Phoenix_Fire91
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Hi, I'm tentatively planning on buying a MacBook Pro next spring in preparation for my departure for college. I've looked at it's specifications, and compared them with the requirements to run Civ IV, and found that the low end MacBook Pro meets all of them.
These are the specs of the MacBook Pro:
2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
2 GB Memory
200GB Hard Drive
256MB VRAM and NVIDIA 8600M GT Graphics card
Like I said, these specs seem to indicate that Civ IV (and presumably it's expansions on top of it) would run fine. Thing is, I have researched the Mac version of Civ IV and I know of how they are somewhat buggy and how Aspyr may very well stop porting over the expansion packs.
My idea (one shared by many on this board no doubt) is to install Windows XP/Vista on the new MacBook Pro, and then buy the windows versions of Civ IV, which I have heard are better, cheaper and always released, obviously. I have gathered however, that running Windows on a Mac is slightly slower and has some issues. My major question then, is whether or not the system specs of the MacBook Pro will continue to suffice even if I am running Civ IV in Windows.
I ask this because I fear slowdowns. A lot. I used to play The Sims 2 and I learned the hard way that not having your computer trump the recommended requirements results in lag, slowdowns, and horrible graphic output. I don't want this to happen when I play Civ IV. At all.
To sum it up my question is this:
If I play Civ IV in Windows on my Mac, will I experience slowdown even if the Mac is above the recommended requirements?
Thanks for reading this and thanks in advance for the answer =)
These are the specs of the MacBook Pro:
2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
2 GB Memory
200GB Hard Drive
256MB VRAM and NVIDIA 8600M GT Graphics card
Like I said, these specs seem to indicate that Civ IV (and presumably it's expansions on top of it) would run fine. Thing is, I have researched the Mac version of Civ IV and I know of how they are somewhat buggy and how Aspyr may very well stop porting over the expansion packs.
My idea (one shared by many on this board no doubt) is to install Windows XP/Vista on the new MacBook Pro, and then buy the windows versions of Civ IV, which I have heard are better, cheaper and always released, obviously. I have gathered however, that running Windows on a Mac is slightly slower and has some issues. My major question then, is whether or not the system specs of the MacBook Pro will continue to suffice even if I am running Civ IV in Windows.
I ask this because I fear slowdowns. A lot. I used to play The Sims 2 and I learned the hard way that not having your computer trump the recommended requirements results in lag, slowdowns, and horrible graphic output. I don't want this to happen when I play Civ IV. At all.
To sum it up my question is this:
If I play Civ IV in Windows on my Mac, will I experience slowdown even if the Mac is above the recommended requirements?
Thanks for reading this and thanks in advance for the answer =)