Can you play windows games with parallels?

Cjshino · Dec 15, 2012, 12:30 PM

I dont have all the stuff needed for bootcamp

danistyping · Dec 15, 2012, 02:04 PM

It'll probably be slow and choppy. Try it out and let us know how it goes. It should work in theory.

arnamak · Dec 17, 2012, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Cjshino

I dont have all the stuff needed for bootcamp

I tried it out with my base model 2012 base model 13" with the 8GB ram upgrade. I ran Arkham Asylum through Parallels and Windows 8. It was okay, there was a bit of lag in scenes with a lot of detail, but it was playable.
I also feel like those issues were a result of Windows 8 compatibility, and not just mba hardware itself, so I'd say yeah you can do some light gaming through Parallels on low settings. But I wouldn't count on being able to run Borderlands 2 flawlessly.

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danistyping macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Boston, MA	It'll probably be slow and choppy. Try it out and let us know how it goes. It should work in theory.
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