I will be purchasing an MBP shortly for college. I would like to be able to do a bit of gaming in both OSX and Windows and was wondering if Parallels is a better choice over Bootcamp -- I have heard mixed opinions regarding both. Thanks.
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Bootcamp vs. Parallels for gaming -- others?
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Parallels is great for running apps. but not for gaming. As swift pointed out, it will not utilize your GPU which is reallly important in gaming.
Okay -- that's helpful information, thanks. Is Bootcamp the best option out there?
Unless the games you want will work in Crossover
Or VMWare's Fusion if the requirements are low enough...
Unless the games you want will work in Crossover
Or VMWare's Fusion if the requirements are low enough...
Fair point, I guess I was meaning if you want to run the best games without restriction
But yeah, if the game is older, less graphically intensive then there are other options.
is crossover actually stable, because i didn't think it support all applications
It doesn't, but the list is gradually increasing, here is the list of supported applications
It doesn't, but the list is gradually increasing, here is the list of supported applications
nice, alot more applications have been added since i last viewed that application