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Subject: Halo 2 Vista On Mac?

Posted by: Changsta inc
Racism isn't wrong if it's funny.

Posted by: XxSCiZORxX
Crossover is like Wine, but closed source and designed for games. Here is the site for it. Last time I tried Halo in Wine, I only got the logo, with no menu.


So I just download the free trial and intall my PC games?

  • 04.08.2011 11:15 AM PDT

Halo Reach PC über alles!


Posted by: Nannerpus
So I just download the free trial and install my PC games?


Yes, (for 30 days) and you may want to check compatibility. (HPC it works fine, but H2V wont considering its a GFWL title)

  • 04.08.2011 11:31 AM PDT

Posted by: Changsta inc
Racism isn't wrong if it's funny.

Posted by: i Conker

Posted by: Nannerpus
So I just download the free trial and install my PC games?


Yes, (for 30 days) and you may want to check compatibility. (HPC it works fine, but H2V wont considering its a GFWL title)


What? I want H2V, there's no way I can get it?

  • 04.08.2011 11:33 AM PDT

Halo Reach PC über alles!

Posted by: Nannerpus

What? I want H2V, there's no way I can get it?


Nope. As I said earlier, GFWL titles don't work with crossover (Arkham Asylum, GoW, GTA IV, H2V, all don't work.) Besides, H2V isn't even that good, you're not really missing out.

[Edited on 04.08.2011 12:39 PM PDT]

  • 04.08.2011 12:37 PM PDT

Posted by: Changsta inc
Racism isn't wrong if it's funny.

Posted by: i Conker
Posted by: Nannerpus

What? I want H2V, there's no way I can get it?


Nope. As I said earlier, GFWL titles don't work with crossover (Arkham Asylum, GoW, GTA IV, H2V, all don't work.) Besides, H2V isn't even that good, you're not really missing out.


I just tried it. It's stupid anyways.

Got any other suggestions?

[Edited on 04.08.2011 1:29 PM PDT]

  • 04.08.2011 1:29 PM PDT

The other way is to install windows. You don't need bootcamp if you have X64 vista or 7.

  • 04.08.2011 1:55 PM PDT

To answer the OP:
Halo 2 Vista will run on your Mac as long as you use Bootcamp to install Windows Vista or Windows 7 first. I don't recommend the other vitalization software for gaming.

Is it worth it? In my opinion, no. As Dusk pointed out to you very legitimately, Halo 2 Vista is a BAD PIECE OF SOFTWARE. This is not my opinion of the game, or those who play it, it's my opinion of the software itself. The code. It was not "ported" well from the Xbox, in fact Halo 1 for Mac/PC and Halo Custom Edition are much better when it comes to software. Not to mention that Halo Custom Edition is much more open and has more potential for customization than Halo 2 Vista. Out of the box the only thing you can create "custom" in Halo 2 Vista is the actual maps. Vehicles, player bipeds, weapons, etc is all restricted...

Bottom line - Halo 2 Vista is a bad implementation of a good idea. Save your money and Stay away.



On another note:
I recently working in an Apple store as a Genius, I quit because most of the "technical support" that I was given from the other staff wasn't "technical" at all. 90% of the problems really didn't require the other associates to refer the customer to me, those associates should have been able to diagnose the problem verbally and provide instruction.

I say this because 90% of the time when a customer was sent to me to have a Mac "fixed" it was just because they had improperly used the software and couldn't figure out what to do... From my experience, this speaks loads to the type of people who buy Macs, however I'm positive that there are those Mac owners out there that know their systems inside and out.


I had similar cases while working as a PC Technician at a local computer parts wholesaler but the problems were generally "technical" if they got to me, meaning hardware or complicated configuration within Windows.

When I was working at the Apple store I was given 100% leniency when it came to recommending other products from other manufactures. When working a normal shift at the store I regularly convinced customers very easily that the 2X price for a Mac was NOT worth, especially when I was able to recommend software alternatives almost every time. For example, someone comes in wanting to use Garage Band and I was able to listen to their needs and provide them with a better alternative that would work on a PC.

