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==Progress== | |||
===Mac Mini=== | |||
'''''Working''''' | |||
* Microsoft DirectX 9.0c is now successfully running on the mac mini. | |||
** Half-Life 2 is now very playable on the mac mini, especially considering the integrated graphics. | |||
===iMac=== | |||
'''''Not yet working''''' | |||
===MacBook Pro=== | |||
'''''Not working well''''' | |||
==Hardware== | ==Hardware== | ||
Revision as of 19:17, 24 March 2006
This page is intended as a local focal point for efforts concerning the running of Valve games on Intel-based Apple Macintoshes.
Since modern Macs essentially consist of high-powered laptop PC hardware with legacy systems such as the BIOS removed, there is no real technical hindrance to running exclusively PC software such as Half-Life 2. Hardware compatibility should not be an issue; work has moved from patching Windows XP to boot on the Macs' EFI firmware to persuading Windows drivers to work correctly for such hardware as the iMac and MacBook Pro's ATI X1600 graphics cards and the like.
Links to pirated software are not permitted; it is assumed that anyone wishing to run Windows in this manner will have a suitable Windows licence for the purpose.
Progress
Mac Mini
Working
- Microsoft DirectX 9.0c is now successfully running on the mac mini.
- Half-Life 2 is now very playable on the mac mini, especially considering the integrated graphics.
iMac
Not yet working
MacBook Pro
Not working well