Will PC Games Run on a Macbook?

Hello everyone =)
My boyfriend recently purchased a MacBook. I don't know anything about it other than its white and has a 13" screen (I'm a PC girl, sorry, please dont throw things at me). Anyway, I really want to get him a game to play on it. He LOVES Sim Golf, but it only comes in a PC version. My question is, will it work on a Mac or will it just be a hassle for him...keep in mind hes not overly computer literate.
Thank you in advance for all the help!
Nicole

Is the bootcamp process a difficult one? I don't want to burden him with a hassle. He signed up for One-On-One Lessons at the Apple store...will they be able to help him with this? And if he installs bootcamp will he always have to be running windows then?
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*The requirements for the game are;*
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*PROCESSOR*
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**MEMORY (RAM)**
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**VIDEO CARD**
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*Intel GMA 950:*
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*Type: Display*
*Bus: Built-In*
*VRAM (Total): 64 MB of Shared System Memory*
*Vendor: Intel (0x8086)*
*Device ID: 0x27a2*
*Revision ID: 0x0003*
Message was edited by: James992

According to the requirements:
+*This game will not run on PowerPC (G3/G4/G5) based Mac systems, or the GMA 950 class of integrated video cards.*+
While you don't have a PowerPC... you do have the GMA 950. As they specifically say it isn't compatible, there's probably no point in even trying. To be honest the x3100 would probably be just barely playable. Game manufacturers usually set the minimum requirements for hardware that will barely run it and up... so even meeting the minimum requirements does not mean you will have "good" performance.
There is unfortunately no way to add a card to improve your graphics capabilities. The Sims have traditionally been pretty light on their graphics requirements. With The Sims 3, they have beefed up the graphics a bit which knocks out some of the lower end GPUs.

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Did some searching around for you. There are two possibilities--one easy, one difficult/illegal. So let's stick with the easy way.
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