iMac G5

[King-Wade]

Hey guys im planning on buying an iMac G5 and well i need some help with it...my brother said PC is better because it has alot of more programs for it...and he said it cant run .exe files....and im just wondering what will it run then:S...and i have some other questions for whoever has an imac or a mac of some sort...

 

[Cheezeball99]

Bleh, Macs are overrated, IMO, and are only for non-power-users I suppose that's just my opinion, though. I think it can run some windows applications with some sort of emulation program, but not all of them by far.

 

[King-Wade]

i already researched that and it can run windows and ive already setup programs incase i need to run windows on it...but im just wondering it doesnt run .exe and how am i supposed to install programs and stuff like that

 

[Darkchild]

if you use parallels you can literally have windows and mac running at the same time, so don't trust them, and if you use Boot Camp, you can either boot MAC os OR Windows XP, MAC can now use MAC os OR windows, so that's not an excuse

 

[King-Wade]

i already knew that but thanks anyway....i was wondering if there was a way to run .exe when using only mac....also 1 more questionn...most of the famous products usually come in a mac and windows version correct?? oh yeahh...and if i use boot camp or parallels to boot into windows will all my files on the mac show up on windows...?? or it will it be in a diffirent harddrive and if u have a website with a tutorials to use boot camp or parallels that would be great

 

[MenaceInc]

i would suggest CrossOver Mac. it is by far the best solution for running Windows programs in Mac OS X. the only downside is that it costs $59.95 but i would say that its worth it.

http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/

thats the site with info on it.

 

[King-Wade]

so crossover mac will let me run .exe files while using mac?

 

[MenaceInc]

so crossover mac will let me run .exe files while using mac?

yea, but also another option would be to get a windows setup and use flyakiteOS...


http://www.flyakiteosx.com/

thats what i use to make a PC look like a mac.


it would still be a Windows computer but would look like a mac

 

[King-Wade]

hmm i already made my pc like that...im looking for a way to use .exe programs and games such as counter-strike on a mac...i like mac software more than windows....is there a way to play counter-strike and for example a bittorent client such as bitlord on a mac? is it possible to use crossover mac to run bitlord on mac?

 

[Cheezeball99]

hmm i already made my pc like that...im looking for a way to use .exe programs and games such as counter-strike on a mac...i like mac software more than windows....is there a way to play counter-strike and for example a bittorent client such as bitlord on a mac? is it possible to use crossover mac to run bitlord on mac?

Well, dude, I'm SURE there are bittorrent clients on the Mac, man. Ya don't HAVE to use BitLord.

 

[Junit]

Tell you the truth macs are way over priced for crap xD just buy a PC with good specs for the same price and install Jas OsX , Mac OS X for PC

 

[King-Wade]

i knoww....but i really like bitlord and ive used other clients and bitlord always goes really fast for mee

 

[King-Wade]

woohoo! good thing i waited!!!! the new iMac's just came out and their better and cheaper! cant wait to buy one!