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Computer Flight Simulators > New Apple Macbook Pro and flight sims ???
 
 
pwood
Key Veteran
Location: Dubai - UAE

Hi guys

I need a new computer and have been looking at swopping over to 'the dark side'. Also want to get the new G4 sim.

I like the look of the 15in 2,5Ghz Macbook Pro. It has an Intel cpu, a dedicated 512meg graphics card and 2meg of ram.

I do very little on my PC: email, internet, letters etc
and PLAY G3,5....The sim would be the most power hungry thing i ever do.....

Now i have read about bootcamp etc, but do they really work for G4 or will this be the deciding factor to stick with a new PC and not get a Mac?

Please help.....i know you Mac guys are passionate about your machines...

Would i be able to 'get away with' a Macbook with no dedicated graphics card.

Regards
Paul
06-07-2008 03:28 PM
 
 
cdrking
Elite Veteran
Location: Seattle

edit

To hover is divine, the alternative is rather PLANE.
06-07-2008 03:30 PM
 
 
lovemyrex
Heliman
Location: Charlottesville,VA USA

MBP & Bootcamp & GFX Intensive Windows Apps

Ther MBP's all have either an ATI RADEON GFX chipset or the nVidia GFX chipset. So it would handle the graphics no problem.

I have run Reflex XTR & Phoenix NO PROBLEM.

BUT! This HAS to be done under bootcamp. It will not work under parallels or vmware. Why? simple. MAC OSX retains total control over the graphice hardware. So when you try a gfx intensive app under parallels, the app will try to talk directly to the chipset & change things. MAC OSX will NOT allow this & the app crashes.

whenyou use bootcamp on the other hand, MAC OSX is not running at all, as bootcamp allows the MBP to boot directly into Windows.

That said, I'd reccomend you install Windows XP and NOT VISTA.

I bought Vista & installed it on the MBP & was not happy at all.
Mostly because of the lack of hardware support ( DRIVERS ). But Apple has a robust set of Windows XP drivers out for all the hardware for the MBP.

Hope that helps...

Ty Hoeffer

1xShuttle Zxx, 1xTrex450SEv1, 1xTrex450SEv2, 3x TREX-600CFs, 2xTrex-500CF's
06-07-2008 06:33 PM
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pwood
Key Veteran
Location: Dubai - UAE

Hi lovemyrex

Thanks for the good info

I am keen to switch to Mac. Being unable to run my sim properly would have been a real no go...

Thanks
Paul
06-08-2008 05:03 AM
 
 
vipbar
New Heliman
Location: San Francisco CA

Why would anybody want to switch to mac is one of mysteries of life, i guess...at least for me.
06-08-2008 05:44 AM
 
 
nofear
Senior Heliman
Location: Chicago - NW Suburbs, IL

vipbar

I Guess you have never used a Mac then.

~NF
06-30-2008 04:01 PM
 
 
videorov
New Heliman
Location: Bradenton, Florida USA

Ive used tons of mac's over the years and you are going to limit your

program choices going to the Mac. They are fast but you pay for it and you can get just as fast on the PC side and still get more programs. If new flight sims come out guess where they will show up
first on.
09-12-2008 08:45 AM
 
 
buster1
Senior Heliman
Location: Manhattan, NY

I switched to Mac because
Operating System and Hardware work seamlessly,

Computer Boots in 30 seconds, not endlessly like the PC

No need to lay ridiculous Anti-Virus programs on top of operating system that just slow things down and always ask you to update, etc.

No Virus issues

Computer does not Crash

Built in software that work perfectly with the operating software - photo, movie, music, iphone, calendar, address/contact all work perfectly together.

And with BootCamp - the simulators work perfectly on the MAC.

Either PC or Mac serve different users well, but MAC is one Awesome computer - and I had a PC for years,
Jeff
09-12-2008 09:33 PM
 
 
Chris.lim
Heliman
Location: China Beijing

Hi

I am running bootcamp on my MacBook Pro with 4 Gs ram
I have running both Reflex XTR & Phoenix NO PROBLEM
Phoenix ( Great Sim )
Got no problem using Phoenix on my MacBK Pro
09-14-2008 11:27 AM
 
 
papatango
Senior Heliman
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

I'm a die hard Mac user, but I wanted to try a PC, so I grabbed an HP pavillion gaming laptop for the sim.
It was used, but $400 for a 17" duo core is pretty good. Realflight G4 works perfectly, and to my surprise, my CAD programs, Vectorworks, Renderworks and Solidworks all ran faster on it than the OS versions on my macs.

For setting up Hellicommand software and futaba gear with the serial interface, the PC laptop is perfect.

The PC interface was a hard transition to learn, but it is simple and cheap to upgrade.

If the Sim is going to be the main use of the new machine, I'd say go with a graphics based PC, IMHO.

For the price of a good Mac Laptop, You can get a fully equipped 24" Imac, AND a gaming PC latop.

Cheers,

PT

The last thing I heard my ex say: " It's either me or that damn Helicopter"......
09-14-2008 03:33 PM
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lextek
Heliman
Location: Farmington, NY USA

I'm using a Mac/Bootcamp to run Phoenix, Castle Link and Eagletree software. Zero issues. My wife is getting a new Macbook Pro at work at they are going to try Parallel.
09-14-2008 09:39 PM
 
 
buster1
Senior Heliman
Location: Manhattan, NY

I didn't have much luck with parallel, Bootcamp is what worked very well for me.
09-14-2008 11:01 PM
 
 
Drunk Monk
rrProfessor
Location: Preston, UK

I bought a mac book pro over weekend and have been playing with parellel and vmware fusion Version 2. Parallel was a no go but vmware worked fine with phoenix. Tried 1.05j and the new version 2.0(h) beta, running 1400 x 1050 at 85Hz, full screen and getting 100fps pretty much all the time. Does drop down to 90 sometimes but runs as good as my desktop. Antialising is turned off, sun glow/day glow off and shadows set to minimum, very impressed


Stephen

I only open my mouth to change feet.....
10-08-2008 12:33 PM
 
 
bilbo
Veteran
Location: Boston, MA - USA

That's cool. I have a 2 year old MacBook Pro, with a 2.33 GHz CPU. I can run Phoenix under Fusion 2.0 if I lower the resolution to 1280x800 and turn the display quality to medium, which means anti-aliasing is off. Even then the animation isn't as smooth as under BootCamp, and of course under BootCamp I can easily run 1900x1080 resolution on my HDTV. But still, it's very cool that Fusion now allows me to run Phoenix well enough to be usable.
10-08-2008 01:05 PM
 
 
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