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C4bl3Fl4m3
Baby Dyke
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 Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 3:41 am Post subject: Lack of games for the Mac |
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Excuse me while I bitch a bit.
Bitch, whine, moan, kvetch, complain.
Ok... who's up for discussing? Who else is pissed off that they can't play their favorite games on the lovely Apple platform?
I can't be the only one.
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nekotine
Out and Proud
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Consoles: Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Playstation, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo DS Lite, PC, MacBook Pro, 3G iPhone
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| Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:01 am Post subject: |
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Mmm...I'd say it'd be more...'convenient' for me if a lot of PC games had a Mac version as well so that when I go to my friends' place, I could still game with them on Hellgate or CoH/V on my Macbook but for the most part, I'm fine with the arrangement. As I've said before, my Mac is pretty much my 'work' machine and my PC is my 'play' machine. I love them equally for different reasons.
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Jude
I'm Coming Out
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| Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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Start a thread about this in the Mac section, too, with more content, and maybe we can get an in-depth discussion going. 
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Gadget Girl
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| Why don't you run leopard and play pc games on it? That's what I"m doing at the moment with SimCity Societies. I loathe to do it as I'm a mac girl through and through, but I'm doing it because I want the game. |
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C4bl3Fl4m3
Baby Dyke
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Location: Takoma Park, MD, USA
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| Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 3:08 am Post subject: |
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| Gadget Girl wrote: | | Why don't you run leopard and play pc games on it? That's what I"m doing at the moment with SimCity Societies. I loathe to do it as I'm a mac girl through and through, but I'm doing it because I want the game. |
Because my mac isn't new enough. I don't have an Intel mac.
Also, because I played with Leopard for an hour the other day in the Apple store, and I really wasn't impressed. I didn't really like it that much at all.
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C4bl3Fl4m3
Baby Dyke
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Location: Takoma Park, MD, USA
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| Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 3:09 am Post subject: |
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| Jude wrote: | Start a thread about this in the Mac section, too, with more content, and maybe we can get an in-depth discussion going.
Jude |
I didn't even realize there WAS a Mac section. /me goes to look for it now.
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nekotine
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| Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 6:37 am Post subject: |
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| Gadget Girl wrote: | | Why don't you run leopard and play pc games on it? |
Quoi? Leopard enables Intel Macs to play PC games? I might have a reason to upgrade then...
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Jude
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No, no, wait! What enables Macs to play Windows games is:
1. Must be an Intel Mac (the new ones are)
2. Make sure it's got a good graphics card (not the onboard type)
3. Must buy and install a copy of Windows (and it's got to be the full version and a certain type of Windows--check the Apple.com site for specifics about it under "Boot Camp")
4. The installation must be on a separate partition or hard drive.
I haven't done it, so if you need more info, I would suggest asking at an Apple store or look at Apple.com, or find someone who has done it, like Gadget Girl.
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Maylani984
Just Experimenting
Joined: 16 Jan 2008
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| My solution was to buy a gaming laptop with windows, and forego trying to play any games on iMac. |
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PsychDyke
Just Experimenting
Joined: 06 Feb 2008
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Consoles: Wii, GameBoy Advance SP,PS1,GameCube, N64, SNES, NES, SegaGenesis, Colecovision, Atari 2600, Macintosh computer
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| Jude wrote: | No, no, wait! What enables Macs to play Windows games is:
1. Must be an Intel Mac (the new ones are)
2. Make sure it's got a good graphics card (not the onboard type)
3. Must buy and install a copy of Windows (and it's got to be the full version and a certain type of Windows--check the Apple.com site for specifics about it under "Boot Camp")
4. The installation must be on a separate partition or hard drive.
I haven't done it, so if you need more info, I would suggest asking at an Apple store or look at Apple.com, or find someone who has done it, like Gadget Girl.
Jude |
Windows XP with service pack 2. Or Vista, but since even the Windows lemmings don't seem to much care for that, I'd likely forgo it. I downloaded the beta version of Boot Camp but my wife's PC doesn't have a seperate disk w/ XP on it that I can find so I didn't get it used. I'd still rather they just made the bleeding games for the Mac. Windows makes my teeth hurt. |
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