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Mac?

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I have a friend who wants to play but she has a mac, does steam and aoe3 work on a mac?
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bootcamp and wineskin are going to be your best options to run the windows version of steam. Wineskin is free but setting it up is a little tricky but nonetheless very doable. So it is possible, yes.
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I've heard CrossOver (http://codeweavers.com) is an easy way to get Steam and AoE3 working on Mac, although I haven't tried it myself. It does cost roughly $30. You could try out the free trial and see if you can get it working with that before you consider buying it.

WineSkin is a free solution, similar to CrossOver, but a lot harder to setup.

Otherwise you could just get a copy of Windows and install it on your Mac via Bootcamp. But you would have to relaunch your computer every time you want to switch between Mac and Windows.
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I currently use Parallels, putting Windows 10 into a virtual machine. I recommend it for any Mac user who have multiple windows-only or better-on-windows applications they want/need to have.

I recommend a solid state drive in any computer, but especially in a Mac running parallels. It just makes everything run like a dream. :)
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I achieved with crossover by steam app. Works well, better than parallels. I have written about it in this thread viewtopic.php?f=65&t=1112&p=213133#p213133
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Gear_Head wrote:I currently use Parallels, putting Windows 10 into a virtual machine. I recommend it for any Mac user who have multiple windows-only or better-on-windows applications they want/need to have.

I recommend a solid state drive in any computer, but especially in a Mac running parallels. It just makes everything run like a dream. :)


How much did you pay for windows 10? & if you didn't how did you get it for free?
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__Uhlan__ wrote:
Gear_Head wrote:I currently use Parallels, putting Windows 10 into a virtual machine. I recommend it for any Mac user who have multiple windows-only or better-on-windows applications they want/need to have.

I recommend a solid state drive in any computer, but especially in a Mac running parallels. It just makes everything run like a dream. :)


How much did you pay for windows 10? & if you didn't how did you get it for free?


I think I paid about $10 (give or take a few $) for the license key and just downloaded it from Microsoft onto a bootable USB. My source is a friend who says they get keys from Microsoft for that cheap, although I have no idea whether or not this is true. All that matters to me is that it appears genuine and I get Windows updates etc. without a hitch. I've had it over a year now and no issues, so I'm a happy customer. :)

Always happy to source keys at cost price from the same person to you folks in the AOE community as well.


flutelrut wrote:I achieved with crossover by steam app. Works well, better than parallels. I have written about it in this thread viewtopic.php?f=65&t=1112&p=213133#p213133


This looks interesting. I'd be interested in trying this out for science. I haven't noticed any issues in Parallels, but perhaps I don't know what I'm missing out on. 8-)

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