On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, Laurent Daudelin wrote: > On 15/03/04 11:40, "Zoltan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > hello, > > > > A friend of mine has to get a PowerBook. . .he can't afford a new one, > > so I suggested the best one for the money. . .which is of course the > > Pismo. There is one thing though, he's has several games for PC. I > > mentioned VPC, but I'm not sure just how compatable this is when it > > comes to PC games. Should he just go out and buy the Mac versions of > > these games? Any ideas would be helpful. He managed to get a 500Mhz > > Pismo with 640 meg RAM which, ironically, is the exact one I have. > > You don't want to run PC games into VPC. Performance will be awful, even of > the fastest G5. He should buy the Macintosh version of the games he wants to > play. And believe me, even though not all PC games have been ported for the > Mac, there are still plenty to keep you busy for at least one year of > playing full time!
Native is almost always best, but let's slow down here. What games are we talking about? Agreed, graphic intensive games (e.g. Quake, UT, etc) will likely be painful in the extreme. I run Age of Empires II and Sid Meier's Gettysburg (my favourite), however, without problem (actually, SMG stutters a bit under OS X; OS 9 (not Classic) is fine). Why Win versions? I got a great deal on AE2 (Win), and SMG isn't available on the Mac :-( Having said that, I've had install issues where I'll be told that the cd isn't readable. Turns out there are some copy protection schemes that emulation isn't capable of handling. My suggestion - list the games desired and get some real-world feedback. -- Non Illegitimi Carborundum -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
