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#1 Zytrion

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Posted February 14 2012 - 07:57 PM

So I have a Mac and i'm well aware that Macs are not the ideal gaming computers, but how well do you think i'll be able to play Hawken on it?  :?  I also have a laptop but it's nothing too special.  Just a normal laptop.  Which would be better to play it on?  The laptop or the Mac?

#2 D20Face

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Posted February 14 2012 - 09:10 PM

You will definitely be able to play windows on your Mac. I have full confidence in that. Whether or not it plays well is up to your specs.
Do you know how to partition a hard drive and install multiple OS's?

As for the laptop, it'd probably be easier to play Hawken on. Again, depending on specs actual performance may vary.

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Posted February 14 2012 - 10:30 PM

Firefiend71 said:

Macs are not the ideal gaming computers
You answered your own question.
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#4 Zytrion

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Posted February 15 2012 - 07:37 PM

So I was looking at partioning my Mac to run Windows 7 and I was wondering if once I change to Windows if I could change back to Snow Leopard?  I have most of my personal data stored on it.

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Posted February 15 2012 - 08:29 PM

Firefiend71 said:

So I was looking at partioning my Mac to run Windows 7 and I was wondering if once I change to Windows if I could change back to Snow Leopard?  I have most of my personal data stored on it.
Yes you can.

Basically when you boot your computer it'll ask you Mac or Windows. Switching should just require a reboot. I don't own a Mac, but from the mac friends I've talked to it's easy as pie.

You might have to set up a backup, reformat, install the OS's, then transfer the data back though. Again, not a mac user so I can't be sure.

Your specs will still come into play. If you've got a shitty Mac then the game will still run poorly.

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Posted February 16 2012 - 12:03 PM

ok thanks! and it's a fairly new MAc so i don't think it's that God awful haha

#7 Gherid_lacksGPS

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Posted February 26 2012 - 05:34 PM

Naraklok said:

Firefiend71 said:

Macs are not the ideal gaming computers
You answered your own question.
LOL

In our department we use dual bootable macs. IMO, kind of a waste, since you have more options on a PC anyway, and the money spent on that iMac could buy one HELL of a winbox. We run CAD, 3dsmax, GIS, adobe and all kinds of design goodies in windoze mode. Runs fine, but there are driver issues now and again.

Once mac lost Halo, i gave up.....  :/
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Posted February 27 2012 - 07:21 PM

Gherid_lacksGPS said:

Naraklok said:

Firefiend71 said:

Macs are not the ideal gaming computers
You answered your own question.
LOL

In our department we use dual bootable macs. IMO, kind of a waste, since you have more options on a PC anyway, and the money spent on that iMac could buy one HELL of a winbox. We run CAD, 3dsmax, GIS, adobe and all kinds of design goodies in windoze mode. Runs fine, but there are driver issues now and again.

Once mac lost Halo, i gave up.....  :/
The reason why they're not ideal (in ref to iMacs only), is that they're basically completely proprietary in that if something goes wrong with the hardware you have to take the whole thing into repair, and for upgrades you'd have to figure something out. I don't even know if you can upgrade current iMacs since they use unibody chasis (rite? I'm not 100% sure lol) and it'd be a bit of a pain in the ass to get in them :c. I've always liked their aesthetics, but overall unappealing because of it being so proprietary.

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Posted March 09 2012 - 10:25 AM

the real question is, what are the specs on these two machines? If the Mac is fairly recent Dual booting it is going to be the better option, most regular old laptops suck ass for gaming. I dual boot a MacPro, it's an excellent gaming machine. On the windows side it boots Win7 Pro 64. It's easier for me since it has multiple drive bays I just threw a new drive in it and installed windows on that, assuming your Mac is an iMac you will probably be partitioning your drive.  The Boot Camp assistant will actually walk you through the whole process. In case you need some help with that Apple has a pdf here

http://manuals.info.... ... p_10.6.pdf

this is for Snow leopard, they have another version for Lion, no idea what the difference between the two would be, I'm guessing nothing really.

#10 eatfoodnow

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Posted March 18 2012 - 11:47 AM

I have personal experience with this because I game on a 2011 15" MBP. I dual boot using the bootcamp utility, just follow the steps and it's easy to set up. You can partition the disk and get XP/7 installed without having to do a backup or HDD reformat (though backing up is recommended of course). After you install the OS, first thing to do is get the latest graphic card drivers, when I did this I had to download the whole catalyst package instead of just the update since the standard boot camp supplied drivers were so basic.

What really matters is the gpu on your mac, apple puts decent cpus in their computers, but they really like to skimp on graphics (especially on their laptops, best card you can get on a MBP is a midrange mobile gpu, good, but isn't going to rival anything in a windows laptop of equal price). To find out what gpu you have, click on the Apple logo on the top left, go to "about this mac", and then click "more info". It should say what gpu you have on that window.

Also, for the people who think that the unibody macbook is hard to replace parts in, it's really not too difficult. You can replace the HDD, RAM, and DVD drive fairly easily, you need a torx screwdriver for the HDD and DVD drive. That's similar to pretty much all other laptops, except that you need a new screwdriver.




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