hi im thinkin about getting a new computer can someone help i love flying so i do like a spot of flight sim i herd about x-plane for mac is this good? if i got that does anybody know which mac book pro it would work on???? or i could go down the old pc route and get fsx again what set up would i need not for it to stall on me etc… if anyone has any advice or guidence for me with this it would be much apreciated.
cheers
By: 'lectra - 20th October 2009 at 12:56
Hi,
The current Macbook and Macbook Pro will run both sims pretty well. I’m a recent Mac convert and a big fan of X-Plane. To run FS-X on a Mac you would need to use the bootcamp software (which comes as part of OSX) to install Windows on a seperate partition. If you don’t want to install another operating system then X-Plane is your only option to sim on a Mac.
Both sims have pros and cons, FS-X is graphically superior, X-Plane has (in my opinion) a nicer feel to the flight model and smoother guages but doesn’t look as pretty. The only thing I miss on my mac is native support for my Track IR head tracker.
Have fun!
Bruce
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October 17, 2009 at 9:40 am