Bootcamp running XP & effects on PC gaming

Has anyone tried to run Bootcamp on an Intel Core Duo system and played some PC games on the Mac?
I've invested several hundreds of dollars in PC games (because no one develops games for Mac) and want to know if the gaming performace from an Intel Core Duo running XP is similar to running on a PC.

just installed Call of Duty 2 and it works well
1280x720 (1440x900 supported but choppy)
wide 16:9 aspect ratio
60hz
bilinear texture filter
2x anti aliasing
rendering method directx9 (directx7 would be a lot faster)
shadows on
low dynamic lights
world only soft smoke edge
tiny number of corpses
i'm sorry i just don't know how to show the FPS count within the game. don't have time to mess around with the config file.

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My imac has been running without problems under OS X Snow Leopard and bootcamp running Windows XP for a long time. I had received a Sony MP3 player and wanted to install the software on my computer. At the time I had a CD in my drive slot because I was getting ready to install some brother's software for a printer I wanted to use. I restarted my imac under bootcamp and started installing the Sony software in Windows XP. I was having problems with the install and decided to restart XP to see if that would help. It's been several days since this originally happened so I'm not of sure of any more specifics at this point other than I've had to use windows machines for a long time and know that basically when in doubt "restart".
When my imac was restarting I heard everything spinning up, the white light came on, but I heard no chime, a blue screen came up for about 15 to 30 sec. and then it went to a black screen with DOS characters giving the following message:
Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: <Windows root>\system32\hal.dll. Please re-install a copy of the above file.
I do have a copy of Windows XP, but my first problem was that I still had a CD in the slot and it would not eject. I tried every keyboard combination I could find including: eject button, F12 and holding down the mouse button at start-up and nothing worked. I also tried every other start-up keyboard combination I could find at Apple Support jut to see if I could get my imac to start up under OS X . I finally went on youtube to find out how to remove the CD. I ended up opening up my imac and taking off the cover of the CD drive to remove the disk. After putting everything back together I put in my Windows CD and tried restarting again. The exact same thing happened and I ended up at the DOS screen. Then I thought maybe my keyboard wasn't working so I replaced it with a new one. Same result. I also thought to plug both of my apple keyboards into my windows 8 laptop (hate it!) to see if they worked there at all. They both did so I'm sure the keyboards are not the problem.
At this point, since I do now have a windows 8 laptop (hate it!) there is no remaining reason for me to keep a bootcamp partition on my hard drive. My question is where do I go from here? I have a current time machine back-up on an external hard drive and I have my install CD for OS X Snow Leopard. How do I get my imac back up and running? Thanks.

Can you OPTION boot? If so, then choose the OS X volume to boot back into OS X. From there you can use Boot Camp Assistant to remove the Windows volume and restore the drive.
Boot Using OPTION key:
1. Restart the computer.
2. Immediately after the chime press and hold down the
      "OPTION" key.
3. Release the key when the boot manager appears.
4. Select the desired disk icon from which you want to boot.
5. Click on the arrow button below the icon.
Five ways to eject a stuck CD or DVD from the optical drive
Ejecting the stuck disc can usually be done in one of the following ways:
1. Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the
      left mouse button until the disc ejects.
2. Press the Eject button on your keyboard.
3. Click on the Eject button in the menubar.
4. Press COMMAND-E.
5. If none of the above work try this: Open the Terminal application in
      your Utilities folder. At the prompt enter or paste the following:
        /usr/bin/drutil eject
If this fails then try this:
Boot the computer into Single-user Mode. At the prompt enter the same command as used above. To restart the computer enter "reboot" at the prompt without quotes.

How to Run After Effects cc!!!???

my aftereffects wont open, need help

Install the After Effects CC (12.0.1) patch for Mac OS X v10.9 (Mavericks):
http://adobe.ly/AE_CC_1201_Mavericks
IMPORTANT: The After Effects CC (12.0.1) update fixes a crash on Mac OS X (v10.9). There is no need to install this update on any other operating system. After Effects CC (12.1) is coming soon for all operating systems and includes this same fix plus many more features and bug fixes.
Be sure that you are signed in and have activated the software—i.e., ensure that you are not running After Effects in free trial mode. The update will not work if you are running the application in trial mode.
This update is only available as a manual download (not through the Creative Cloud automatic update mechanism) to prevent users on versions of Mac OS X other than v10.9 (Mavericks) from installing it unnecessarily.
Adobe After Effects CS6 (11.0.3) was released a little while ago with this fix, plus fixes for many other crashes and bugs. Details: http://adobe.ly/AE_CS6_1103

I am running after effects CC on window 8 whenever I render a video the audio is misplaced. does everyone know whats going on?

