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Saturday 11 October 2008

Warhammer Online On a Mac

For many years I was a PC fanboy, always claiming Mac's to be overpriced garbage...then I bought one. I love my Macbook Pro, and whilst it may not be able to run all games on high settings it should be fine running WAR...but wait? Warhammer Online only supports Windows...that shouldn't stop you.

You have three options to play Warhammer Online on a Mac:
  1. Crossover
    This is may not work, as not everything works through this app, but if it does it will be awesome. Crossover allows you to run quite a few Windows-based apps/games on your Mac without actually having a partition of Windows or anything. It creates a fake C: drive and you can use the applications/games just as you normally would. The FPS obviously takes a hit, because it's being emulated, but it should still be playable.
  2. Parallel's Desktop
    This is very similar to Crossover, except you install a full copy of Windows on your Mac (yes, as horrible as that may sound), so WAR would definitely work this way, but there is the disadvantage of having a few gigs taken up just by Windows...which is a lot if you're using a notebook.
  3. VM Ware Fusion
    This is very similar to Parallel's but I believe VM Ware is more established. This software is amazing in terms of ease of use and functionality, although I haven't tested it with a game yet. Still, it has a trial so check it out definitely.
  4. Boot Camp
    Okay, well this is basically the same as playing on a PC. Included with Leopard, Boot Camp allows you to install Windows on your Mac, and then choose to boot it up when you switch your computer on. The advantage is you'll get the better FPS, but you won't be able to switch back to the wonder of the Apple interface unless you restart your computer.
...or EA Mythic could just release a Mac version of the game....doubtful though.
Please give me your feedback if any of these methods actually work!!!

2 comments:

seregap said...

WMWARE is the best solution. I have used it on my mac to play wow and warhammer and it worked like a charm. its also much quicker to setup than a copy of windows.
overall, nice blog. good read, keep it up.

Sergei.
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john said...

Thanks for your comment!!
Mac users always get the short side of the stick im happy to see programs like these