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Metatron2008
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Re: [Beginner] New iMac 27"

Get parallels for gaming

Black_Mage
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said by Metatron2008:

Get parallels for gaming

Why not VMware?

dellsweig
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said by Black_Mage:

said by Metatron2008:

Get parallels for gaming

Why not VMware?

Agreed - after using both on my Imac - I feel VMware offers the most seamless and best performance (mem, cpu).

I have also taken my Imac (2011) to 32 gigs RAM and added an SSD as the system disk.

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said by Black_Mage:

said by Metatron2008:

Get parallels for gaming

Why not VMware?

Or don't get either, and get an Xbox for gaming.

dellsweig
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said by Black_Mage:

said by Metatron2008:

Get parallels for gaming

Why not VMware?

Or don't get either, and get an Xbox for gaming.

I dont do gaming on my computer at all - never have. BUT there are some applications that are either not avaiable for OSX or just dont port well. I run my weather station along with its DB, a Sirius/XM streamer (no OSX version) and some network logging softwre in a VMware fusion environment on my Imac. These are 24x7 applictions and I have the displays for these on a seaprate wall mounted display

Black_Mage
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said by dellsweig:

I have also taken my Imac (2011) to 32 gigs RAM and added an SSD as the system disk.

I have a 2011 iMac. I had no idea it can take so much RAM. So how did you install a SSD? I thought there was a temp sensor on the hard drive.

dirtyjeffer0
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said by Metatron2008:

Get parallels for gaming

going to install SC2 when i get home tonight...the game is a few years old now, but i still play it...i also have BF3, but it is for PC only...i still have my old PC so i can still play it on there...i am curious how the iMac will handle some heavy SC2 games (maps) i play...my PC would bog down with lag on a few heavy maps and would output a TON of heat...i am curious if the iMac is more efficient and handling the processes and keeping things cooler.

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said by Black_Mage:

said by dellsweig:

I have also taken my Imac (2011) to 32 gigs RAM and added an SSD as the system disk.

I have a 2011 iMac. I had no idea it can take so much RAM. So how did you install a SSD? I thought there was a temp sensor on the hard drive.

»eshop.macsales.com/item/ ··· 27SSD11/

The SSD goes UNDER the optical
RAM - the only real limit is avaiable sims - I plan on bumping it up to 64G as soon as the 16G cards get a little cheaper - I have 4 8G cards in there now

When you boot up first time with the SSD it asks what you want to do. I installed a clean system then went into bash and sym-linked anything I wanted to keep on the slower hard drive. All done I have 99G free (256GB SSD) on the SSD and 2TB on the HDD

Metatron2008
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said by Black_Mage:

said by Metatron2008:

Get parallels for gaming

Why not VMware?

Coherance, and parallels supports dx10, and is better at gaming then vmware.