iMac Versiom?

[JaCastle]

hi there, please be kind to me as i am disabled and this is one of this things i enjoy doing, playing me games.

i have now a iMac and feel more secure but was sad i heard i cant play skyrim or Oblivion on iMac. Is there anyway of playing Oblivion on iMac?

Someone said i would need to get bootcamp and buy Windows at about £100 odd pounds to play Oblivion again...

why cant the creators port it over for us iMac gamers? i have a Radeon graphics card and memory stuff to play games.

james.

[beanbeenben]

Okay macs have the capability to run both windows and apple os, I know because I have a friend with an apple mini that runs both. I would find a tutorial online shownig the process that you can use to run both and install steam on that

[gypsy.davey]

Hi james. As Oblivion is only available for Windows, you will need to find a way to use Windows on your Mac. You have two choices.

The best, in my view, is to split the hard disk using BootCamp. Your Mac help will tell you how to do this. However, there are some issues with this. Firstly, you will have to backup your existing files onto an external hard disk, because using BootCamp wipes your hard disk before partioning it. Secondly, you will need a version (7 will do, though 10 would be best) of Windows to install on the Windows section you create. Lastly every time you want to use the Windows section, you will have to do a restart (when you hear the chime, hold down the Alt key and wait for a display to come up that will allow you to choose Windows rather than MacOS}.

The alternative, which appears to be easier, but which will likely reduce memory and speed, is to buy Parallels Desktop software. This will create a Windows virtual disk on your Mac, which will let you choose Windows files without rebooting. With this you will also need a version of Windows, so this is a more expensive option. Parallels will also take a lump out of your hard disk space.

I've used both options (but not with Oblivion, which I run on Bootcamp). Parallels will slow down your machine when you use it, but you might get away with it. Bootcamp works fine but is less convenient.

I have a late 2013 21.5" iMac with an NVidia GT 750 graphics card. On Bootcamp, I use Windows 7 Home Premium + service pack 1.