to boot too.The Phoenix R/C Pro is a great simulator and trainer. I have the iMac and I was able to pick up a copy of Windows 7 at a reasonable price. Everything works great, but to be honest, the extra cost and hassle of running a dual boot with Windows is borderline as to it being worth it. It's really up to the individual to make that choice. « Show Less
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Absolutely better. Boot Camp uses both processor cores and all your RAM, whereas Parallels cannot.
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Unfortunately, this product only runs on Windows. If you have VMWare or Parallels, you can run a Windows virtual machine on your Mac and install this in the virtual machine.
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I would think it would, since I'm running it on Mountain Lion. It will not run on Mavericks. Can always verify with Parallels.
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I would say use bootcamp to use windows on the mac, as for the powerbook itself I believe that it should support the game, though I don't know if it supports controllers or not
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Yes this is the version you would buy to create a virtual machine on a Mac. I used this version to build a windows 8 machine on my iMac using Parallels. Works like a charm.
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I'm pretty sure that you need the Parallels software program. Here's the website: http://www.parallels.com/en/products/workstation/mac/ I hope that helps.
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I don't know... I am using it with Mac OS but I do run Parallels with Windows 7.
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I'm not totally sure. I know many Apple products will not run MS-Office modules (Like iPhones and iPads). There should be no reason you cannot run this if you have virtual partitions on your Mac like "Parallels", but I don't think it will run without these additions.
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Yes. Upgraded Snow Leopard to Lion without a problem but this Mac OS X shut down stalling still a problem (nothing to do with Parallels?). It happened after 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) update, so it could be an issue there. (Again, irrelevant to Parallels.)
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Windows 98 / 2000 / XP / Vista / 7. And although the specs do not state Windows 8, it does work for that. The only way I believe you could run on a MAC would be with parallel and windows installed. You could check with Thoughtfish Media, who produce it.
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YES, and it "jams" just as good! I'm currently running Win 8.1 Pro with the complete MS Office Suite on a MAC OS X laptop. But, I'm running Win 8.1 in a Virtual Machine space using Parallels Desktop 10. Parallels will let you run dual OS along with sharing resources from the MAC. In other words the MAC is really running Win 8.1 as a "guest OS" in a sense. But, I found Parallels Desktop to be VERY SOLID and STABLE product and simple to setup and use. I ran both versions 9 and 10, as 10 is a recent upgrade. However, Parallels will cost you between $60 and $100. I bought the $60 product, which includes support for remote access from a MAC OS X laptop, an iPad, or a mobile iPone. I use Access from my mobile 5s iPhone with a high degree of success to run the laptop when it's not with me. But, BassJump 2 does work very good even under Windows! Some MAC users run Winn 8.1 using Bootcamp as a stand-alone OS. I do not have any experience with this environment. But, Parallels let's you run Win 8.1 at the same time OS X is running as a dual OS environment, and only uses about 1Gb hard disk to install and run Win 8.1. Parallels will also allow you to adjust disk and memory resources. But, I find both to be very substantial. One more note, this product does fill the "void" in sound, but is best used if placed directly behind the flip lid of your laptop and will deliver enough sound just to entrain 1 person. Namely, you. If you want to entertain 3 or more, I would advise getting an external Bluetooth sound system for that. But, remember that this solution uses it's own power source, whereas the BassJump 2 pulls power direct from the laptop via a USB port. Good luck with your choice!
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You don't need windows. The game has Mac version. Go and download Origin, then find your game and type in your key number. The game will be installed automatically.