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Old 10-13-2008, 11:28 PM
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Default RE: The "Flight Sim for Mac" Protest!

The new macs don't exactly come with windows operating systems. They come with the capability to run windows. I'm using a mac to type this and it has an application called Boot Camp. When I'm booting up my computer I can hold the 'alt' key and it'll give me the option of starting up my computer as a mac or PC. Unfortunately I had to go out and buy a copy of windows Vista to load onto my computer after I partitioned my hard drive (easy to do). So while the new macs that have Leopard installed (Leopard includes Boot Camp) can run Windows and operate as a PC, the user has to obtain a copy of Windows first. I have Vista Home Basic and use it to run Real Flight G4 and it works awesome. 2GB Ram, 2.8GHz with a 8800GT video card. Works with settings on highest settings and is amazing. I have a copy of Vista 64 bit, but haven't had a reason to install it yet. I also play the game Crysis on my mac/pc and have the settings on high - it's flat out amazing!