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How To Play Mac Games On Windows And Vice-versa
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post Jan 7 2006, 05:47 PM
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i used to have a windows computer and now that i have a mac i cant play a lot of games online and a lot of computer games u buy arent compatible for it. i was just wondering what computer is as safe as a mac but still uses windows

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post Jan 7 2006, 05:58 PM
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You could use Virtual PC .. but umm i dont know if you could play PC games as smooth as in PC .. I guess most of the games that come out now have a MAC version to it. Like Warcraft, Doom, NFS etc ...

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post Jan 14 2006, 01:52 AM
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If you get the Intel-based Macs, it is said that it could run Windows on the Mac.

Yet, I could be wrong.

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post Feb 11 2006, 11:21 PM
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The problem is that any windows games that have more than basic grathix cant play on mac because mac uses open GL and windows dosn't
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post Feb 12 2006, 03:03 AM
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The problem is that any windows games that have more than basic grathix cant play on mac because mac uses open GL and windows dosn't


Windows does use OpenGL. It depends on the game ... whether it is compatible with openGL or directX.

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You could use Virtual PC .. but umm i dont know if you could play PC games as smooth as in PC


Nope, in all probability, games won't work in Virtual PC. I've tried it out in VMWare, but they just wouldn't work. Your best bet would be, as Dhanesh said, to get the games with native Mac support.
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post May 29 2006, 12:03 PM
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QUOTE(xboxrulz @ Jan 13 2006, 09:52 PM) [snapback]66879[/snapback]

If you get the Intel-based Macs, it is said that it could run Windows on the Mac.

Yet, I could be wrong.

xboxrulz


The new dual-processor macs can in fact install a full windows program on the mac, now this also opens you up to all the vulnarabilities of the windows system as well, so I've yet to go that far.
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post Feb 1 2007, 06:40 AM
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if you like gaming
but high spec computer and install windows
mac just for grafic activity
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post Feb 1 2007, 09:28 AM
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Play mac games on the PC?

May I ask to which games you could be possibly referring to then? Super breakout, super breakout 2 and zork aren't really worthwhile to play on PC. As for the other games I'm sure they are ports from their respective PC versions or not as noteworthy at the very least.
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post Feb 1 2007, 03:26 PM
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You would really have to specify exactly what games and its developer. Since many developers make games, they usually all make them differently. Some games are more adaptable than other, some are less stable, some are more stable, etc. It would really be helpful if you would specify what you are trying to port from Windows or Mac.
(Then there are some that just aren't worth the effort)
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post Feb 1 2007, 10:11 PM
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You just use BootCamp to dual boot into Windows.

Simple as that.

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