#1: Windows emulators for MAC Author: Cannoneer, Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2021 7:24 pm — Sorry but it has been a long while since I last logged in. Many years ago I had a MAC that I partitioned so that I could run Windows XP and play the games. However I have recently purchased a new MAC and wondered whether I could just use a Windows emulator instead of partitioning the new internal hard drive and purchasing an outdated version of Windows XP/2000/Vista?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Cannoneer
#2: Re: Windows emulators for MAC Author: dj, Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2021 8:40 pm — Yes not that much has changed. Just use the "Bootcamp" feature to install Windows which partitions the Hard Drive. Then you have to change start-up disk in control panel to switch to Windows. Works fine on newer releases of Close Combat like Bloody First ran fine no issues.
#3: Re: Windows emulators for MAC Author: JFFulcrum, Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2021 4:06 pm — If you purchased newest Mac based on Apple M-series CPUs, you cannot just install x86 versions of Windows directly. Virtualization software like Parallels Desktop is also not ready for x86 Windows right now - it supports only ARM versions of Windows. The only way currently for M1 Macs to run Windows apps is a commercial Wine-like software CodeWeavers CrossOver. It support games, but CCs are not listed for now as tested.
Microsoft plan to include x86 emulator to ARM-version of Windows 11, but this likely happens closely to the new year.
#4: Re: Windows emulators for MAC Author: dj, Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2021 3:52 pm — I forgot that newer model Macs require SSD hard drives to be compatible with Bootcamp. Standard hard drives have issues running Bootcamp and may require the virtualization software.
