Sim City 4

I am a 13.5 in macbook pro owner (purchased in 2011) with a gaming installation question. I am attempting to install Sim City 4 in the cheapest route possible. The game requires windows xp or vista (though newer might work?) along with a directx compatible video card.

Would partitioning on a new mac meet the system requirements? Could I partition an older windows (like xp, vista, or windows 7) to save buying the newer windows?

Thanks!

heres the requirements for Sim City 4:

Minimum System Requirements

Operating System: Windows XP/ME/2000/98 (Windows 95/NT not supported)
CPU: 500 MHz Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon processor
RAM: 128 MB
CD/DVD-Rom Speed: 8X
Hard Drive Space: 1 gig plus space for saved games
Video: 16 MB video card, DirectX 7 compatible
Sound: DirectX 7.0 compatible
Input: Keyboard, mouse

Recommended System Requirements

CPU: 1 GHz or faster
RAM: 256 MB or more
Video: 32 MB or greater supported Direct 3D video card

Supported 3D Chipsets

NVIDIA Geforce4, Geforce3, Geforce 2, Geforce 256
NVIDIA TNT2, TNT
ATI Radeon 9700, 9000, 8500, 7500, 7200, 7000
Matrox Parhelia
Matrox G550, G450, G400

If you post your system specs we may be able to assist you further.

I would probably go for XP to take the cheapest option and use Bootcamp to install.

Thanks!

Will xp work with Bootcamp though? I thought I had read that it wouldn't.


Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 duo
Memory: 4 GB 1067 Mhz DDR3
Display:
Color LCD:
Resolution: 1280 x 800
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Built-In: Yes

Depends on what OSX version you are running. If you are on Snow Leopard (10.6) XP is supported, but higher versions seem to only support Windows 7.

10.6.8- which is snow leopard I think? So it sounds like I could just get a cheap xp and go from there? Thanks for the help!

It's not the version of OS X that determines whether or not you can run XP, it's the year and model of your Mac which drives that. Any Mac, late 2010 model and newer can only run Windows 7 and when drivers are available, Windows 8.