HI, I am running after effects CC on window 8 whenever I render a video the audio is misplaced. does everyone know whats going on?

Nope. We don't even know what you mean by "misplaced".
Is it not there?
Is the audio somewhere else in a different folder?
Is the audio there, but leads or follows the video by a certain amount?
Other things:
Have you activated the audio checkbox in the Output Module when you add the comp ro the Render Queue?
Is there audio present in your comp when you RAM Preview?

Just wondering if someone can tell me if my asus laptop model #q500a can run after effects cc?

Just wondering if someone can tell me if my asus laptop model #q500a can run after effects cc? Im using windows 8 64bit.

If I'm not mistaken, these are the specs of your machine:
3rd Generation Intel Core i5-3210M, 2.5GHz
6GB RAM
750GB 5400rpm Hard Drive
15.6-Inch LED Screen, Intel HD 4000 Graphics
Windows 8 (64-bit)
That is just barely above the minimum requirements to even run AE. You will have to work pretty smart to run smoothly with AE. Make sure you don't have multiprocessing turned on, you don't have enough RAM for it at all.
What are your memory and multiprocessing settings?
You may not be able to RAM preview full HD on it. Just preview a frame at a time at full res if you must and use a half-res RAM preview for checking timing.
Read this: optimizing for performance: Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects it might help.
Or get a more powerful desktop instead.

Are their still overheating issues with bootcamp running windows 7?

I am wanting to do a little gaming on my mac, but saw plenty of forums pre 2010 about Macs overheating when running windows 7 and even XP. I have a Mid 2012 macbook pro with Intel HD 4000 and a 2.5 Ghz I5 processor, I was wondering if there has been any updates to macs or bootcamp that quells the overheating, and would my mac still be susceptible to this problem?

No changes because the problem is there is no fan control software for Windows that works with the Mac hardware.

Bootcamp, running into multiple issues....

As a little bit of backstory, I bought a MacBook (late 2009 edition with Snow Leopard) because I was having issues with my old Windows XP PC desktop, which was invaded with trojans and viruses. I had to delete everything, start up from scratch and wipe the disc clean. Not pleasant.
In the summer of 2010 I was convinced to buy a Macbook because it didn't need to be checked quite as often as a PC computer. I was astounded by the speed in which it booted up since I never had a custom built PC that contained optimized performance. Mostly however I had only used the Macbook as a means of searching the web and to use it to complete college assignments.
It wasn't until last year that I decided I wanted to get Windows onto my Mac, but being unemployed and with no job, it was simply not an option, because I needed to get bills done on time. Fast forward to this year, and after months of frantic job searching I finally landed a job. Now with a steady income coming in I felt it was time to get Windows onto my Mac.
Sadly it's easier said than done. I wasn't even aware of Mountain Lion and Mavericks until later this year, but I realized that upgrading to those systems required more than a simple DVD disk. Since then it's been a obstacle course, and while I've done a lot of research on bootcamp files for the various Mac versions, there is still lots I don't know about. Which leads me to this problem.
Since my Macintosh HD drive only holds 250 GB, I felt it was needed to get rid of some used space. After deleting various games that were left untouched the last couple of years, I have 150 GB of free space. Problem is, I cannot partition. Why? Because some OS X files cannot be moved.
So I bought a Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit disk off of Amazon, and when I realized I needed a Snow Leopard installation disk, I bought that too. I now just spend between $140-150 in software, which isn't too bad I guess. Turns out that the Macintosh HD drive was corrupt, so I restarted the Macbook using the Mac OS X installation disc to access Disk Utility. After verifying and repairing disk (I got the confirmation from the green text), I assumed I can partition. Nope. Same issue pops up. So I realized I needed to get rid of free space, so I run Disk Utility off of the operation system and used the delete free space (zero) option. After a hour it's finished. Make another attempt at partitioning. Failed.
Now I don't know what to do. The steps involved require an external drive and an internal drive, along with a program named Carbon Copy Cleaner (CCC). So what am I supposed to do? There are options to unmount and make new disc images on Disk Utility, do I just run that and go from there? I'm very confused at the moment.

