?: MMO's & Boot Camp/Parallel

[Tzu]

Hi everyone, I've been a long time visitor to MacRumors and a scanner of the forums. I finally regestered today to ask you enlightened ones a question.

I'm on the cusp of getting a MacBook Pro (trying to wait for the new processors which seem to be expected next month). I also want to join some friends playing City of Heroes/Villains. I'm resigned to shelling out for an XP licence, no problem there (maybe Parallel's app as well). The question is: is this really going to do the job? And, has anyone out there done online PC gaming, preferably MMOs, virtualized on their Mac?

Thanks in advance.

[Eric5h5]

I'm resigned to shelling out for an XP licence, no problem there (maybe Parallel's app as well). The question is: is this really going to do the job? And, has anyone out there done online PC gaming, preferably MMOs, virtualized on their Mac?

Nobody has, because virtualization (including Parallels) doesn't support hardware 3D. Rebooting into Windows with Boot Camp apparently works fine, not something I'd ever do however.

--Eric

[Tzu]

Nobody has, because virtualization (including Parallels) doesn't support hardware 3D. Rebooting into Windows with Boot Camp apparently works fine, not something I'd ever do however.

--Eric


Ok, so you're saying that I shouldn't have any problems as long as I'm willing to use Boot Camp, because that allows full use of the hardware?

I'm willing to go that route if necessary. Has anyone out there actually done this (not neccessarily with CoH, any PC MMO should work about the same)? Are there any other issues I should be aware of?