I'm sure it helped that I recommended Newegg and always had a small brochure of my own on hand recommending video and text tutorials on building your own PC. This generally saved my customers $500 or more on the PC which they were able to put towards better software then what was available on the Mac. I also included some of my personal contact information in those brochures to make sure the customer could call me if they had any questions. I even made a FaceTime call to one of them once (iPhone to iPhone of course) to assist him with a question he had while installing his custom heatsink onto his motherboard.

I must say that the 12 or so customers that I recommended PC's to have commended me to the Apple store staff, who in turn increased my pay before I quit (hah). Anyhow, I keep in contact with these customers in case they ever have problems. Most of them are much happier that they bought a PC, the rest are indifferent but appreciate the money I saved them.

My point here is that I'm more than qualified to tell you which I think is better than the other. In most situations I have to recommend a PC unless you're completely reluctant to learn what I like to call the "PC Basics". If you're not willing to learn how to diagnose small problems you're having on a PC before calling for support them a Mac is probably for you. Overall they seem to have less software and hardware problems, but their users don't know the first thing about self-diagnosis so they run to the Apple Store and seek out a Genius to do it for them instead of learning... I honestly don't need to deal with those kind of people.

PC's are cheaper, faster (for your money), and much more upgradable than Mac's. If you're a power user or hardware enthusiast your only option is a PC. If you're a gamer, you can go with Mac if you want to support the brand, but you're going to be forced to use Bootcamp and suffer worse performance than the same hardware would give you on a PC. Is that worth it to you? If it is, by all means buy yourself a Mac. I'll stick to a PC for all my computing needs and save myself tens of thousands of dollars. Literally. The PC's I generally build for myself are in the $5,000 range and include water cooling, water cooling a Mac is hardly an option at this point...

[Edited on 04.08.2011 10:06 PM PDT]

  • 04.08.2011 10:01 PM PDT

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No. Comparatively, the windows drivers for the same hardware are better than the mac drivers for graphics cards anyway. If you are on integrated, then forget it. Otherwise you should be able to run it. I played Halo2 on xbox and I have played the pc version, I didn't have any real issues with the PC version when I only played singleplayer. What everyone complains about is the multiplayer, which is true. After the success of the xbox halo 2 multiplayer (which in my mind is still classic and really fun) the PC version was a serious let down.

  • 04.09.2011 6:17 AM PDT

Posted by: Changsta inc
Racism isn't wrong if it's funny.

I appreciate the help guys. The thing is though, I do only have a MacBook Pro and the PC is only a desktop XP that belongs to my dad. So I don;t really have the option to play these games on PC.

I was just curious if anyone could find a video of someone playing either HCE or H2V on a bootcamped Mac. I just can't seem to find any videos of the aforementioned "items".

  • 04.09.2011 10:31 AM PDT

Posted by: Changsta inc
Racism isn't wrong if it's funny.

So, if I bootcamp with Windows 7, Halo 2 Vista will still work right?

  • 04.12.2011 10:25 PM PDT

Halo Reach PC über alles!


Posted by: Nannerpus
So, if I bootcamp with Windows 7, Halo 2 Vista will still work right?



Yes (granted that H2 is your first GFWL game), we can put this thread to bed now.

[Edited on 04.13.2011 3:28 AM PDT]

  • 04.13.2011 3:27 AM PDT

Posted by: Changsta inc
Racism isn't wrong if it's funny.

What? Why would it matter if it is my first game for Windows Live?

  • 04.13.2011 8:55 AM PDT

This is the average H2 Fanboy.
Xfire: JacobGRocks.
50 in H2/H3? Great, but you still fail at this.

Because it's supposedly a way of avoiding this which ONLY happens on Windows 7.

  • 04.13.2011 12:52 PM PDT

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Just get a PC....

  • 04.14.2011 3:39 AM PDT
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I'd be able to run it on my iMac, since everything in my windows rating is above a 7 apart from HDD speed.

Can't say for sure with your macbook though.

  • 04.14.2011 3:46 AM PDT

This is the average H2 Fanboy.
Xfire: JacobGRocks.
50 in H2/H3? Great, but you still fail at this.


Posted by: CatWithShotGun07
Just get a PC....

