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dukeofism

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What is the Best way to play PC only games on a mac. From what I have read I assume Boot Camp is the best, but am not quite sure.

If I wanted to go the virtualization route, which would be better for gaming, VMware Fusion or Parallels?
 

panamax

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Aug 1, 2009
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For playing games I would have to suggest using bootcamp, using virtulization uses a ton more ram etc, its effectivly running 2 computers at once
 

Stridder44

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Mar 24, 2003
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What is the Best way to play PC only games on a mac. From what I have read I assume Boot Camp is the best, but am not quite sure.

If I wanted to go the virtualization route, which would be better for gaming, VMware Fusion or Parallels?

Boot Camp. End of story.

Why would you pay an extra $80 to run games at a lower performance? Just so you can save a few extra seconds from restarting?

I remember someone once asked a similar question like this...
 
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