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langl3y

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May 31, 2014
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A quick question for those who have a 21.5 imac (high-end)

Who uses bootcamp to run a few windows games? Is it easy to do?

Appriciate your opinions and recommendations if i should use VM's

Thanks
Lloyd
 
The current Macbook Pro has the same graphics as your iMac. I use bootcamp as I run a few other apps. Games run well. Apple has a built in app that helps you set up bootcamp so you should be able to do it easily.

Using a VM will never give you the full performance so some games will be fine and others can lag. Currently Parallels has the better gaming support. They have a trial you can use to see if your games work well.

This link talks about the previous version of Parallels. One person had his FPS halved by using a VM compared to bootcamp. So depending on the game it might barely work.
 
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