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What is the best way to play PC games on a mac?

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saucybiscuits
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i feel like this is a repost but i couldnt find anything when i searched........


anyway want to play pc games on my mac. what is the best program to do this with?
Sep 5 2010 11:12PM
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0ptions
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Get bootcamp and run windows. Macs aren't great for gaming.
Sep 5 2010 11:14PM
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owned
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do tell what games because i'm pretty sure most games are available on the mac.

that aside, you got a few options. you can dual boot windows and mac, get a windows emulator (not sure about mac but for linux there is WINE), or run a virtual machine while in mac os x.
Sep 5 2010 11:15PM
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vincentlee223
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pretty sure i saw a thread on here saying steam is available to mac now which opens a up alot of options.
Sep 5 2010 11:16PM
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gwhitey
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if you're lookin for downloads, check out steam
Sep 5 2010 11:17PM
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bitchezluv=]
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done with in 10 min
Sep 5 2010 11:18PM
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nitsua
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run it over with your car and buy a pc?
Sep 6 2010 12:08AM
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jwalt
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somebody wanna walk me through this please :P
Sep 6 2010 12:16AM
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jorb.co
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buy a gamecube.
Sep 6 2010 2:50AM
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BC.
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buy a pc.
Sep 6 2010 7:12AM
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iJib
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I've got it, buy a PC and stop trying to look so cool. I remember when i paid almost triple for pc components put together in a white case with a nice logo, oh no wait, i didn't
Sep 6 2010 7:23AM
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StevenR
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which is why you dont actually know what your talking about. you cant judge something without ever having really used it. and once or twice here and there doesn't count.

Boot camp is probably the most simple method.
Sep 6 2010 7:52AM
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steep
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care to explain the download and setup of bootcamp?
Sep 6 2010 7:59AM
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iJib
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haha, oh really, no i've never used a mac for a few years of my life you are completely correct, i have also never used, the much cheaper, pc towers converted to mac software for editing purposes.

So i should really shut up...
Sep 6 2010 8:09AM
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iJib
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Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shu

Sep 6 2010 8:50AM
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StevenR
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Boot camp should already be on your computer, its a part of the operating system. Go to applications>utilities and it should be in there. After that, you just need a copy of windows (at this point 7 is probably the way to go), and it will be fairly self explanatory. Youll need to make a partition of your hard drive specifically for windows and things you want to run on windows. Since you are planning to use it for games, you will probably want to partition a decent chunk of storage. How much exactly will depend on how big your hard drive is, but like i said, for games youll want to make sure you have a lot.

To the other guy, you specifically said you have never owned a mac. a hackintosh'd pc =/= a mac. So yes, you should shut up.
Sep 6 2010 10:05AM
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Nurgle
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fucking n00bs.

Go online, and download something called STEAM.
Its like the Itunes of gaming, and they are opening all of the doors for Macs to start good gaming.

Its even better, because they sometimes use cloud computing, so if your machine, cant handle the game, they run it off their hardware and you can play.

You just have to make sure that the game is compatiable with mac, so look for the apple symbol next to the windows symbol.

I know so far you can play Portal, Counter-Strike Source, and Team Fortress 2. Those are ones im 150% sure of, and I know there are more.
Sep 6 2010 1:53PM
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fsscott
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STEAM
Sep 6 2010 1:59PM
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StevenR
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Steam is definitely a decent starting point, but it will never come close to supporting all the games one could possibly want to play. and especially not on their mac platform.
Sep 6 2010 2:04PM
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BrewskiJr
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I like you!
Sep 6 2010 2:13PM
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Caspian
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THIS. Tf2 now works on macs.
Sep 6 2010 5:40PM
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jwalt
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sure are a lotta pc fanboys in this thread. It's not about the components, it's about the OS. And before you start making a stupid fucking rant again or start flaming, I run Mac OS because I edit footage on FCS.
Sep 6 2010 6:30PM
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jwalt
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so I'm torrenting a copy of 64 bit XP, just run bootcamp after it finishes installing and I should be good to go? I dont want to fuck this up. Halp a noob out plz :)
Sep 6 2010 7:08PM
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nkmo.
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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=How+to+install+windows+xp+on+a+mac+via+bootcamp
Sep 6 2010 7:15PM
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jibjunkie
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Sep 6 2010 7:41PM
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FerrisBueller
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lol

inb4 the next person who posts
Sep 7 2010 10:07PM
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2814
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This. Most people who bash Macs really have no idea what they are talking about. Both Macs and PCs have their pitfalls - you just need to understand what is important to you. Flaming Macs because they don't play the games you like is childish at best.

