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Can Mac Mini run Flight Simulator X, Multitask well?
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markw10
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Mar 18, 2007, 07:43 PM
 
How well does the mac mini do at multitasking and would it run Flight Simulator X in Boot Camp well? I know the CPU's in the mini are more limited than other Mac's and as well the graphics card isn't as good as the card in most imac's.
My needs are fairly basic, using word for word processing, dreamweaver for web design, web browsing in Safari, Parallels for Windows XP, and Illustrator and Photoshop for graphic design.
It isn't uncommon though for me to have 4 web pages open at a time while I have parallels running Quickbooks at the same time, Photoshop editing a picture, and dreamweaver open. I would definitely max out ram at at least 2 gigs.
     
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Mar 18, 2007, 08:16 PM
 
Flight Simulator would probably not run at all or at least smoothly since the Mac mini doesn't even have a graphics card. It can multitask just fine.
     
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Mar 18, 2007, 08:57 PM
 
I wouldn't touch FSX in a Mac Mini. FS2004 maybe.
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