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Gonebush

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:21 am
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This topic may have been traversed before, in which case I apologise.

I'm a Mac man at heart. I use PCs only because my University uses
nothing else, and because this has been the heartland of flightsim
technology for so long.

The new dual core Intel Macs are jaw-droppingly fast. And they run MacOS
and Windoze side-by-side.

So, how well do FS9 and FSX run on these Macs?

Is the Windoze option adequate or is emulation necessary through MacOS?

What are the drawbacks to using a Mac to fly?

Cheers

GB
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Brett I. Holcomb

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:21 am
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:21 am
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"Gonebush" <Gonebush@paradisedotnetdotnz> wrote in message
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> This topic may have been traversed before, in which case I apologise.
>
> I'm a Mac man at heart. I use PCs only because my University uses nothing
> else, and because this has been the heartland of flightsim technology for
> so long.
>
> The new dual core Intel Macs are jaw-droppingly fast. And they run MacOS
> and Windoze side-by-side.
>
You must mean Windows. Anyway The new dual and quad cores are also
jaw-dropping fast running Windows.

> What are the drawbacks to using a Mac to fly?
>
Not sure. I don't even know if FSX is written for the Mac OS. It's not a
big deal to get the machine required to run the package. Much like other
things in life you need the proper tools to do the job. Sometimes 2nd best
works but not often.
--
dave
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Gonebush

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 8:59 am
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Thanks Chris

I have to upgrade my home computer soon and I can't bring myself to
shell out for another PC. A new Mac would be preferable, especially if
it will run my extensive flight sim collection

Cheers

GB
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> I use bootcamp on a macbook pro (256 mb graphics card and 4mb of ram) to
> fly fsx, connected to a dell 24" monitor and it works just fine. 20fps
> with most of the settings at medium to high.
> A high end pc would give a little more but then again it would cost me a
> couple of thousand dollars to build a suitable machine.
>
> cheers
>
> cgm
> bermuda
>
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