can you play PR (or regular BF2) from a Mac?

npsxbox · Post by **npsxbox** » 2007-02-27 01:35

my bro just got a Mac, and wants to play with me online, but he doesnt know if it will work. Will it?

SteelRainFilms · Post by **SteelRainFilms** » 2007-02-27 01:36

Well I have seen Youtube Videos of BF2 running quite well on Mac's, so I would say yes, it should run fine.

Post by **GeZe** » 2007-02-27 01:45

You need a copy Windows though. ( But I'm sure you can find a copy lying around on the internet somewhere

NavalLord · Post by **NavalLord** » 2007-02-27 01:47

If he has one of the newer Intel macs then all he has to do is install windows on it and he will be able to play. Macs are very good at handling two operating systems. It will only work with an Intel mac though.

A-10Warthog · Post by **A-10Warthog** » 2007-02-27 01:50

i think a clan mate of mine has a mac, i will ask him and get back to u

Post by **eggman** » 2007-02-27 01:53

I have actually read that it runs quite well.

Post by **Cheeseman** » 2007-02-27 02:15

Yep, my friends got one them new Macbook Pro laptops with Windows Xp boot camp installed and he can play just about any game that meets his system requirements. The funny thing is that his got almost the same specs as me. (he payed more $$ though

)

His Macbook Pro 15.4"------------Mine:
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33Ghz---------AMD Dual core 2.4Ghz
2GB of RAM----------------------2GB of RAM
ATi mobility X1600 256MB--------Ati X1600 512MB
and 200GB HDD------------------and 200GB HDD

He can run Battlefield 2 (with Project Reality) with all graphics settings maxed out.
On the plus side to paying more money, it takes less than 30 seconds for his lapy to shutdown, while it takes me more than a min.

27BaLLs · Post by **27BaLLs** » 2007-02-27 02:30

One question:

why would you ever buy a mac?

Clypp · Post by **Clypp** » 2007-02-27 02:45

No idea. Limited programs, higher price, if you want Windows on it even more money, totally non-modular, all exclusive progs have a better Windows or Linux equivalent, the list goes on.

NavalLord · Post by **NavalLord** » 2007-02-27 03:15

It's stable, reliable, less viruses, handles media better, did I mention the fact that it's stable? I have a mac and a pc. My mac has frozen up a few times, I went to force quit, closed the program that was causing the problems, and my computer was fine. With my pc, if it has a problem or something freezes up I can try ctrl+alt+del, half the time nothing happens. When the menu does come up, usually the program wont close. It almost always ends up with me having to restart my computer (that process itself takes about 5 min, where my mac can turn off and turn back on within a minute).

Post by **Cheeseman** » 2007-02-27 03:39

NavalLord wrote:It's stable, reliable, less viruses, handles media better, did I mention the fact that it's stable? I have a mac and a pc. My mac has frozen up a few times, I went to force quit, closed the program that was causing the problems, and my computer was fine. With my pc, if it has a problem or something freezes up I can try ctrl+alt+del, half the time nothing happens. When the menu does come up, usually the program wont close. It almost always ends up with me having to restart my computer (that process itself takes about 5 min, where my mac can turn off and turn back on within a minute).

I'm SO sick of the "No Virus" excuse. Why do you think there are no viruses for Mac's? BECAUSE SO LITTLE PEOPLE USE MAC'S AND THERE IS NO POINT IN MAKING A VIRUS FOR A MINORITY OPERATING SYSTEM, BECAUSE MAC'S ARE NOT USED TO PERFORM THE SAME EXTEND OF WORK EXPECTED FROM PC'S, AND YOU CAN'T EVEN DOWNLOAD TORRENTS OR ANY OTHER KINDA SOFTWARE FOR MAC'S WHICH WOULD HEIGHTEN THE RISK OF VIRUS AND OR ADWARE.
Mac's are stylish and look good I'll give them that, but its not worth the amount money Apple's charging.

NavalLord · Post by **NavalLord** » 2007-02-27 03:42

Yea, thanks for reading the other points. And I'm glad you know so much about macs, like not downloading torrents. You're a real whiz with macs, you obviously use them all the time. [/sarcasm]

I think a mod should lock this. The question has been answered and this will only turn into a Mac vs PC flame war.

Post by **Cheeseman** » 2007-02-27 03:50

NavalLord wrote:Yea, thanks for reading the other points. And I'm glad you know so much about macs, like not downloading torrents. You're a real whiz with macs, you obviously use them all the time. [/sarcasm]

I think a mod should lock this. The question has been answered and this will only turn into a Mac vs PC flame war.

Don't get me wrong, I love Mac's they look great, they're built solid(tough), and are equipped with a lot of useful gadgets(integraded Camera, Bluetooth, etc), but if they weren't so pricy I would all out go for Mac's myself.

Topf · Post by **Topf** » 2007-02-27 03:57

Cheeseman wrote:I'm SO sick of the "No Virus" excuse. Why do you think there are no viruses for Mac's? BECAUSE SO LITTLE PEOPLE USE MAC'S AND THERE IS NO POINT IN MAKING A VIRUS FOR A MINORITY OPERATING SYSTEM, BECAUSE MAC'S ARE NOT USED TO PERFORM THE SAME EXTEND OF WORK EXPECTED FROM PC'S, AND YOU CAN'T EVEN DOWNLOAD TORRENTS OR ANY OTHER KINDA SOFTWARE FOR MAC'S WHICH WOULD HEIGHTEN THE RISK OF VIRUS AND OR ADWARE.
Mac's are stylish and look good I'll give them that, but its not worth the amount money Apple's charging.

