Boot Camp and Civ IV

[Beamup]

I have to agree with Alan - my expectation is that it wouldn't run at all. And that's actually the best-case scenario.

 

[AlanH]

What's worst case? Your Mac explodes in a ball of fire?

 

[ejday]

What's worst case? Your Mac explodes in a ball of fire?

Hey, that's what's been happening to the Dell's lately...

 

[wiglaff]

Hey, that's what's been happening to the Dell's lately...

could've been a mac
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/20/apple_recalls_batteries/

Works beautifully on the XP side of a bootcamp installation (Mac Mini).

does the mac version work beautifully on the OSX side?

 

[Beamup]

What's worst case? Your Mac explodes in a ball of fire?

Kernel panics, corrupted files, a destablized system...

Basically, there is exactly zero possibility that it will manage to do anything productive. So, the best case is that it does nothing... since anything it might possibly do would be negative.