This would of been nice if I had known all of this before I even attempted to make a partition, so now I need an external hard drive to get past the problem of the Mac OS X files not moving. I thought I only needed a Mac installation disc and the Windows 7 install disc but it turns out I was wrong.
As for external hard drives, Seagate Backup Plus (1 TB) looks pretty good, that's more than enough to make a backup. I spent the past few days doing a lot of research on bootcamp. Since the Mac installation disc is actually 10.6.3, I may still have to have the bootcamp drivers (versions 3.1-3.3) to install onto the Windows partition, along with Apple Software update so the features actually work with Windows.
Very frustrating, costing me over $210 just to try to partition, if this doesn't work then I know it's a bad hard drive. Probably will have to take the Macbook in to an Apple store and have them look at it. The external hard drive itself will be good purely for backup. I have to wonder if all this is simply worth the trouble, considering I've toyed with emulators in the past, which tend to fail on occasion.
Repaired disc, erased free space in disc utility, etc. So I guess I have to wait.

How do i clone bootcamp running windows 7

I am trying to clone a windows 7 bootcamp partition running on Lion. I have not been able to find any solutions so far online. Anyone have any advice?

Below are comments I have collected from this forum regarding Boot Camp backup.
Paragon has a number of utilities for Intel OSX/Windows and the Paragon Hard Drive Suite 2011 seems to have the greatest success. Before doing any thing be sure to have a bootable clone of your Mac (Carbon Copy Cloner or DuperDuper are good apps).
WinClone was handy for XP users but doesn't for instance check for errors during the backup only during restore.
Winclone was discontinued at 2.2, all 2.3 versions are hacks,
Acronis 2011 w/ plus pak, didn't work well previously
Ghost 15 - probably not
CopyCatX is more lengthy and sector copy so takes the longest.
Casper 6 does seem to work;
Paragon Hard Drive Suite 2011 because it works great and they have CampTune
Windows 7 system backup and restore - Apple's goofy HFS read-only interferes with system and file backup.
Also used Casper, Clonezilla and Paragon but less regularly, Casper failed a few times, I stopped using it, Clonezilla worked but took forever (for me) Paragon (which I have only used twice) was the best but my sample is limited.
Paragon HDM 2011 can do either offline or online backups, the difference is that with an offline backup, the entire partition (or disk) is unallocated. In an online backup, the backup utility is running against a partition that may be making changes to itself. When you run CCC or SD! in OS X, you're running an online backup. However, I would recommend (at least for the first backup) that you boot from the HDM recovery CD to do an offline backup. This will ensure that you have an *exact* copy of the parition/disk.

Will Bootcamp run on a Macbook Air?

I'm planning to buy a Mac laptop for my wife. She needs to use Windows (yuk). I'm considering a Macbook Air. Will I be able to run Bootcamp?

absolutely. just mind the space on the hard drive you will have to segragate for windows.

Good hardware to run After Effects and Logic Pro?

Hello Anyone Who Will Listen!
I am currently using a 15" MacBook Pro running on OS X 10.7.5 (Lion)
--Processor 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7
--750 GB HardDrive
--4 GB RAM (1333 MHz DDR3)
--AMD Radeon HD 6770M 1024 MB Graphics
--I also use a WD "My Passprt Studio" 1TB External Hardive. (I store all my Logic Pro, After Effects, Photoshop and Illustrator projects on there instead of on the Main MacBook HD which only has 750GB of Memory)
I am a musician and an audio engineer of sorts. I have been producing music on my MacBook Pro using Logic Pro, amongst some other third party Plug-ins that are each just as big as Logic Pro. And for the past year I've been hittin it pretty aggressively as I produced my entire album with my MacBook Pro being the only computer involved in the process. As you probably know that is a hefty workload to put on a computer between recording tracks, mixing and mastering...I'm honestly surprised my MacBook Pro made it through the whole process with only 4GB of RAM. Although it did give me some "System Overload" messages along the way which got to be very annoying interrupting my workflow. And while I was using Logic Pro I could never have another application open at the same time. Even something like Safari could not be opened while I was using Logic Pro.
Now to top it all off I am using other Applications to market my music such as Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe After Effects. I'm using version CS6 for Photoshop and Illustrator and using the new Creative Cloud version for After Effects.
Now that I've explained what I use my computer for I can explain the actual problem haha...Inside Logic Pro there were two indicators, one labeled HD and the other labeled CPU, if one or the other reached its limit the system would overload cause lagging or just a shut down/freeze. And while working in Adobe After Effects the "RAM Preview" almost never plays back in realtime if I get more than a minute into a song that a am making a Kinetic Typography Video for.
So I need a new Computer or external HD or Increased RAM that will make these things no longer happen...I am open to any suggestions or ideas.

