Mac to windows, bootcamp, parallels or vmare?

[Muktaf]

Hi guys,
im new to this forum and sorry if i post at the wrong section.
My question is,
If i want to make my mac to windows which one do you suggest ( bootcamp,parallels and vmare) for gaming?
And if i wanna bootcamp, which windows should i boot? i mean xp or vista.

Thank you.

 

[balamw]

The following is taken from the thread titled "How to maximise your MacRumors troubleshooting experience" created by mad jew in 2006. It contains more elaborate information on the short extracts I took from it and should help you in finding appropriate help. I also made some additions after finding that thread.

1. Search for threads or guides containing similar problems.
MRoogle is quite a good tool to search these forums.
2. Start your thread in the appropriate forum or sub-forum.
Here is the forum's main page with the list of all the sub-fora found here.
3. Use a specific thread title.
"Need help!!!!???? ASAP!!!" and its variants are not specific.
4. Find and post machine hardware and software configurations.
You can find out more about your Mac by going to the Menu Bar > > About This Mac > More Info ... (this button opens Applications / Utilities / System Profiler) > Hardware Overview.
5. Tell us your problem, and be specific. What is happening to your machine?
What Mac OS X version and what Mac do you use, ... .
6. How long has this been happening? What changes were made just before this started?
7. What have you already tried?
8. Respond to all posted advice with details of what happened.
9. Be wary of the (very) occasional bad advice.
10. Be patient.
11. Be courteous.

Which Mac? What games?

In general the default answer for a "modern" Mac should be that you should run Windows 7 Home Professional 64 bit version in Boot Camp for games.

B

 

[Muktaf]

Which Mac? What games?

In general the default answer for a "modern" Mac should be that you should run Windows 7 Home Professional 64 bit version in Boot Camp for games.

B

Macbook, just bought a month ago.
2.4 GHz
Intel Core 2 Duo
NVIDIA GeForce 320M

i dont really know the rest of it.
Well im planning to play cod mw and others cool game.

Thank you.

 

[alust2013]

Macbook, just bought a month ago.
2.4 GHz
Intel Core 2 Duo
NVIDIA GeForce 320M

i dont really know the rest of it.
Well im planning to play cod mw and others cool game.

Thank you.

You pretty well have to do boot camp for gaming. Virtualization just doesn't cut it for demanding stuff. And vista is never the answer. I'd go with win 7, if i were you.

 

[MacDawg]

In general the default answer for a "modern" Mac should be that you should run Windows 7 Home Professional 64 bit version in Boot Camp for games.

Yup... BootCamp for sure
Windows 7 is preferred, or you can get by with XP in some cases
Skip Vista

 

[captainc]

Would buying windows 7 home version and using boot camp on my i7 MBP be fine to play COD MW2 from windows 7 home version?