bootcamp or crossover

hey this is my first post on this forum!

i am planning to get a macbook pro, after the release of Leopard!
(this will be my first mac ever!)

I thought that it was time for a change and i am going to do graphic design in college so i thought i might as well start getting used to these kind of apps. (I'm 15 right now but it's never to early to start)

But i am also (like most kids my age) a hardcore gamer. Now i know you can play alot of pc games on the mac using parallel, crossover and boot camp.

my question is which one is the best for gaming? for example which would have the highest frames per second when playing counter strike 1.6??

Boot Camp

also are there any bugs with any of the programs?

i heard that if u use bootcamp alot, ur mac/macbook will get broken quicker.

Running BootCamp is just like you're using a Windows PC with the same specs as your Mac. There's no emulation and no slowdown, since you're literally running Windows natively. You'll get the same performance from your games as you did on Windows, provided the specs are similar.

BootCamp is currently beta, but with Leopard it will be included with the OS.

BootCamp doesn't touch your Mac partition (other than to resize it to make room for Windows) and Windows can't see your Mac partition - so I don't think there's any truth at all to saying that lots of use will "break" the Mac.

ChaePod said:

also are there any bugs with any of the programs?

i heard that if u use bootcamp alot, ur mac/macbook will get broken quicker.

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ChaePod said:

also are there any bugs with any of the programs?

i heard that if u use bootcamp alot, ur mac/macbook will get broken quicker.

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1) the same bugs that you've always experienced running windows

2) lol, sounds like you've been talking to a "fanboy" - well, the windows install may "break" sooner than the OS X install - so I guess, in that respect maybe it will break sooner

Crossover is very hit and miss with games and will never be as good as the real thing. Go with Boot Camp.

If you're going to a fairly large college, you'll be able to pick up a copy of Windows for $5-10 anyway, so just go with Boot Camp and enjoy your gaming.

thanks guys i think i will go with bootcamp