This Trashcan is an option, but carries the usual disadvantages of all Apple products:
Huge price
Mediocre specs
Only single CPU
Slow video cards
Only Thunderbolt 1 connection
Limited expansion capabilities.
A PC would offer much better price / performance, but Logic Pro is the limiting factor.

Can bootcamp run Windows 8 Pro in OSX 10.8.2?

Can Mac OSX Mountain Lion (10.8.2) run "Windows 8 Pro" in Bootcamp? Since Windows 8 Pro has the ability to run program from passed versions of Windows. This way Windows 8 Pro can run Bootcamp, even though it was made for Windows XP/Vista/7 specificly.
I need to know whether it can damage my MAC, or I am able to install Windows 8 Pro.
Thanks guys.

Windows 8 is not supported by Bootcamp. There are no Bootcamp Windows 8 drivers http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1899

Can OS 10.7.2 bootcamp run windows XP

I was wondering if my new MacBook Pro (OS 10.7.2) can run Window XP via Bootcamp? Or does it need to be Windows 7?

Actually even MS now only supports Vista SP2 but Apple only developed drivers for Windows 7 (and 7 SP1 has been an issue installing for some odd reason)
New Macs = new motherboard etc and req'd all new drivers, hence no support except for most current OS.

Need a laptop for running After Effects and other video editors

Alright, I'm looking for a laptop that can run Adobe After Effects, Premiere, and Photoshop smoothly(Mainly After Effects). My current laptop a $400 HP Compaq is capable of running those programs but not without constant freezing and slowness, specifically in After Effects and Premiere. Ideally it could run Adobe After Effects and Premiere simultaneously without being slow.
My maximum budget is $1200. I've browsed a good deal myself, but I haven't seen much that has caught my eye. I'm looking for a Windows laptop that also has a monitor that is at least 16". All of these programs are CS5. I'm here because I want to get the most out of my budget as I can, and hopefully people more experienced in Adobe products can help me out.
Ask any questions you have incase I left anything out.
Thanks for your time,
Nathan B

Some ideas for a Laptop Video Editing PC from past discussions
http://www.sagernotebook.com/
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/957472
http://www.adkvideoediting.com/
For effective HD video editing, a laptop with the following
-at least the Intel sandy bridge 2720 or 2820 quad processor
-and nvidia graphics preferably the 460m, 485m is a bit much
-1280x900 display with OpenGL 2.0-compatible graphics card
-and 8 or 16 gig ram and Win7 64bit Pro
-and 2 internal 7200 HDDs minimum

Bootcamp running steam flash player needed!

Hi I'm running the full version of Windows 8 on bootcamp and I wish to play steam games but when I am directed to flash player from steam it ask me to download flash player for my opertating sytem Windows 8 which is not available since I believe it is pre installed on windows 8. I don't know what to do so I can use flash player and play games on steam.
I run a iMac 2011 with OSX Mountain Lion 16GB of ram 500GB of storage 100GB is allocated to Windows. Any help would be appreciated thanks.

Download > http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplatformruntimes/flashplayer11-5/

Games on Windows 8.1 via Bootcamp run very slow

I've installed a few games on Windows 8.1 via Bootcamp on my MacBook Pro (Mid-2012), like Injustice: Gods Among Us and Darksiders 2 and they're running extremely slow. What should I do?

After a lot of trial and error I have a repeatable process for installing Windows 8.1 on a 2014 MacBook Pro using Boot Camp.
If you have a Windows 8.1 DVD, use Disk Utility to create an ISO image (DVD/CD Master). When done rename the extension to .iso
Use Boot Camp to create a bootable USB that contains Windows 8.1 and Apples drivers (basically check all options). It doesn't matter if its USB 2 or 3, but it is a lot faster if USB 3
Allow Boot Camp to create your Windows 8.1 partition
IMPORTANT. When Boot Camp tries to reboot to begin the installation process, hold the Option key and select MacOS again. If you miss this, force a reboot, holding down Option
Enter Disk Utility and delete the "BOOTCAMP" partition. To do this select the "BOOTCAMP" partition and click Minus
Create a new partition in its place using the ExFAT partition type. Call it "BOOTCAMP"
Reboot again holding Option, this time selecting the Windows USB
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Follow Microsoft's installation steps, ensuring that you allow the installer to finish. It will take a long time and appear to hang with "Almost ready". Just wait. It took about 30 minutes for me. It will automatically start Apples driver installation. Just follow the prompts

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