  • 04.14.2011 5:48 AM PDT

Something smells fishy...

I always found it baffling as to why PC's are called PC's. I mean PC means personal computer right? So, aren't Macs technically personal computers also? Strange.

But anyway, I'd suggest in order to play Halo 2 Vista you might want to buy a relatively powerful desktop PC with the Windows 7 operating system.

It might run better on a desktop PC rather than a Macbook or a Macbook Pro.

But I'd guess that with a Mac Pro desktop you would be able to run Halo 2 Vista using bootcamp just fine. Maybe you'd be able to run Halo 2 Vista better on a Mac Pro desktop than a PC desktop.

  • 04.14.2011 6:02 AM PDT
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Posted by: Barnacle_Blast
I always found it baffling as to why PC's are called PC's. I mean PC means personal computer right? So, aren't Macs technically personal computers also? Strange.
You're correct. It's just a common mistake that no one ever really feels like correcting. In fact, Macs were the first PCs. (When reading this, don't get confused between Personal Computer and Computer. Apple released the very first Personal Computer. The rest of the computing world, at that time, were only interested in supplying companies and not the every day citizen.)

[Edited on 04.14.2011 7:10 AM PDT]

  • 04.14.2011 7:08 AM PDT

This is the average H2 Fanboy.
Xfire: JacobGRocks.
50 in H2/H3? Great, but you still fail at this.


Posted by: Barnacle_Blast
I always found it baffling as to why PC's are called PC's. I mean PC means personal computer right? So, aren't Macs technically personal computers also? Strange.

But anyway, I'd suggest in order to play Halo 2 Vista you might want to buy a relatively powerful desktop PC with the Windows 7 operating system.

It might run better on a desktop PC rather than a Macbook or a Macbook Pro.

But I'd guess that with a Mac Pro desktop you would be able to run Halo 2 Vista using bootcamp just fine. Maybe you'd be able to run Halo 2 Vista better on a Mac Pro desktop than a PC desktop.


IBM called their 5150 computer a "PC", so everyone would call their computers as "IBM PC". All the 100% compatable clones caused the IBM PC to take over. Companies reverse engineered the bios, and due to the way the PC was built with off the shelf hardware, all compatables were just known as "PCs"

  • 04.14.2011 8:50 AM PDT

Posted by: Nessy

The bungie.net community is the halo PC community that is renowned for being unbelieveably sucky.


Posted by: Dr Syx

Posted by: Barnacle_Blast
I always found it baffling as to why PC's are called PC's. I mean PC means personal computer right? So, aren't Macs technically personal computers also? Strange.
You're correct. It's just a common mistake that no one ever really feels like correcting. In fact, Macs were the first PCs. (When reading this, don't get confused between Personal Computer and Computer. Apple released the very first Personal Computer. The rest of the computing world, at that time, were only interested in supplying companies and not the every day citizen.)


Nah, there were PCs years before Apple. Stuff like Commodore, Xerox, IBM...

I'm not talking mainframes, these were PCs, even if they didn't sell as well as Apple 2.

  • 04.14.2011 3:29 PM PDT

This is the average H2 Fanboy.
Xfire: JacobGRocks.
50 in H2/H3? Great, but you still fail at this.

And then you had the first one, the Altar 8800.

  • 04.14.2011 3:48 PM PDT

I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate on my MacBook Pro right now and I've never had any problems with gaming.

Those that trash Macs have simply never used them for long enough to learn about them. They just hop on the Mac-hating bandwagon thinking they're cool by saying things like "lol Macs only have one button for the mouse" and "mac users can't play games".

Macs run Windows better than PCs run Windows.

  • 04.16.2011 9:47 AM PDT

This is the average H2 Fanboy.
Xfire: JacobGRocks.
50 in H2/H3? Great, but you still fail at this.


Posted by: JatoUnit
Macs run Windows better than PCs run Windows.


No. Just no. If you really think that, then you are crazy.

I've used more macs then you have. And they fail at more then just gaming. Enjoy your overpriced PC.

[Edited on 04.16.2011 10:46 AM PDT]

  • 04.16.2011 10:46 AM PDT