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Bootcamp? Sims 3

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IphoneUpTop

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Nov 4, 2011
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Hello, i just recently posted about which mac to get. I now have another question. I dont game heavily. Just to play sims 3 with many expansions. Would you recommend bootcamping? I hear it has problems in OSX as it is not a native app. I have also heard that bootcamp reduces battery life. Which i really do not like. I want a 4-5 hr battery. I have a sony vaio notebook that lasts 1.25 hrs and rlly doesnt work well without it being plugged in. At school i have to sit near an outlit. Which obviously doesnt work very well for school. I plan on using my mbp for high school this fall.

Thanks
ryan
 
IphoneUpTop said:
Hello, i just recently posted about which mac to get. I now have another question. I dont game heavily. Just to play sims 3 with many expansions. Would you recommend bootcamping? I hear it has problems in OSX as it is not a native app. I have also heard that bootcamp reduces battery life. Which i really do not like. I want a 4-5 hr battery. I have a sony vaio notebook that lasts 1.25 hrs and rlly doesnt work well without it being plugged in. At school i have to sit near an outlit. Which obviously doesnt work very well for school. I plan on using my mbp for high school this fall.

Thanks
ryan
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I just put Windows 8 on my 13" rMBP with the use of bootcamp to play the new Sim City coming out soon. Drivers downloaded in bootcamp worked perfectly for Windows 8. Battery life is normal. Go for it.
 
Bootcamp totally turns your Mac into a Windows machine. Sure there may be some minor caveats here and there about it. But I would absolutely recommend that everyone install Bootcamp on their Macs.
 
AlPlPlLE said:
I just put Windows 8 on my 13" rMBP with the use of bootcamp to play the new Sim City coming out soon. Drivers downloaded in bootcamp worked perfectly for Windows 8. Battery life is normal. Go for it.
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most windows 7 drivers do work on windows 8, but officially Apple still does not support windows 8.

it would have to wait tip the next updates for the official windows 8 drivers.
 
I'm playing the Sims 3 fine on my 2010 MBP with a few expansions as well?

Why not give it a try first before bootcamping
 
My wife plays the Sims 3 and all its expansions on her 2012 cMBP. She has played it both on OSX and Windows using Bootcamp. According to her, Sims runs smoother on the Windows side.
 
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