Thats not correct. If this was the point, people would write a lot more virusses for MAC and Linux, as those are used primarily in companys and servers. This would cause way more problems.
As both are very difficult to attack, the majority of virusses aim for private-pcs, Windows in other words.

Since when is Mac OS not able to use torrent?

Isn`t one guy from the forums staff running a Mac?
My old mac (performa 75-75mhz, 16mbram) is not able too.

[PR]AC3421 · Post by **[PR]AC3421** » 2007-02-27 04:47

NavalLord wrote:It's stable, reliable, less viruses, handles media better, did I mention the fact that it's stable? I have a mac and a pc. My mac has frozen up a few times, I went to force quit, closed the program that was causing the problems, and my computer was fine. With my pc, if it has a problem or something freezes up I can try ctrl+alt+del, half the time nothing happens. When the menu does come up, usually the program wont close. It almost always ends up with me having to restart my computer (that process itself takes about 5 min, where my mac can turn off and turn back on within a minute).

5 minutes?? Holy **** get a new computer or upgrade the one you have. If its a decent system already then something is wrong. My system boots in about 35 sec. to the login screen.

[PR]AC3421 · Post by **[PR]AC3421** » 2007-02-27 04:50

Cheeseman wrote:I'm SO sick of the "No Virus" excuse. Why do you think there are no viruses for Mac's? BECAUSE SO LITTLE PEOPLE USE MAC'S AND THERE IS NO POINT IN MAKING A VIRUS FOR A MINORITY OPERATING SYSTEM, BECAUSE MAC'S ARE NOT USED TO PERFORM THE SAME EXTEND OF WORK EXPECTED FROM PC'S, AND YOU CAN'T EVEN DOWNLOAD TORRENTS OR ANY OTHER KINDA SOFTWARE FOR MAC'S WHICH WOULD HEIGHTEN THE RISK OF VIRUS AND OR ADWARE.
Mac's are stylish and look good I'll give them that, but its not worth the amount money Apple's charging.

Actually most large companies have completely made the switch to MAC computers. Especially Visual studies, Movie Company's and Video game developers. (That doesn't mean they have to develop a game to work on a mac) They are very friendly to the visual artists and special effects departments.

Also, was the ALL CAPS REALLY NEEDED TO GET YOUR POINT ACROSS??? hehe

Clypp · Post by **Clypp** » 2007-02-27 04:56

NavalLord wrote:It's stable, reliable, less viruses, handles media better, did I mention the fact that it's stable? I have a mac and a pc. My mac has frozen up a few times, I went to force quit, closed the program that was causing the problems, and my computer was fine. With my pc, if it has a problem or something freezes up I can try ctrl+alt+del, half the time nothing happens. When the menu does come up, usually the program wont close. It almost always ends up with me having to restart my computer (that process itself takes about 5 min, where my mac can turn off and turn back on within a minute).

Linux does all that even better plus: it's free and runs on any hardware. Some software needs to be run through a Windows shell though but Macs are in the same boat there.

Clypp · Post by **Clypp** » 2007-02-27 05:03

'[PR wrote:AC3421']Actually most large companies have completely made the switch to MAC computers. Especially Visual studies, Movie Company's and Video game developers. (That doesn't mean they have to develop a game to work on a mac) They are very friendly to the visual artists and special effects departments.

Most? Surely you must be joking. Except for some photoshop and video-editing firms few are using Macs. Videogames are programmed in *nix or windows typically.

Fenix16 · Post by **Fenix16** » 2007-02-27 05:10

All the hate on this forum makes me almost not want to post this. But I run PR on a mac, lol. It works like a charm if you have a mac with the intel core duo. Otherwise you have to run bootcamp actively through mac which slows pretty much everything down.

For whoever said that Mac OS cant use torrents, they can, i dont know how you got that mixed up.
And I really dont want to get into this flaming war of impending doom but I just want to say one thing in response to

Clypp wrote:No idea. Limited programs, higher price, if you want Windows on it even more money, totally non-modular, all exclusive progs have a better Windows or Linux equivalent, the list goes on.

Once again I dont want to get too into this, but running windows on a mac costs no more than running windows on a standard pc. Boot camp is free. Onlything that costs money is the OS which you have to purchase regardless of what type of comp your using. And if Macs OSX is so bad, why is vista almost the same thing but with different names?

Clypp wrote:Most? Surely you must be joking. Except for some photoshop and video-editing firms few are using Macs. Videogames are programmed in *nix or windows typically.

ok I have to reply to this too as it was just posted. Programming isnt all that goes into game production. 90% of the 3d modeling and graphics work done in the modern world in game and movie production is done on macs. Dont believe me? Head over to EA or Pixar. Save a few personal desktops/laptops, all that you will find in there are Mac Pros updated with the latest hardware. Sure, most games are programmed in *nix or windows, that doesnt mean that their using a Unix or windows machine to do it.