Marek Posted January 8, 2007 ... has been possible for a while now thanks to Bootcamp. But has anyone tried it with Parallel Desktops? I assume it loads both operating systems into memory, so does that hurt the performance much? Basically: can I play Half-Life 2 with settings maxed out (as has been shown with Bootcamp) on an Intel Mac using Parallel Desktops? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SiN Posted January 8, 2007 It's really not a great idea. I mean, even with the Mac being x86 there's still some sort of emulation going on (I guess it'd be device emulation in this case) which will ultimately slow you down. So can you play HL2? Yeah, with this 3D update that Walter is talking about, you probably will be able to. On max settings? I doubt it. You're much better off using Boot Camp so that there's no emulation what-so-ever. SiN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miffy495 Posted January 8, 2007 Don't have a mac myself, but a guy I work with is running parallel desktops at the moment. Works fine for him, but all he plays is an old PC version of FF7, so make of that what you will. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marek Posted January 8, 2007 SiN: the thing that's giving me hope is the reports of equal or better performance of everything besides games through Parallel so far. I don't know how they do it but apparently it doesn't slow down much at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jayel Posted January 8, 2007 Virtualization (which is what Parallels does) is not really emulation. In virtualization the machine code is ran natively without any translation or preprocessing, so the speed difference should be negligible. Theoretically. I suspect 3d games will run at their native speed if they ever get it working, but don't take my word for it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
