Comments on: Apple Boot Camp for Windows XP and OS X http://www.nopaper.net/2006/04/07/apple-boot-camp-for-windows-xp-and-os-x.html home of Ryan Stephenson Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:38:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: WSZ http://www.nopaper.net/2006/04/07/apple-boot-camp-for-windows-xp-and-os-x.html/comment-page-1#comment-5838 WSZ Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:24:12 +0000 http://nopaper.net/2006/04/07/apple-boot-camp-for-windows-xp-and-os-x/#comment-5838 I just got a new 17'in Core2Duo MacBook Pro, and loaded XP Pro and CS:Source on it yesterday. My FPS stress test gave me a FPS rate of 124. When playing with CS' recomended video settings, I get an average of 80fps. I just got a new 17′in Core2Duo MacBook Pro, and loaded XP Pro and CS:Source on it yesterday. My FPS stress test gave me a FPS rate of 124. When playing with CS’ recomended video settings, I get an average of 80fps.

]]> By: ryan http://www.nopaper.net/2006/04/07/apple-boot-camp-for-windows-xp-and-os-x.html/comment-page-1#comment-5 ryan Sat, 15 Apr 2006 14:25:44 +0000 http://nopaper.net/2006/04/07/apple-boot-camp-for-windows-xp-and-os-x/#comment-5 As addicted to CounterStrike as I thought I was, I've actually spent less time in XP than I expected - I blame the hassle of booting out of OS X, but also that the games aren't as much as draw as they used to be. However, CounterStrike:Source on the MacBook is awesome. I play with the highest native resolution and details are all maxed. The only thing I back off on is the anti-aliasing. Once I start adding that in, I have to knock down some res to keep the FPS above 30. I average about 60 FPS otherwise, which is wonderful to play in - the game is gorgeous. Of course, now I can't use the hardware as my excuse for dying so often. Half-life 2 has a video stress test you can run from the video options. That averages 45 FPS I think. I've only experienced one issue in XP: one time I got the the standard XP application crash dialog while playing CounterStrike. I've not been able to reproduce it, so who knows where that fault lies. I know I've had that program crash on me many times before on other machines. I recently installed Visual Studio 2003 on the Boot Camped MacBook, so now I have a remote work development environment, and also I can revive some personal C# ASP.NET projects (so I can replace them with Ruby on Rails). As addicted to CounterStrike as I thought I was, I’ve actually spent less time in XP than I expected – I blame the hassle of booting out of OS X, but also that the games aren’t as much as draw as they used to be. However, CounterStrike:Source on the MacBook is awesome. I play with the highest native resolution and details are all maxed. The only thing I back off on is the anti-aliasing. Once I start adding that in, I have to knock down some res to keep the FPS above 30. I average about 60 FPS otherwise, which is wonderful to play in – the game is gorgeous. Of course, now I can’t use the hardware as my excuse for dying so often.

Half-life 2 has a video stress test you can run from the video options. That averages 45 FPS I think.

I’ve only experienced one issue in XP: one time I got the the standard XP application crash dialog while playing CounterStrike. I’ve not been able to reproduce it, so who knows where that fault lies. I know I’ve had that program crash on me many times before on other machines.

I recently installed Visual Studio 2003 on the Boot Camped MacBook, so now I have a remote work development environment, and also I can revive some personal C# ASP.NET projects (so I can replace them with Ruby on Rails).

]]> By: Will http://www.nopaper.net/2006/04/07/apple-boot-camp-for-windows-xp-and-os-x.html/comment-page-1#comment-4 Will Sat, 15 Apr 2006 06:56:21 +0000 http://nopaper.net/2006/04/07/apple-boot-camp-for-windows-xp-and-os-x/#comment-4 I require a follow up re: CounterStrike. I require a follow up re: CounterStrike.

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