Bootcamp isn't available for Tiger any more, and it isn't supported by wine.
Are there any viable (free) options, or am I buying snow leopard?
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2010, September 6 - 3:22am
#1
Seeking a way of playing windows games on Tiger osx 10.4
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2010, September 6 - 7:59am
#2
First off: Do you have a Macintosh with Intel CPU?
If yes, you have basically two options: Boot Windows natively or to emulate Windows.
Booting Windows natively: You need a Mac with an Intel CPU and a copy of Windows XP. I remember the Bootcamp Beta that Apple offered for free was running on 10.4.11. I don't know if it is still available, but I suppose someone saved it and uploaded it somewhere. Search rapidshare & others.
Emulating Windows: There are a few emulators for games out there, though the problem is they are all too slow to play modern games. At least as long as those use fancy graphics. If your games are not the latest, you may take a look for "Parallels".
2010, September 6 - 8:11am
#3
How well does Virtual PC v7 run on Intel ?
You don't need snow Leopard to use BootCamp. BootCamp for Tiger was only a Beta (perhsps it should be here) but it worked well for nearly a year and I'm sure it's still usable if you hunt on Google.
2010, September 6 - 10:50am
#4
You can also play games for Win ≤3.1(1) through Boxer (ie very nice 'Macification' of DOSBox). Generally; any Win game with graphic demands; ie 3D/realtime rendering/etc, are no-go under VPC/RealPC/BluePC/etc.
2010, September 6 - 12:26pm
#5
Took me about 10 seconds to locate BootCamp v1.3 on Google with a direct download link, and 2 seconds longer to find v1.4 on a torrent.
Is there some issue that we're just not seeing ?
2010, September 6 - 12:35pm
#6
bertyboy mentioned:
- "Is there some issue that we're just not seeing ?"
I was under the impression the Bootcamp beta[s]? intended for Tiger (Intel) was time bombed (had a limited expiry date)? I could be wrong of course, just seem to recall reading that somewhere...
2010, September 6 - 12:42pm
#7
I recall that too, but I think it was only activated in OSX 10.4.11. And I'm sure there was a way to circumvent it, I remember reading the fury of Mac users when it happened at New Year after Leopard was released. Pretty soon there was a hack to get past it. Didn't use it at the time so not sure, may have been 10.4.10, or to use v1.3.
May even require another Google search to find the solution ....
2010, September 6 - 1:16pm
#8
Hmmm... Bertyboy, there may be a way yet - Ignore BootCamp altogether and install Windows onto a separate partition... See this page: Just ignore that its for Vista (shudders). Dare say that XP would be an excellent choice for this (on an Intel Mac running Tiger) and quite do-able.
Was looking for a BootCamp patch (got side-tracked) 
2010, September 6 - 12:59pm
#9
Took nearly a minute on Google and the sites this time.
All that's deactivated is the utility (Boot Camp Assistant) used to manage the disk partitions within Mac OS, ie. resize the Mac OS disk partition to leave 16GB or 32GB at the end of the disk as space for Windows. BootCamp itself, the option to boot into Mac OSX or Windows will continue to function, as will all the Windows drivers for the Mac components.
Loads of solutions exist, from obtaining Leopard or Snow Leopard, to the easiest -
1. Set system date back to 2007
2. Run Boot Camp Assistant to free up a bit of space on your disk
3. Insert your Win XP CD and restart holding down Option and Install XP (or later)
4. Set the date back to 2010 (or whenever if you feel like it)
Even easier, if you're handy with OSX Terminal (I've had nearly 25 years of Unix) is to use 'diskutil' to resize the OSX partition and set up a NTFS or FAT32 partition in the space you free up. No dates, then just reboot and install Windows.
2010, September 6 - 3:34pm
#10
Can only agree with the choice of XP. the "V" word was awful, and not tried Win 7 yet.
Had a PC geek friend come over a while back, booted my 8-core Mac Pro into XP, he nearly wat his pants it was so fast.
2010, September 6 - 3:44pm
#11
Definitely go for XP. Unless the games you want to play require DX10 (and your card supports it) in which case I'd go with Windows 7.
2010, October 7 - 9:13pm
#12
Has anyone used the old BlueLabelPowerEmulator?
2010, October 7 - 9:53pm
#13
Ok, just downloaded: After install it presents a dialog stating it doesn't work in classic..
2010, October 7 - 10:49pm
#14
A big high-five to whoever suggested Boxer. That's a way to run old DOS games "natively" in Mac!
But it's pathetic that it's far easier to run old DOS games in Mac then it is to run old Mac games in Mac.
2010, October 8 - 10:09am
#15
If you to want to 'spice' things up; install Win 3.11 and run your games through that. True Win experience…
2010, October 8 - 12:06pm
#16
If you to want to 'spice' things up; install Win 3.11 and run your games through that. True Win experience…
If I remember correctly, in DOSBox, and thus Boxer, this is not supported/recommed.
2010, October 8 - 1:02pm
#17
Well, if you make the install where you can choose each component and see to not install anything network and specifically the S3 video drivers. This link goes to a setup instruction for installing Win 3.1 in DOSBox, but when you´re in that blue box it´s all the same…
http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=9405