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Name: srybacki123
Date: February 23, 2004 at 10:02:20 Pacific
OS: osx
CPU/Ram: ?
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is there any way i can play .exe game on my mac?

thanks



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Response Number 1
Name: Scott Rogers
Date: February 23, 2004 at 12:54:32 Pacific
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You can get VirtualPC for your Mac and use that.
However, you can't play any games that require 3d acceleration, and you can't play anything that requires a high speed processor. It's an emulator, so if you have a 1GHz Mac, and the game requires a 1GHz Windows box, it's not going to work. I don't know exact numbers, but I would guess maybe 1/3 of your CPU speed.


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Response Number 2
Name: Admiral
Date: February 26, 2004 at 07:16:56 Pacific
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Scott is right, forget it!! I, like you, wanted to do that and actually did install the PC emulator on my laptop. It sucked!! Game play was HORRIBLE!! (and I even had a top-of-the-line TiBook!!!) Do what I ended up doing. I went out and built myself a PC only for PC gaming. I put the majority of my money into the graphics card, the sound card, and a big harddrive. I am happy, again. I play the latest gaming titles and don't have to wait until they crossover to the Mac platform. I only use the PC for gaming. All my 'important' computing is done on my Macs.

;-)


PS - Overtime, a period of a year, I started to add some 'nice stuff' to the PC, mainly to make him work for his stay at my Mac house - but in the end, he still is a WinDOZER!!


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