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VMWare Fusion and gaming on 2.2 Macbook? Experiences?
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finboy
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Mar 19, 2008, 07:16 PM
 
Has anyone tried gaming on the latest Macbooks with VMWare Fusion? Does BootCamp support gaming any better? We're trying to run some old stuff (Myst, Age of Empires I) and it's pretty choppy, even with 4G of RAM.

Any advice is appreciated.
     
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Mar 19, 2008, 07:18 PM
 
It will run better in Boot Camp. As good as VMware Fusion is, there's still some moderate overhead, which stands out more when trying to run games.
     
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Mar 20, 2008, 12:09 AM
 
Yup, BootCamp works much better. Setting up is iffy, and I hate to rely on Apple for all the custom drivers, etc. but I like the performance.
     
   
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