how do I watch pc demos on mac?

category: general [glöplog]

excuse my dull question, but how do I properly watch realtime demos on my 2.3 ghz intel core i7 macbook pro? the os is version 10.9.4 and it has 16 gb 1600 mhz ddr3 memory, so it should be okish to watch current stuff. i've tried the search engine and all that but couldn't figure out a way. anyone? thanks a lot! der verdammte franzose

added on the 2014-08-02 01:05:51 by orange

dual boot with windows or some virtual machine action

added on the 2014-08-02 01:16:03 by maali

hm, ok, i used to have something like that on my old macbook, but i remember it being some sort of ware installed by a friend and it never worked fluently... what was it again?.... oh yeah parallels desktop! let me google...

added on the 2014-08-02 01:19:42 by orange

80 euros oh well... is there anything, like, free? i mean i've got this powerful (and fucking pricey) machine and yet there's this gap..

added on the 2014-08-02 01:21:06 by orange

Dual boot would be a MUCH better solution, although a bit of a pain in the arse to set up, I believe.

added on the 2014-08-02 01:24:49 by Tomoya

Also, what's the gfx card on that machine?

added on the 2014-08-02 01:25:34 by Tomoya

oh yeah of course this is important: it's an intel iris pro

added on the 2014-08-02 01:28:13 by orange

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by orange:
80 euros oh well... is there anything, like, free? i mean i've got this powerful (and fucking pricey) machine and yet there's this gap..

There are builds of VirtualBox for OSX, which is free and quite good. However as said, you would likely have the best luck with Windows running on the raw hardware due to the boundary pushing natures of many of these demos.

added on the 2014-08-02 01:44:43 by Starchaser

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added on the 2014-08-02 01:47:41 by Photon

It should have a better GPU besides the integrated Intel one. My macbook pro (2013) has a GeForce 640M.

added on the 2014-08-02 02:15:35 by Rob

Nevermind, seems that is not always the case.

added on the 2014-08-02 02:17:39 by Rob

dosbox works under macos, too!

added on the 2014-08-02 02:58:14 by T$

I haven't had much luck getting anything 3Dish to work under Virtualbox... Support is theoretically there but nothing works. Im running an XP VM with DirectX installed and Vbox's driver supposedly supports OGL.

Keep in mind Vbox emulates a 3D card rather than letting the software use your video chip natively. So even if it does work it's probably gonna be slow.

Surprisingly some older demos work under WINE but it's hit and miss which ones. My MBPro has Intel gfx too but it should be fine for at least some demos. Ive got some native OSX 4ks & intros that do ok.

added on the 2014-08-02 03:40:51 by jmph