playing on a newer mac?

[weathers]

<p>I know this has been asked before but can't find a recent post. It seems like every couple years my computer takes a dump. This time I am thinking about getting a new imac. Can I play eq2 on this? I have heard of people using a program called boot camp or something to do this. Just wondering if anyone else out there has been playing on a mac and how it plays compaired to a pc</p>

[Wingrider01]

<p><cite>weathers wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I know this has been asked before but can't find a recent post. It seems like every couple years my computer takes a dump. This time I am thinking about getting a new imac. Can I play eq2 on this? I have heard of people using a program called boot camp or something to do this. Just wondering if anyone else out there has been playing on a mac and how it plays compaired to a pc</p></blockquote><p>bootcamp allows oyu to install a copy of windows 7 on the newer macs, so basicly yuo are still playing on a windows based pc</p>

[TSR-JoshuaM]

<p><cite>weathers wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I know this has been asked before but can't find a recent post. It seems like every couple years my computer takes a dump. This time I am thinking about getting a new imac. Can I play eq2 on this? I have heard of people using a program called boot camp or something to do this. Just wondering if anyone else out there has been playing on a mac and how it plays compaired to a pc</p></blockquote><p>While SOE does not officially support the use of virtual machines to access our games I do know many players have been able to get it to work.  There use to be issues with getting DX9 to be fully recognized under boot camp but I am not a mac user and have not kept up with it.</p>

[Lcneed]

<p><cite>TSR-JoshuaM wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>weathers wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I know this has been asked before but can't find a recent post. It seems like every couple years my computer takes a dump. This time I am thinking about getting a new imac. Can I play eq2 on this? I have heard of people using a program called boot camp or something to do this. Just wondering if anyone else out there has been playing on a mac and how it plays compaired to a pc</p></blockquote><p>While SOE does not officially support the use of virtual machines to access our games I do know many players have been able to get it to work.  There use to be issues with getting DX9 to be fully recognized under boot camp but I am not a mac user and have not kept up with it.</p></blockquote><p>Bootcamp is not a virtual machine.  It just boot up your mac in different partition that has a different OS installed.   Bootcamp setup all your mac's drivers for windows, and it is really easy to setup.  I am running EQ2 on a 2010 macbook pro (bootcamp with windows xp) and it runs perfectly fine.   I do have a problem with the macbook mic driver on windows.   Everything I said would come in a really low voice.  My guildmates said I talk like an Ogre.   I checked on the web and found that the driver from bootcamp is missing the mid range or something.  I have to download an unofficial driver somewhere.. because Apple knew about it and haven't fix it.</p><p>Before I tried Bootcamp, I did try to run EQ2 on a virtual machine in OSX.  It ran... at about 5 fps.</p>