Comments on: Gaming in Parallels 6 is awesome: Run Windows PC Games on your Mac

By: bkennedy

bkennedy — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 05:17:14 +0000

can this run games like battlefield 3? i have an iMac quad core i5 processor.

By: Travis

Travis — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 07:31:12 +0000

Tried the Trial of Parallels 6 with the demo version of Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising on my 2011 iMac i5 and the performance was less than entertaining.

Even at the bare minimum settings, the game slowed to a complete crawl with the sound out of sync.

As of right now, I wouldn’t recommend Parallels for any kind of gaming on a Mac computer.

By: VMware vs Parallels: Parallels 6 blows away competition

VMware vs Parallels: Parallels 6 blows away competition — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:34:05 +0000

[...] beating VMware in 92% of the tests run. This doesn’t surprise me considering the amazing Parallels 6 gaming performance we saw earlier in the [...]

By: Lorna Morrison

Lorna Morrison — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:11:49 +0000

Replies from Steamto my question

Why I cannot get games to play on Parallells?I have 2.8 GhzIntel core i5 Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5750
Steam response …..Civilization is a SteamPlay title – this means that you are able to play it without emulation on both a PC and a Mac. Unfortunately, we are unable to support Steam running through a Windows Emulator. You can attempt to troubleshoot these issues with the developers of the specific games that you are trying to play. If you have any further questions, please let us know – we will be happy to assist you. Hello,

A staff member has replied to your question:

Hello,Unfortunately, we are unable to offer support for Windows games running on an Apple computer. If the game is listed as SteamPlay (Apple + PC) we or the original publisher will support it fully on your Mac. Please let us know if you encounter any further difficulty – we will be happy to assist you.
can anybody can explain this……

By: Buy Parallels 6 for $14!

Buy Parallels 6 for $14! — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:16:00 +0000

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By: Chrissomerry

Chrissomerry — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 13:49:45 +0000

@ Kayzah

Bad Company 2 is only one game, and you haven’t mentioned what computers the comparison you’ve presented us with was using. Let alone the millions of other factors, a prime example being that Bad Company 2 would not have been primed in any way, shape or form for use on a Mac, and instead would have been designed for common PC hardware instead. Because most gamers use Windows, since windows is the typical OS in many families (who often cared squat about computers in the 90′s where this all started), and gamers often start off as children, ergo windows becoming the default OS for gamers by consequence.

Nothing about weakness at all.

By: DiRTDO

DiRTDO — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 12:43:07 +0000

Why doesnt directx run in Parallels, the OS is Win7?

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Мак-дайджест №75. Новости из мира Apple за неделю | ПростоMAC — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:48:16 +0000

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By: mike

mike — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:26:03 +0000

fail, it doesn’t work. civ5 for example wont run at all. just quits like a good ‘ol piece of crap pc game when you try to launch in direct x10 or 11. this post is seo crap for parallels, which really isn’t necessary because parallels is a great tool regardless.

By: StuartB

StuartB — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:44:23 +0000

How does GoG run in Parallels6?

By: Brian Hanifin

Brian Hanifin — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:32:18 +0000

It still cannot run Virtual Pinball at a playable speed.

By: justin

justin — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:16:03 +0000

Hi there. I was wondering if running windows xp would give you poorer results?

By: Kayzah

Kayzah — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:39:06 +0000

Just try a more modern game like Bad Company 2 with Bootcamp and realize that even the biggest Macs are too weak for gaming.

This article is stupid.

By: SkankinRastaPunk

SkankinRastaPunk — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:59:02 +0000

How does this compare to vmware?

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