Windows games on a Mac laptop???

[GDS_Starfury]

how the hell does one get this done?  the pc is still dead and Im using this filthy whore sellout macbook pro thingy.  every keystroke fells like Im playing with the nipple hair of a Belarus hooker.  I need some pc wargaming! 
what to do?

[bayonetbrant]

put BootCamp on a partition and install a windows OS on it

or go play a bunch of Combat Mission games native on the Mac from BattleFront

[Keunert]

Parallels runs my WoT habit

[endfire79]

BootCamp should allow you to do what you need, however you'd have to restart you Macbook to run in Windows.
You could also install a Virtual Machine (like VMWare) on your Mac.  That would run as an application while still in the MacOS environment, however it may be more memory intensive.

What kind of game are you planning to run?  If it's a hog, might want to use bootcamp and run purely in Windows

[mirth]

+1 for Bootcamp. It's pretty slick and the dual booting isn't too bad. I've been doing it with an XP partition for about a year. If you do use Bootcamp, just make sure you make the windows partition big enough. I only did 40GB and I quickly regretted it. Expanding the partition size would require 3rd party software or a reinstall.

[GDS_Starfury]

I hate macs  >:(

[endfire79]

What died on your pc btw?

[GDS_Starfury]

the motherboard. what died is still selling for $160 6 years later so I figured why bother to replace when I can save and get all new kit.

[mirth]

I hate macs  >:(

Oh stop. Since Apple moved to Intel Processors, Macs are practically PCs anyway :P

[Staggerwing]

It's true.
The Great Convergence is already starting as both Redmond and Cupertino realize the real threats to their Empires are gathering deep in the wilderness. There on the shorelines and Crannogs of the Western Lakes the Steambox tribes are coming together under a new banner while out on the frozen steppes the Cults of Pi innovate new weapons and ways of warfare, slowly gathering their might and embarking on a great crusade to convert the countrysides before finally laying siege to the Vaulted Cybertowers of California.


Cheap tablets, anyone?

[mirth]

The Great Convergence is already starting as both Redmond and Cupertino realize the real threats to their Empires are gathering deep in the wilderness. There on the shorelines and Crannogs of the Western Lakes the Steambox tribes are coming together under a new banner while out on the frozen steppes the Cults of Pi innovate new weapons and ways of warfare, slowly gathering their might and embarking on a great crusade to convert the countrysides before finally laying siege to the Vaulted Cybertowers of California.

Which Zeppelin song is this from?

[Staggerwing]

Which Zeppelin song is this from?

I'm quite certain it was on a bootleg tape I heard playing in a Wesleyan dorm. Yeah, that was it...

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

It's true.
The Great Convergence is already starting as both Redmond and Cupertino realize the real threats to their Empires are gathering deep in the wilderness. There on the shorelines and Crannogs of the Western Lakes the Steambox tribes are coming together under a new banner while out on the frozen steppes the Cults of Pi innovate new weapons and ways of warfare, slowly gathering their might and embarking on a great crusade to convert the countrysides before finally laying siege to the Vaulted Cybertowers of California.


Cheap tablets, anyone?

I want to read the book.

[Staggerwing]

You'll need an e-reader...

[endfire79]

No worries about the MB, tons of alternate and more up to date stuff out there.