Best Windows solution for gaming on Mac?

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Andrew07

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Jul 23, 2009

• #1

What is the best method for getting Windows XP onto a MBP running Leopard, in order to play PC games? The Apple store had Parallels, but I read some negative reviews at BestBuy, so I thought I'd ask here.

 

jmann

macrumors 604

• Jul 23, 2009

• #2

Boot Camp.

 

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Andrew07

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Jul 23, 2009

• #3

Now, Boot Camp already comes installed into Leopard, correct? So I just need to purchase a copy of Windows XP?

 

Huntn

macrumors Penryn

• Jul 23, 2009

• #4

Bootcamp/WinXP. 4GB RAM is good. Substantial free disk space would also be good. Just run Bootcamp and have a WinXP Install disk ready to go. Bootcamp will also install all of the drivers you'll need to run Windows. Go game! 🙂

Bootcamp comes with MacOSX Leopard.

 

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Andrew07

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Jul 23, 2009

• #5

Appreciate the advice! Now, I've been out of the loop for awhile but I loved playing RTS games years ago. Any fun ones from the past several years that I should check out?

 

rj-300zx

macrumors regular

• Jul 23, 2009

• #6

Andrew07 said:

Appreciate the advice! Now, I've been out of the loop for awhile but I loved playing RTS games years ago. Any fun ones from the past several years that I should check out?

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Lets see...


Rise of Nations (my personal favorite)
Supreme Commander
Age of Empires 2 and 3
Company of Heroes
World in Conflict
Command & Conquer Generals, 3, Red Alert 3

Thing is Age of Empires 2/3, Command & Conquer Generals, Red Alert 3, and Rise of Nations are all also available for OS X. Company of Heroes and Rise of Nations are the 2 best games in my opinion.