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Running PC Games through Boot Camp on Intel Mac Machines – 2008-10-01

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It’s been nearly a month since we released the last PC game compatibility list. Since then, we have tested several games including

  • Civilization IV: Colonization
  • Crysis: Warhead, Pure
  • Pure
  • Warhammer 40,000: Dark Crusade
  • The Witcher Enhanced

    • Well, this time, I won’t go into details for each game. In fact, I only want to talk about Civilization IV: Colonization, Crysis: Warhead and Pure briefly.

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    There are several PC game titles that start with Civilization IV. Those games include

    Civilization IV: Warlords (released on July 27, 2007)
    Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword (released on July 23, 2007)
    Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Gold Edition (released on July 17, 2007)
    Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Complete (released on October 12, 2007)

    Honestly, I don’t keep track of these Civilization IV spin-offs. I was once excited to play Civilization IV. But the Mac version (released in June, 2006) barely ran on my iMac G5 2 GHz. Now, the thrill is completely gone for me.

    Well, if you have an Intel Mac machine, I can tell you that you can run Civilization IV: Colonization without Boot Camp. So far, I have no trouble playing this game with VMware Fusion 2.0. (There is no guarantee that you can play the game to the end.) It’s a stand-alone game title, whose installation takes up only 844 MB of hard disk space.  Continue reading →

    Running PC Games through Boot Camp on Intel Mac Machines – 2008-09-01

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    We have four PC games to introduce in the third edition of ‘Running PC Games through Boot Camp on Intel Mac Machines.’ The PC games that we introduce this time are

  • FlatOut 2
  • Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich
  • Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords
  • Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar
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    Mac gamers may find the Galactic Civilizations II series similar to Master of Orion III. Honestly, we haven’t really played Galactic Civilizations II. We just wanted to make sure that Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords and its expansion pack Dark Avatar, which are both available in one with Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords Gold Edition, will run on our test machine. So we want to concentrate on FlatOut 2 and Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich.  Continue reading →

    Running PC Games through Boot Camp on Intel Mac Machines – 2008-08-02

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    About a week ago, we released a short list of PC games that may run on iMac 2.8 GHz Core 2 Duo through Boot Camp. We have extended this list, now covering 21 PC games. The following is a list of games we have added to the list. It has turned out that one of the games in the list doesn’t run properly on our Intel Mac computer.

  • 1701 A.D.
  • 1701 A.D. The Sunken Dragon
  • Caesar IV
  • The Movies
  • The Movies: Stunts & Effects
  • Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
  • Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
  • Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

    • Running old PC games may not be such a bad idea. Old games cheap. We don’t want to spend more than 20 bucks for each game.  Continue reading →

    Running PC Games through Boot Camp on Intel Mac Machines – 2008-08-01

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    A long time ago, I bought a cheap computer just to run PC games. I used to go to Hastings and WalMart to look for cheap PC games. As I own an Intel Mac machine now, I don’t have to rely on the old game-only machine or PC emulators like Virtual PC or VMware Fusion. I can just switch to Windows XP that is installed on the Windows partition of this iMac 2.8 GHz and run PC games. But does it run all PC games out there?

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    If you have watched the QuickTime game play videos that we have recently made available, you are probably aware that our iMac 2.8 GHz has been able to run several PC games including Call of Duty Modern Warfare, Sid Meier’s Pirates!, Age of Empires III: Asian Dynasties and Unreal Tournament 3. In fact, we have tested several more PC games on this machine. The following is a list of PC games which run on our iMac 2.8 GHz.  Continue reading →

    Taking Desktop Screenshots Under Mac OS X and Windows OS (Windows XP) for Boot Camp Users

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    As you probably know, taking desktop screenshots is pretty simple under Mac OS X. Actually, you won’t know how simple this OS is designed as far as taking desktop screenshots is concerned unless you use other operating systems. Anyway, if you want to take a full-screen desktop screenshot, you just need to press Command + Shift + #3. And you can take as many desktop screenshot as you need consecutively or not consecutively by using this shortcut combination. Press Command + Shift + #4 to take a desktop screenshot after making a selection. If you want, you can open System Preferences and click on Keyboard & Mouse Preference Pane to customize these shortcut key combinations. (See Screenshot 01.)

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    By the way, default system settings are such that screenshots will all appear on the desktop. And the default screenshot format is set to PDF. You can change these default settings, using system utility freeware/shareware like OnyX, which gives you access to hidden Unix commands. For example, after launching OnyX, click on the Parameters button at the top and then the General tab. (See Screenshot 02.) Now, if you want to change screenshot formats, click on the pull-down menu under Screen capture format. Supported formats include BMP, JPEG, PICT, PNG, TIFF and more. (See Screenshot 03.) You can also change the default location for saving screenshots by clicking on the button that says Select under Path.

    How does taking desktop screenshots work under Windows OS? What is the short cut key combination for taking desktop screenshots? So let’s see what Boot Camp users have to know about taking screenshots under Windows (Windows XP).  Continue reading →