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<blockquote data-quote="Zoolook" data-source="post: 287392" data-attributes="member: 21101"><p>1. Are any of you long-term Mac users out there hardcore gamers? <span style="color: Blue">At some point in my life, I have owned every major console that's existed and even some flops, like the Atari Jaguar and 3DO. I certainly have been hardcore... I don't have time now, but am still a gamer!</span></p><p>2. If so, what has been your experience so far loading up and running games on an Intel-based Mac using either of the two programs listed above? <span style="color: blue">I haven't used Bootcamp, but it should be no different from having a native 'PC'. With Parallels, I have played Unreal Tournament, Half Life and a few others. Currently Parallels only gives you a modest 8mb gfx card, but I hear improvments are on the way. Any old game that runs in software or openGL seems to work ok. DX gives issues.</span>3. Do you prefer one over the other? If so, why? <span style="color: blue"> I prefer Parallels because there is no need to reboot and you can share stuff more easily.</span></p><p>4. Dual-booting the Mac to WXP...now, I might be over analyzing here, but wouldn't this potentially open up the Mac to WXP-based viruses? <span style="color: blue">Yes it does, but obviously only on your XP partition and OS. OS X will be immune.</span></p><p>5. Any other tips you could provide me with? If I purchase, I'm going for the G5-type machine...I figured it would be closest to my slightly outdated current PC. <span style="color: blue">You need an Intel based mac to use wither parallels or boot camp.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zoolook, post: 287392, member: 21101"] 1. Are any of you long-term Mac users out there hardcore gamers? [COLOR="Blue"]At some point in my life, I have owned every major console that's existed and even some flops, like the Atari Jaguar and 3DO. I certainly have been hardcore... I don't have time now, but am still a gamer![/COLOR] 2. If so, what has been your experience so far loading up and running games on an Intel-based Mac using either of the two programs listed above? [COLOR="blue"]I haven't used Bootcamp, but it should be no different from having a native 'PC'. With Parallels, I have played Unreal Tournament, Half Life and a few others. Currently Parallels only gives you a modest 8mb gfx card, but I hear improvments are on the way. Any old game that runs in software or openGL seems to work ok. DX gives issues.[/COLOR]3. Do you prefer one over the other? If so, why? [COLOR="blue"] I prefer Parallels because there is no need to reboot and you can share stuff more easily.[/COLOR] 4. Dual-booting the Mac to WXP...now, I might be over analyzing here, but wouldn't this potentially open up the Mac to WXP-based viruses? [COLOR="blue"]Yes it does, but obviously only on your XP partition and OS. OS X will be immune.[/COLOR] 5. Any other tips you could provide me with? If I purchase, I'm going for the G5-type machine...I figured it would be closest to my slightly outdated current PC. [COLOR="blue"]You need an Intel based mac to use wither parallels or boot camp.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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