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Gryff:
Hey, forgive my ignorance but if someone could clear this up for me I'd be grateful.
I'm thinking about buying a mac, but I'm a little worried about software compatibility, namely in games. How do you know if a PC game is compatible with OSX? If I was to buy, say, Civilisation 3 would it work on a mac (given that the specs were sufficient) or would I have to buy a special mac version of the game? Are there likely to be performance problems due to the transition from pc to mac?
I run the risk of sounding stupid here I think, but…
est:
they are completely different systems. you need completely separate versions of every piece of software, because PC software (games or otherwise) will not run on a Mac. in ye olde dayes there were hardly any Mac games, but these days there are a fair few, just released a little ways after the pc release (mostly). i don't know about any differences in performance, unfortunately.
nexus:
If you're looking to play games, avoid any Apple system entirely. There are very very few games released for OSX and the hardware specs of an Apple system don't begin to compare to a modern PC.
That said, if you can avoid gaming then a Mac might be a good choice as they tend to be better for (no offence intended) less technically savvy users.
Kanno:
--- Quote from: nexus ---and the hardware specs of an Apple system don't begin to compare to a modern PC.
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What? This is complete BS. Macs are just as fast as PCs, if not faster.
will: wanton sex god:
--- Quote from: Gryff ---Hey, forgive my ignorance but if someone could clear this up for me I'd be grateful.
I'm thinking about buying a mac, but I'm a little worried about software compatibility, namely in games. How do you know if a PC game is compatible with OSX? If I was to buy, say, Civilisation 3 would it work on a mac (given that the specs were sufficient) or would I have to buy a special mac version of the game? Are there likely to be performance problems due to the transition from pc to mac?
I run the risk of sounding stupid here I think, but…
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ignore the fools.
anyway to answer your question, look on the box of the game you want, or ont he official site. if the box somwehwer says its the mac and pc version (a good palce to check is system specs, if it lists mac ones there you go.)
my copies of both world of warcraft and warcraft 3 are compatible with both. most of the big titles are. macs arent really the best for running games, as everyoen will tell you, its just how it is, if you want to do mostly gaming, build a pc, because for the same price you can get much better game performance. anywho its your call
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