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I tried Windows gaming on a Mac

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Re: I tried Windows gaming on a Mac

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Perhaps one of these days Valve will sink some energy into getting Proton working on a Mac. I’ve got a Steam Deck and it’s great.

Though really I’d probably just keep gaming on the Deck, that lives in the living room; the Mac is at the studio desk or a table in a cafe doing work, and it’s nice to not have a pile of games right there offering to distract me…

Re: I tried Windows gaming on a Mac

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I tried to follow many different tutorials on getting Diablo IV set up using CrossOver but never could get past Blizzards automatic patches that break it.

Did Blizzard ever give a reason for not supporting Macs? They used to be really good about supporting them (I played a lot of WoW on one for years with zero issue). Guessing the extra effort required to support ARM didn't make financial sense?

Re: I tried Windows gaming on a Mac

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I do my work on a mac because I don't like the nuisance of trying to do it on windows. There is always some wonkiness that I don't even bother to remember the details of, because the solution is just to do it on mac. I rather play games on windows because I don't like the nuisance of trying to do it on mac. There is always some wonkiness that I don't even bother to remember the details of, because the solution is jus…

Steam, on Linux and Steam on Windows are very similar experiences. Is it much worse on the Mac?

Re: I tried Windows gaming on a Mac

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post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I see the repo has fairly recent updates, but the website says the project is no longer actively maintained. https://docs.getwhisky.app/maintenance-notice

Interesting! It wasn't the case when I first downloaded it last month!

Looks like it was just 3 weeks ago.

https://github.com/Whisky-App/whisky-book/commit/463bfc39a6f...

Re: I tried Windows gaming on a Mac

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huh? It says $74 all over their website.

Per year.

To be fair – when your license is set to expire you do get a limited window (2 weeks before and after it seems per my 2023 copy) to renew at 50% off.

Re: I tried Windows gaming on a Mac

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I may be biased with my nice high end setup (Ryzen 9900X, 32 GB RAM, RX 6700 XT about to upgrade to 9070 XT) but 40 FPS at 1080p is NOT "great".

It's less than I'd like to play at, but wasn't the point that it is great for something running on laptop hardware with integrated graphics? The implication is it would have been similar on native windows on comparable hardware.

Re: I tried Windows gaming on a Mac

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post #66

I do my work on a mac because I don't like the nuisance of trying to do it on windows. There is always some wonkiness that I don't even bother to remember the details of, because the solution is just to do it on mac. I rather play games on windows because I don't like the nuisance of trying to do it on mac. There is always some wonkiness that I don't even bother to remember the details of, because the solution is jus…

This is probably true though as a non-gamer and recent mac convert I have basically zero complaints. Windows these days is full of too much crap that sucks away attention and makes it hard to use. Average windows experience: Welcome to BING (tm) with your MSN chumbucket spam links! Here's a desktop notification for a "sweepstakes"; no, you didn't get adware, just MS Windows! Enjoy this full-screen pop-up telling you…

I simply run this Powershell script once on a fresh install of Windows 11 and don't have to deal with any annoyances even after updates.

https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat

I daily drive MacOS, Windows 11 and Linux Mint on different devices and Windows doesn't particularly bother me post de-bloating, and it easily has the most reliable multi monitor/variable DPI when docking/undocking of the three in my experience.

Re: I tried Windows gaming on a Mac

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post #72

I tried to follow many different tutorials on getting Diablo IV set up using CrossOver but never could get past Blizzards automatic patches that break it.

Did Blizzard ever give a reason for not supporting Macs? They used to be really good about supporting them (I played a lot of WoW on one for years with zero issue). Guessing the extra effort required to support ARM didn't make financial sense?

WoW still has decent Mac support, even on Apple Silicon.

Re: I tried Windows gaming on a Mac

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post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is probably true though as a non-gamer and recent mac convert I have basically zero complaints. Windows these days is full of too much crap that sucks away attention and makes it hard to use. Average windows experience: Welcome to BING (tm) with your MSN chumbucket spam links! Here's a desktop notification for a "sweepstakes"; no, you didn't get adware, just MS Windows! Enjoy this full-screen pop-up telling you…

I simply run this Powershell script once on a fresh install of Windows 11 and don't have to deal with any annoyances even after updates. https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat I daily drive MacOS, Windows 11 and Linux Mint on different devices and Windows doesn't particularly bother me post de-bloating, and it easily has the most reliable multi monitor/variable DPI when docking/undocking of the three in my experienc…

I used to lean heavily on stuff like this. Unfortunately, in recent years, something's changed with MS and they've started breaking stuff subtly in ways that shows up a few months later when you try to do something. This leads to either reimaging or a painful process tracking down some really obscure relationship. Not fun and not worth it, though I very much wish it worked like it used to.

Glad it's still working for some folks.

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