Mac lovers do it with BootCamp

washishu · 05-17-11, 02:38 PM

I'm a 100% Macintosh Man as a rule. Other than Silent Hunter I see no reason to have a Windows PC. I used to have a piece of junk PC that a friend made up for me purely for playing SHII. I have had SHIII for ages but could never justify buying a Windows machine just for the game.

I then discovered Boot Camp. (For non-Apple people this is a Mac utility that allows you to partition the hard drive to format part of it as Windows).

I thought I would give it a try and I am now playing SHIII through Windows XP on my MacBook Pro. True it does crash out occasionally, but not too often to be a real bind, and I can stay with the Mac that I love.

Anybody else tried it this way?

joegrundman · 05-17-11, 03:28 PM

yup

timmy41 · 05-17-11, 08:41 PM

I'm curious as to why you outright refuse to use a windows computer, thus being a self claimed 'mac-guy'.

Bakkels · 05-17-11, 08:47 PM

Ah man, don't do that! There are enough Mac vs PC discussions all over the web, please don't drag that in to the sh3 forum

Hotspur1337 · 05-18-11, 08:31 AM

I've used both operating systems for many years. Switched to a MacBook Pro 5 years ago. I use Boot Camp as well.

Game plays just fine, except I can't run the Merchant mod with my rig. I wish my keyboard had a number pad, but I suppose I could just get a separate USB keyboard.

Herr-Berbunch · 05-18-11, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Hotspur1337

Game plays just fine, except I can't run the Merchant mod with my rig. I wish my keyboard had a number pad, but I suppose I could just get a separate USB keyboard.

Or just a separate USB Number Pad?

05-17-11, 02:38 PM	#1
washishu Mate Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: England Posts: 54 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Mac lovers do it with BootCamp I'm a 100% Macintosh Man as a rule. Other than Silent Hunter I see no reason to have a Windows PC. I used to have a piece of junk PC that a friend made up for me purely for playing SHII. I have had SHIII for ages but could never justify buying a Windows machine just for the game. I then discovered Boot Camp. (For non-Apple people this is a Mac utility that allows you to partition the hard drive to format part of it as Windows). I thought I would give it a try and I am now playing SHIII through Windows XP on my MacBook Pro. True it does crash out occasionally, but not too often to be a real bind, and I can stay with the Mac that I love. Anybody else tried it this way?

05-17-11, 03:28 PM	#2
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	yup __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill

05-17-11, 08:47 PM	#4
Bakkels Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Groningen, The Netherlands Posts: 709 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 6	Ah man, don't do that! There are enough Mac vs PC discussions all over the web, please don't drag that in to the sh3 forum __________________ My sh3 skins : http://www.gamefront.com/files/user/Bakkels Or go to the sh3 downloads section > skins

05-17-11, 08:41 PM	#3
timmy41 Weps Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 367 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	I'm curious as to why you outright refuse to use a windows computer, thus being a self claimed 'mac-guy'.

05-18-11, 08:31 AM	#5
Hotspur1337 Seaman Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Ann Arbor Posts: 38 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	I've used both operating systems for many years. Switched to a MacBook Pro 5 years ago. I use Boot Camp as well. Game plays just fine, except I can't run the Merchant mod with my rig. I wish my keyboard had a number pad, but I suppose I could just get a separate USB keyboard.