windows to Mac Conversion
HBFixedGear:
I just purchased a Mac for my daughter and we are looking for info on migrating all of her dozen or so SIMs programs to the new platform. I've done a couple of searches but have come up empty. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
HBFixedGear
HugeLunatic:
If you've got the intel mac you could partition and install windows and the windows versions of the games. And as far as I know you must have XP with sp2, Vista is not compatible with Tiger or Leopard.
Otherwise the windows versions cannot be installed onto OSX. All the hoods, sims, cc, and lots are all cross platform compatible.
gamerxgirl:
Do you have a mac version of the sims, or are you simply trying to migrate/convert the files?
summersong86:
I am interested in this topic as well. After absolute disgust with Vista issues and other stuff my husband is considering switching us over to new Macs. He got a Macbook Air for work and loves it. Now he's looking to get Macs for our home offices that run XP in addition to Leopard or whatever the latest OS for Mac is called (sorry I'm pretty computer illiterate don't know all the names for Mac stuff especially, yet).
Since I have considerable investment in all the PC versions of Sims program as well as the customization tools like SimPE and Clean Installer, I don't really and can't really afford to buy it all over again in Mac. Can I run Sims2 pretty smoothly in the XP emulator on a Mac? I'm sorry I don't know which Mac my husband is thinking of switching us to. I will have to ask him and get back with that information. Depending on what kind of insight I can get into taking Simming from PC to Mac, I may or may not change platforms. I had gotten a new HP pc for my birthday last summer and it's been nothing but headaches ever since. So even though it means we have to put off replacing our old worn out furniture, we may be ready to go Mac all the way.
HugeLunatic:
I would not suggest playing the sims with an emulation program. If you get the intel macs, which all are now, just install windows xp. You may or may not already own this based on your previous pcs. I would make sure to get the largest HD available though if you plan on partitioning. You will still have the same software issues on the windows side as you have now.
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