 How To Play Mac Games On Windows And Vice-versa |
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 Jan 7 2006, 05:47 PM
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Newbie [ Level 1 ]  Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 7-January 06 Member No.: 10,555  |
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
This post has been edited by miCRoSCoPiC^eaRthLinG: Jan 8 2006, 05:44 AM |
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Jan 7 2006, 05:58 PM
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Binary Geek Group: Members Posts: 444 Joined: 4-November 05 From: The Digital Arena Member No.: 9,440 |
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 ...
Regards Dhanesh. |
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Jan 14 2006, 01:52 AM
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Colonel Panic  Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 2,629 Joined: 25-March 05 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 3,233 |
If you get the Intel-based Macs, it is said that it could run Windows on the Mac.
Yet, I could be wrong. xboxrulz |
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Feb 11 2006, 11:21 PM
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Newbie [ Level 1 ] Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 11-February 06 Member No.: 11,224 |
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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Feb 12 2006, 03:03 AM
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Hedonist at large Group: Members Posts: 610 Joined: 30-July 05 From: another realm Member No.: 7,524 |
QUOTE 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. QUOTE 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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May 29 2006, 12:03 PM
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Newbie [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 29-May 06 Member No.: 13,705 |
QUOTE(xboxrulz @ Jan 13 2006, 09:52 PM)  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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Feb 1 2007, 06:40 AM
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Member [ Level 1 ] Group: Members Posts: 41 Joined: 30-January 07 Member No.: 20,045 |
if you like gaming
but high spec computer and install windows mac just for grafic activity LOL |
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Feb 1 2007, 09:28 AM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 300 Joined: 25-May 06 Member No.: 13,654 |
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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Feb 1 2007, 03:26 PM
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Member [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 63 Joined: 14-June 05 Member No.: 6,220 |
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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Feb 1 2007, 10:11 PM
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Colonel Panic Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 2,629 Joined: 25-March 05 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 3,233 |
You just use BootCamp to dual boot into Windows.
Simple as that. xboxrulz |
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