I edit on Final Cut Studio as well. As far as NLE systems (Non-linear Editor) go, it is one of the best that money can buy.

And games? If you want to game, go buy an Xbox. Also, most popular games today are available on a Mac (Starcraft, WoW, Steam...etc.)
Sep 7 2010 10:15PM
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2814
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I know. I just felt the need to rant a bit.

I have no illusions about Macs - PCs are better gaming machines, which is why I have one right next to me. If you're a serious gamer then you shouldn't buy a Mac in the first place. They were never designed for this, though sometimes Jobs and his crack marketing team get ahead of themselves.
Sep 7 2010 10:30PM
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MicroMix
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People bash macs because they are horribly overpriced. A Windows running laptop with good specs (core i7, 4g ram, 500g hd) is about $1200. A macbook pro with the same specs is $2249. What could justify that extra $1000 dollars Apple charges?
Sep 7 2010 10:45PM
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nkmo.
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Better OS, no BSoD, absurdly faster startup times, very little spyware or viruses, better customer service....
Sep 7 2010 11:03PM
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.cam.
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if you paid that much for that much power i think you may have over payed a little
Sep 7 2010 11:06PM
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deleted5
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sell the mac and buy 2 pc's thats what i would do
Sep 7 2010 11:06PM
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MicroMix
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First off, No OS is worth that amount of money, I don't care if how great it may be. Virus wise, don't be a fucking retard, windows defender + common sense = no virus. And the customer service is absolute shit. My family has a mac mini and it the wireless randomly stops working, so we have to turn airport off and on again. We told the customer service line and asked store employees, they all pinned our provider for not having good internet even though our other computers get wireless anywhere in the house without dropping. As for BSoD I can't comment, I've never gotten that.
Sep 7 2010 11:12PM
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bitchezluv=]
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Pc fan boy... Gtfo now
Sep 7 2010 11:26PM
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MicroMix
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Fuck you Mark lol
Sep 7 2010 11:27PM
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lahnabonny
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virtual box = easier to install than bootcamp, plus you can still run OSX and windows simultaneously without having to restart, etc etc
Sep 7 2010 11:30PM
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Deezy
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Sep 7 2010 11:36PM
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StevenR
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The second part is true. SSDs are boss. But the first part is retarded. An OS that requires fewer system resources, and launches with very few things running in the background, its going to take less time to launch. Find a new macbook pro, turn it on. youll see what im talking about. when i first got mine, i went from hitting the power button to surfing the web in just under 20 seconds, no SSD.
Sep 8 2010 8:32AM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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maybe you should upgrade?
Sep 8 2010 9:36AM
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IRockLizzys
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I can hit the power button on my PC and be surfing the web in about 10 seconds... no SSD. Oh and I paid about a grand for it :P
Sep 8 2010 10:13AM
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Sep 8 2010 10:50AM
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StevenR
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bull shit. I have an extremely powerful PC in addition to my mac, and have used a ton of them through work, and a cold boot will never take only 10 seconds to be fully up and running on a windows machine. 20 is achievable if you have a clean PC with pretty fast components (i manage around that with mine), but for the average person who has Norton or some other bloated AV running, they are looking at probably closer to a minute at least before the computer is actually able to function well. the same computer 2 years later, forget about it.
Sep 8 2010 11:04AM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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Sep 8 2010 11:15AM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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you posted in some other thread about how shitty its become
seems to me like its time to upgrade
Sep 8 2010 11:40AM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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now go upgrade
Sep 8 2010 11:52AM
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IRockLizzys
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I just timed it. I'm sorry, it took 12.8 seconds... oops. Stripped Windows 7 with a SATA 3.0 Barracuda and an i7 930 that's been overclocked. You do know that there have been verified boot times of under 8 seconds with SSD's right? If I ran a diagnostic boot from MSConfig it'd be sub 10 I'm sure, but that's cheating.
Sep 8 2010 12:08PM
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StevenR
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you pretty much proved my point. No stripping needed in OSX and you can get it done with a standard SATA 2.0 5400 RPM drive and a core i5 at factory clocks, adding just another 6 seconds on top of yours to start up. I have a 7200 rpm drive and an i7 and its even faster. And did you not read my post, i agreed with you as far as SSDs go.

Your benchmarks are impressive, but that doesn't change the fact that your computer is in the minority. As i said, the average person is getting closer to a minute when they just run out of the box with no tweaking, which is the majority. no tweaking needed on OSX.
Sep 8 2010 3:38PM
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easiestEC
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yes
Sep 8 2010 3:40PM
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