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Offline Smudgster

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New Mac user
« on: June 10, 2010, 09:54:35 pm »
Hi All,

After the worst 2 weeks of my life and then selling the ed30 i and a spare 30 mins this afternoon so I went and treated myself to a new desktop. I went for an iMac 27" and so far I am very very impressed tbh.

Now I do like to play the odd game and love the command & conquer games. Where can I buy games from the mac online as i am unsure as they all seem to be for the PC

Thanks
Smudge
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Re: New Mac user
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2010, 09:55:42 pm »
Welcome to the world of stress free computing! :congrats:
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Re: New Mac user
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2010, 09:59:54 pm »
Enjoy, I have the same!  :happy2:
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Re: New Mac user
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2010, 10:16:09 pm »
You can install steam (for games like portal civilization half life etc ) and there mac games are ever growing. I currently use it and it works very well on my MBP

Or you can buy from apple online and they usually get delivered within 2 days if in stock.
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Re: New Mac user
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2010, 10:57:51 pm »
is there any sites that can talk me through doing this dual load thing so i can run windows too
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Re: New Mac user
« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2010, 07:25:28 am »
Yup this one :signLOL:

I can talk you through it.

You have 2 choices. Bootcamp or a virtual machine ( VMWare or Parallels )

Both have pro's and cons
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Re: New Mac user
« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2010, 08:18:46 am »
nice 1 mate

do i need to get anything software related?
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Re: New Mac user
« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2010, 08:23:13 am »
Bootcamp software is already on the computer

Virtual Machine you would need to purchase VMWare or Parallels.

For both you will need a copy of windows.

What are you wanting to use both systems for and i can then advise you which is best to get. :happy2:
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Re: New Mac user
« Reply #8 on: June 11, 2010, 08:57:37 am »
I have a genuine Windows 7 Pro if wanted to Dual Boot with Windows 7  :wink:
Was gonna use it to dual boot my own system, but I can do everything I need to on my Mac so not gonna bother now!
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Re: New Mac user
« Reply #9 on: June 11, 2010, 10:28:05 am »
Smudgster, what did you make of the latest C&C? I'm not a fan of the online collaboration thing...
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Re: New Mac user
« Reply #10 on: June 11, 2010, 11:16:38 am »
got to admit i used one of these at a clients office with VMWare window 7 and it was spot on, hoping my accoountant next months says i need to spend some money to mitigate donations to the inland revenue :happy2:
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Re: New Mac user
« Reply #11 on: June 11, 2010, 06:50:53 pm »
You can get Steam for Mac now.
http://store.steampowered.com/browse/mac
The best place to track down games for me is through the apple store
http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/shop_mac/games?mco=MTM3NDgyMTg
But you can usually get them cheaper elsewhere.

Parallels lets you play non-demanding games, for example I use it to play pro-cycling manager.
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Re: New Mac user
« Reply #12 on: June 11, 2010, 08:40:48 pm »
I have an imac 27" and believe me youll never go back to a PC
easiest way is to use bootcamp and install a copy of windows to play your games, but Macs are at last starting to catch up with game playing
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Re: New Mac user
« Reply #13 on: June 11, 2010, 09:13:00 pm »
Animal - aint got the new as i heard it was crap. I like playing Kanes wrath and the expansion pack. TBH im crap but its enjoyable.

Would only run windows to play the odd game. Everything else would be on the mac

Loving it so far, bought a new wifi printer today and my wife was amazed that I had it up and running in mins!!!  :happy2: :happy2: :happy2:
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Re: New Mac user
« Reply #14 on: June 11, 2010, 11:23:51 pm »
Welcome to the world of apple. It's addictive. I currently have a 13.3" MacBook pro, iPad 64gb, 500gb time capsule and my wife and I are about to upgrade to the iPhone 4 from the iPhone 3G. We also had an iMac 20" previously, but changed to a laptop. I will be changing the MacBook for a Mac mini server if they refresh them with hdmi output, then will plan to get another iPad at some stage. :)

I don't use mine for gaming, but vmware and parallels are both great if you 'have' to run windows. I set mine up with boot camp once, but just couldn't bear to run windows on my beautiful Mac, so deleted the partition. I have to support windows on a daily basis, so running osx at home is a pleasure and a change.

Enjoy!!!  :happy2:
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