However, if apple would only loosen its control on their hardware they probably would control a much bigger part of the market.

Just a quick question here, has anyone successfully run Horizons on a Mac using the Windows emulator or Bootcamp Were about to replace our PCs with Macs and Id hate to loose Horizons.

Hi there; Horizons is a massively complicated program; if any emulator could manage it Id be amazed.

At least macs are using the same processors now, so Id wager its not impossible.

How come youre loosing pcs in favour of macs Perhaps some arm-twisting is in order to make whoever it is keep a few pcs.

Rakku.

The patcher and launcher use a mix of.Net and native windows code.

I was unable to get this to work on Linux and I doubt it will until some major progress is done on a.Net implementation for Linux.

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As I understand it, Mac OS runs on a core that is very similar to Linux core so I would guess that my experience would be typical of what you would get with your Mac.

SunBaked have you tried Bootcamp I have attempted to use Parallels, I can patch and the game even starts but at various points in startup it crashes back to IE.

As for Bootcamp I dont think you would have a problem because you are not emulating you are starting up in Windows (native).

I may give Bootcamp a try, Im waiting for the arrival of OS X 10.5, Bootcamp is part of 10.5 Ill try it then.

If you have any luck post the info, Im interested in hearing your results.

Near as I can tell Im the first to ask and Im sure the developers would like to view some results too.

Of course the silly season is coming up quick so a purchase of this size will have to wait until the dust settles.

I can verify that Horizons runs just peachy on a MacBook Pro under Bootcamp with XPsp2, this includes running all of the video settings to max, turning on the shadows, enabling the cloth simulation, and enabling ground clutter at about 50 on the slider.

The laptop is running 10.5.1 and its the 17 with the 8600 video card in it.

Ive not tried HZ with Parallels yet, but I dont imagine itll work.

I can likewise attest that Horizons runs fine on an iMac using Bootcamp.

Better than on our PC with the Creative soundcard, even -- ThorncloudOrder.

Thats because bootcamp is just running Windows on Mac hardware.

If you must use a mac, do yourself a favor and get Windows XP and use bootcamp to format the hard drive.

For example, on my Macbook Pro Secondlifes Windlight had issues under Bootcamp due to the bad Apple 8600 drivers.

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One driver download from Nvidia and a hacked.inf fixed that though.

But yes, Parallels is mostly for non-game software that you dont feel like purchasing again for your Mac.

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