i have virtual pc 7 but it says that running games through that is slow and not good becasue it is a virtual machine how would i be able to play using my mac's hardware?
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here is a list of different windows emulators you can try.\nalso on this page is vpc helper it says that it is a utility thats designed to increase the performance Virtual PC.
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yes, your machine should be able to run any game out there, although it won't give the best performance possible on some of the more demanding titles...\n\ni'd say that as long as you don't want all graphics/lighting etc at the highest possible settings, then your pc should do the trick.
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Hi there...here's a forum which someone asked the very same question and many people responded with the following: http://forums.applenova.com/showthread.php?t=6397&page=1&pp=30\n\nAnother site: http://www.silvermac.com/2006/cool-things-you-can-do-on-mac/
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Well, you could buy a program called VirtualPC. VirtualPC emulates Windows (any version you want) and you will be able to run any Windows (PC) program on your Mac. Since you actually are running another operating system on your computer, you will be using some hard drive space, RAM, and ROM.
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Why would ANYONE want to go from a PC to a Mac?  Mac's cost more than twice as much money, for the same performance, and trying to buy hardware/software for them is futile.  Why don't you just buy a better video card for your PC???
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The people that say Macs are shite will never be right.\n\nDownload VLC media player to play your videos.\nhttp://www.videolan.org/vlc/
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Bootcamp is for Intel Macs only.  Virtual PC would be what you want to use, but I doubt you could find it since Apple doesn't support OS9, not to mention if your computer is that old, it would be too slow to run XP properly through modulation.  OS X is a far better operating system than 9 or windows.  I would recommending biting the $1000 bullet and getting a MacBook.  Your OS 9 apps, however will not run on machines with Intel processors, so you may end up paying for some upgrades.
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If you don't want to install XP, then unfortunately there's now way you can run MS Flight Simulator on your Mac.  I would suggest you switch to X-Plane; it's a popular cross-platform flight simulator.\nhttp://www.x-plane.com/default.html\nhttp://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/demos_updates/xplane.html
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It really depends on what you need it for or what software you plan to run on it.\n\nNote that the MacBooks are Intel-based, while Powerbooks are PPC-based. Certain software programs (such as Adobe Photoshop CS) will not run natively on Intel hardware yet, so the MacBook will run these programs in emulation, which is slower. However, the MacBook hardware is so much faster than the Powerbook's that the overall experience may be the same on either system.\n\nBut that's just one example. Most software these days is compatible with either PPC or Intel hardware, so you really have to consider if you'll be doing a lot of processor-intensive work such as video encoding or 3D rendering. If so, get an Intel-based Mac, but keep in mind that MacBooks do not come with upgraded video cards or Firewire 800 ports. For those, you'll need to get a MacBook Pro.
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If your CPU is slower than 1.7 GHz, you might as well buy a new computer.  It is not easy to upgrade a CPU an make the whole thing run faster.\n\nIf your CPU is fast enough, but you don't have enough display memory, you can go out and but&#92;y a video card that has 128 MB.\n\nDon't skimp on main memory either, if you're playing games.
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You can inside a virtual machine, Parallels for Mac is supposed to be pretty good.\n\nYou can read about it at http://www.parallels.com/ and virtual machines at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_machine
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the short answers:\n1) If the software was for Classic MacOS running on G3s, no.\nWhy: Apple has stopped supporting the Classic Mac OS, even before the introduction of the Intel-based Macs.  As the Classic Mac OS only runs on PowerPC processors or older 680XX processors, the only way this would be possible would be through a PowerPC emulator, e.g. Virtual PC, to run Mac Classic programs.\n\nIf the software was for MacOS X running on G4s, yes.  \nWhy: Apple has included software called Rosetta with the IntelMacs to allow programs designed to run on OS X for PowerPC to be translated on the fly to run on the new processors.  Program speed will not be as fast as a native IntelMac application, but compared to running on older G4s (under 1 Ghz), the speed should be comparable or possibly faster than running natively on the old Mac.
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Just to clarify the early statement. There are some core pieces of the Mac OS that are not supported on the PC side. So it is not likely that we will see anything like that happen. But if you have an old machine laying around you might take a stab at a flavor of linux.
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You gave no indication of what kind of computer it is. Is it older than say 5 years old? If so, it simply might not be compatible with modern games.
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u should not buy Macs.It's a waste of cash if u want them to play games on it.Not many games release on Macs.
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As with most games, they tell you the minimum specifications required to play the game. \n\nYour graphics card is not powerful enough, in fact I am surprised it runs the Sims 2 at all.\n\nRealistically, you need a better computer!! I would suggest a minimum of 1.5Ghz, 512Mb RAM, and a 64Mb Graphics card. \n\nI have seen this game play slowly on much higher specs. I would suggest you reduce all the graphics options to their minimum, turn off shadows, etc. It still won't be fast, but it might help.
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Read the box on the game and make sure your system is compatible with the game. It could be \n1) not enough memory\n2) graphics card is not compatible or insufficient\n3) clock speed is too low\n\nYou need to be system compatible to have a game run smoothly on your computer.\n\nYou can find out your system info by going to Control Panel and then Systems.