Virtual PC

[dingoden]

Hello. My name is Jack, Just bought Rome today, and the guide. :D

Haven't installed the game as I'm running on a mac ibook.

Does anyone know whethere Virtual PC on Mac allow the game to start?

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Appreciate your help ~:cool: :bow:

[Lemur]

Dingoden,

It is extremely unlikely that Rome will run under emulation on an iBook. In fact, I'd be shocked if you could run the opening movie. It's not because the iBooks isn't a good computer -- it is -- but rather that Rome depends on a lot of Direct X stuff that does not behave well under emulation. In essence, Rome is oging to want to talk directly to the video acceleration, and Virtual PC's going to cough up blood.

I strongly advise you do what this lemur did -- build a gaming PC to complement your Mac. The Total War series is as responsible as anything for the fact that I now have a PC.

Oh, and if you have an ethical issue with giving any money to Microsoft, just find your neighborhood geek and see if he has an extra copy of Windows 2000 laying about. You know, a legal copy that he isn't using. Because I would never, ever suggest that you obtain a homebrew copy. That would be wrong.

[dingoden]

Dingoden,

It is extremely unlikely that Rome will run under emulation on an iBook. In fact, I'd be shocked if you could run the opening movie. It's not because the iBooks isn't a good computer -- it is -- but rather that Rome depends on a lot of Direct X stuff that does not behave well under emulation. In essence, Rome is oging to want to talk directly to the video acceleration, and Virtual PC's going to cough up blood.

I strongly advise you do what this lemur did -- build a gaming PC to complement your Mac. The Total War series is as responsible as anything for the fact that I now have a PC.

Oh, and if you have an ethical issue with giving any money to Microsoft, just find your neighborhood geek and see if he has an extra copy of Windows 2000 laying about. You know, a legal copy that he isn't using. Because I would never, ever suggest that you obtain a homebrew copy. That would be wrong.
~:cheers:
cheers Lemur.
found that virtual pc on mac does not work well with 3D games in some magazines.
came across a computer brand called shuttle xpc, built in smaller barebone and shipped handily, but thought would start buying or building a pc system as soon as christmas, when the study break begins.

thinking about Nvidia ultra cards and pentium4 90nm/ ati 64 bits, hopefully they'd cost a lot less by the end of the year.

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[Daveybaby]

Even if virtualPC could handle the directX calls, you have to bear in mind that an emulated PC will run at least 10 to 20 times slower than a real one.

By the way, I can thoroughly recommend shuttle systems, theyre really well put together little boxes. Plus an X800pro will run in one very nicely with no overheating problems.

Make sure you get one with a silentX PSU, you can barely hear the thing running once its on.