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FPSC Classic Product Chat / Macbook Pro

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Dudub21
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Posted: 22nd Mar 2010 23:50
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Hi, im buying a macbook pro with this specs:

2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB
ATA 320 GB a 5.400 rpm
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M

And i read many posts that were asking if the fpsc x9 runs on mac, but some said yes and some said no. I really want to know if it runs on bootcamp or even on the mac os, thanks. Sorry for the bad english.
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Marc Steene
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2010 04:57
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I'm not too sure, because FPSC requires DirectX9 (which obviously won't run as standard on a Mac) but I don't know about bootcamp. You could dual boot Windows, or you could save yourself a looot of cash and not get a Mac.


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Red Eye
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Mac has DX11 (if just buyed one), tho it cant run FPSC, as FPSC isnt made for Mac Systems, only Windows Systems.

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Jaeg
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It'll work fine with bootcamp. I have Windows XP on mine and it runs better than my (sadly dead now) pc.

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Van B
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2010 14:33
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Where are you getting your information from Red Eye and Jaeg.

DX11 on mac as standard?

What was your PC before switching to a virtual machine that is supposedly better? - a 386?

DirectX is a PC library, even if they made a DX for the mac, it wouldn't just be able to run FPSC out of the box. DX has had over a decade to mature on the PC - it can't just be ported onto the mac!.

To run FPSC on a mac you need to use virtual machines, in other words your Mac has to pretend to be a PC, which inhibits performance. There are engines and languages that run on the Mac and PC, but they don't ever use DirectX - DBPro is practically DX wrapped up in a basic language, and that's where FPSC came from - without DX it's of no use to anyone.


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GreenDixy
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mac's are a waist of money!! the only thing there really good for some games yes but more for school work etc.

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Nickydude
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Please don't turn this into another Mac Vs. PC debate.



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Bugsy
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2010 15:46
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I had no problem installing and ruinning FPSC on a boot-camp mac.

I don't though, I like my computer to be in my room, and I prefer a desktop.


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Daniel wright 2311
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2010 16:00
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this can explain things a bit

http://www.macdx.com/

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Van B
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It explains things beautifully Daniel.

They made a DX version for Mac - but it's not DX11, it's not even DX anything, it's DX Mac, and it still needs specifically programmed for the Mac - no existing DX games can be ported automatically, it's just an option for multi-platform development.

There is no way that FPSC will run on a mac without running windows too, with it's own DX version. So my question is really, Why? - why would you go and buy a mac, spend twice what you would compared to if buying a PC, then go and install a PC OS on it, and use it just like if it was a PC. Why not just buy a damn PC!

People should look at other avenues for mac development, and not force a horse into the back of a taxi. Ok that's a weird thing to say, but I know what I mean .


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Jaeg
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2010 20:36 Edited at: 23rd Mar 2010 20:47
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I'm a teaching major and my college requires I get a Mac. Bootcamp isn't a virtual machine. When you use it it's basically partitioning your harddrive and you can install any operating system on it just like you would a PC. There isn't a performance drain whatsoever. And I said nothing about it having directX 11.

EDIT My old computer was a single core with XP and 2 gigs of ram. It was a decent computer. There is something wrong with the motherboard causing it do turn off at random times... I'm hoping to resurrect it once I get time away from school.

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GreenDixy
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@Jaeg I have a mother board that did the same thing. I swapped out the parts and tried different ones, And come to find that is was a glitch in one of my card's i had in the slots.

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Jaeg
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At first I thought it was the ram. I did a test on it and it turned out a stick was bad. But the computer kept turning off so I thought it was a slot changed the slots and still did it. I'm going to have to sit down with it and eliminate all the possible sources of issues.

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