12-18-2011, 03:30 PM
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Skyrim on a mac?
Is it possible to buy and play Skyrim on a mac? I've noticed that it's a windows game, but was wondering if there was some way around that. Sorry if this is a stupid question; I'm kinda new to steam and not very tech-savvy.
Edit: Is it possible that a mac-compatible version of Skyrim will be released on steam any time soon? Last edited by Vasdeus: 12-18-2011 at 03:38 PM. |
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12-18-2011, 03:33 PM
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You could try using Wine, Cedega, they enable to run windows programs to run under Linux and Mac OS X, but there is no guarantee the game will run. Or Bootcamp (requires Windows license!) which enables you to run Windows on your Mac.
There is no native port of Skyrim for Mac. |
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12-18-2011, 03:35 PM
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Ah, thanks.
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12-20-2011, 09:30 AM
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There are 2 wrappers out done by the "Porting Team" one wine and one Cider that work quite well. I'm running the Cider wrapper and it runs on high settings smooth as butter on my 15" 2011 Macbook Pro. Hats off to Porting Team for providing for Mac users what Bethesda won't.
I wouldn't hold my breadth for Enimax/Bethesda/id to do any official Mac ports of any of their properties, but the community will certainly continue to do unofficial ports and Enimax/Bethesda/id can continue to loose those sales. Last edited by tcrown: 12-20-2011 at 09:35 AM. |
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12-23-2011, 01:30 PM
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12-23-2011, 01:41 PM
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12-23-2011, 03:08 PM
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12-23-2011, 11:22 PM
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I play it on maxed out settings on my iMac with Windows 7 64bit Bootcamp. Looks great
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12-24-2011, 12:39 AM
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Bootcamp is your best bet. It uses yours systems hardware most efficiently compared to cider wrappers and the like.
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12-24-2011, 11:25 AM
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Not having to run Windows means that you won't have to worry about somebody stealing your sweet roll. Last edited by tcrown: 12-24-2011 at 05:33 PM. |
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12-25-2011, 03:25 AM
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2. windows licenses can be extremely cheap, especially if you're a student 3. Cider wrapper performance is not on par with bootcamp. It's worse. Period. |
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12-30-2011, 07:25 AM
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It is possible to port it, but unless you Bootcamp ($100 expense for all your games on a Mac), you're looking at a huge headache assuming that you'll be using Steam. It should be worth the expense. |
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01-01-2012, 06:08 AM
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bootcamp only solution....
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01-02-2012, 10:11 AM
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Seriously, though, I'm using the Steam version using Wineskin (made by Porting Team) and it runs exactly the same (FPS) in Bootcamp, I've compared the two. It works like a dream. Try it out. |
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