I was just wondering what is the most effective way to make this happen. I’m about to try crossover but i was wondering if there was a more effective program or way to get this to work. I know you can use boot camp and get vista on there some how but im just looking for a way to avoid pouring money into a new pc this holiday since my old one can barely run TF2 and im really wanting COD4.
Thanks in advance.
Um…
Use Boot Camp on an Intel-based Mac and you have both, I guess.
Not the least expensive way to do it, but it’s all I can think of.
I have an intel based mac. But, would i have to install Windows os? Is that easier this crossover which can run applications without the os?
Im at a total loss with this stuff.
It seems like Crossover would be your best bet from the amount I just read from googling it. Installing bootcamp and Windows is an incredibly bulky solution to it.
That and i need to drop 130 for leopard. Im going to shoot for crossover and see if that works alright before i even start thinking about leopard.
Thanks for answering.
I think Crossover has problems with windows based games. Or is that Parallels that I’m thinking of?
do you really need windows? also i believe boot camp comes with leopard, or something of that nature anyways. Regardless i whole heartedly recomend the leopard upgrade, its georgeous and its new functions are incredible, i can’t wait to get my external for time machine
Crossover and Parallels are no comparison to running Windows for real via Boot Camp. Especially if you want to play TF2 and CoD4.
What machine are you running on anyway? If you’re on a macbook or a macmini don’t even think about trying ot run TF2 at anything higher than 800x600, but hey, if that’s an option…
As far as OS options…
Crossover has a trial, and if that works fine, then yay, you’ve found your solution. However, both bootcamp and parallels both require you to own a copy of Windows XP or Vista. Given that for another 50 bucks from the cost of parallels, you can get a copy of Leopard and have a completely upgraded OS, I’d just go with Bootcamp with XP.
I used to run Crossover on my macbook, it did fine for me running Counterstrike 1.6… however I would probably recommend actually installing Windows if you want to run current games on your intel mac. Just my opinion.
Go grab a trial copy of Crossover and see what you think, and if that doesn’t work then run bootcamp and get that windows install going.