Parallels on a Mac
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I've only ever seen one post that says they have it running under Parallels - post 6 on https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=65061
Same for me. Parallels does not seem to be compatible enough to run ED in all cases. I installed Windows via Bootcamp specifically for ED and that works great for me, though. (Until the Mac version is released, of course…)
That would be me! I was running Windows 7 x64 via Parallels 10, underneath that was a 2008 Mac Pro running Yosemite/10.10. I'd set up the VM to use 4 CPU, 4GB RAM and (I think) at least 1GB of video RAM.
It was a bit laggy, but just about playable. I found that as the 3.x beta and then 1.x gamma went on, it became a bit more playable. Though the following would cause a complete VM crash; system view, some training missions, getting near planets in certain systems.
To be honest I only tried it for a laugh, as I can't Bootcamp my Mac Pro (without going back to an older version of MacOS). Though now I have a new iMac, so I can play in Bootcamp on that until the native version appears.
I tried running under Parallels, but it never launched beyond the rotating spaceship. I couldn't get bootcamp to work either.
I ended up building a gaming PC.
I hate (hate, hate HATEHATEHATEHATEHATE) Windows - but I can live with it long enough for me to launch Elite: Dangerous !
You hate windows, yet windows allows you to run Elite Dangerous...makes total sense.
I tried running under Parallels, but it never launched beyond the rotating spaceship. I couldn't get bootcamp to work either.
I ended up building a gaming PC.
I hate (hate, hate HATEHATEHATEHATEHATE) Windows - but I can live with it long enough for me to launch Elite: Dangerous !
The only choice of gaming OS since about 1993 has been windows and almost all corporate networks are windows based.
Windows is a necessary thing, so learn to love it
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The only choice of gaming OS since about 1993 has been windows and almost all corporate networks are windows based.
Windows is a necessary thing, so learn to love it
Naw, at best we learn to tolerate it. Love is reserved for Mac OS X.
Windows is a necessary thing, so learn to love it
We shall love it the same as we do estate agents and recruitment consultants...
The only choice of gaming OS since about 1993 has been windows and almost all corporate networks are windows based.
Windows is a necessary thing, so learn to love it
Really, I thought that major serious networks were UNIX based with Windows front end? Am I totally wrong?
I guess it depends on where you are and what you're up to. Where I work virtually all the application (and development) stuff is Linux/UNIX. Whereas the desktops and supporting infrastructure (email, storage, printers etc) are Windows. There's a bit of a mash-up when it comes to the virtual servers, as VMWare ESX is Linux-based (I think) and we have both Windows and Linux VMs.