How do you get PWI on a mac?

Montcalm - Archosaur
Montcalm - Archosaur Posts: 53 Arc User
edited October 2010 in General Discussion
I have a friend who wants to join pwi but he has a mac. He has been telling me that his comp wont download the game correctly and that he needs mac bootcamp (windows on a mac) to be able to get it. Does anyone know if there is a way to get pwi without a pc or bootcamp?
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  • Asterelle - Sanctuary_1381265973
    Asterelle - Sanctuary_1381265973 Posts: 7,881 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    3 ways, nothing is really perfect

    1) Bootcamp - Installs windows on a separate partition
    - needs a copy of windows
    - you have to reboot into windows mode
    - runs the same as on a PC

    2) Crossover Games - runs PWI in a windows emulator
    - dont have to reboot
    - dont need windows
    - Some graphics glitches
    - slow

    3) Parallels Desktop - Runs windows in a virtual machine
    - dont have to reboot
    - needs a copy of windows
    - no graphics glitches
    - seems a bit slower than crossover
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  • Deora - Lost City
    Deora - Lost City Posts: 1,086 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    Asterelle - Sanctuary wrote: »
    3 ways, nothing is really perfect

    1) Bootcamp - Installs windows on a separate partition
    - needs a copy of windows
    - you have to reboot into windows mode
    - runs the same as on a PC

    2) Crossover Games - runs PWI in a windows emulator
    - dont have to reboot
    - dont need windows
    - Some graphics glitches
    - slow

    3) Parallels Desktop - Runs windows in a virtual machine
    - dont have to reboot
    - needs a copy of windows
    - no graphics glitches
    - seems a bit slower than crossover

    Crossover is not an emulator it's based on WINE which its name literally is Wine is not an emulator, its a port of the Windows API to *NIX based systems which included Mac and Linux

    You could also use a recent version of VirtualBox with the right settings it does use the GPU for 3d rendering now
  • Montcalm - Archosaur
    Montcalm - Archosaur Posts: 53 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    Cool thank you very much. However, do any of these cost money because his parents wont let him spend anything on this...

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