mac Mac BootCamp Gaming?

[GothKazu]

Im not talking about Parallels virtualization.

so if you have a iMac Pro and you get an exterior drive for windows, lets say a 4TB ssd for arguments sake.

Can you use windows as if you had a full fledged windows desktop? including steam and all that entails?

(slightly unrelated) is there multi screen support on macs?

is a mac the best windows desktop? and would you recommend a macbook for bootcamp/parallels, why or why not?

 

so in total thats 4 questions, two of them being optional.

i ask all this because right now i have a dual monitor custom pc setup and my job would be easier if i had a mac (developer) and i was thinking about if i should buy into the ecosystem when i found out macs can run windows.

if i can keep my same gaming experience i wouldnt mind jumping to mac, but i gotta confirm first, you know how it is

[Jumballi]

You cannot run bootcamp from an external drive.

Windows runs normallyish on bootcamp, there are hiccups.

Steam is a hiccup, but they’re all easy to solve.

There is multiscreen support on macs, they were the first to support this before windows.

It’s best to not use your mac as a windows computer, maybe linux but that’s a completely different thing.

[DrMacintosh]

40 minutes ago, Jumballi said:

You cannot run bootcamp from an external drive.

No but you can just install Windows internally and put all your games on the external drive. 

41 minutes ago, Jumballi said:

Windows runs normallyish on bootcamp, there are hiccups.

There are literally no issues except those that are driver related. 

 

41 minutes ago, Jumballi said:

Steam is a hiccup, but they’re all easy to solve.

Nothing is wrong with Steam under Bootcamp

 

[Donut417]

8 hours ago, GothKazu said:

Im not talking about Parallels virtualization.

so if you have a iMac Pro and you get an exterior drive for windows, lets say a 4TB ssd for arguments sake.

Can you use windows as if you had a full fledged windows desktop? including steam and all that entails?

(slightly unrelated) is there multi screen support on macs?

is a mac the best windows desktop? and would you recommend a macbook for bootcamp/parallels, why or why not?

 

so in total thats 4 questions, two of them being optional.

i ask all this because right now i have a dual monitor custom pc setup and my job would be easier if i had a mac (developer) and i was thinking about if i should buy into the ecosystem when i found out macs can run windows.

if i can keep my same gaming experience i wouldnt mind jumping to mac, but i gotta confirm first, you know how it is

From the reading I have done. Bootcamp is just like Dual Booting Wiindows and Linux on a PC. The only thing to watch is the drivers included with Bootcamp. Others have stated you cant install Windows on an external drive. HOWEVER steam does allow you to use a seperate drive for your Library. So even if you dont have much space on the internal storage you can potentially use an external drive for the games. Not sure if you will have performance issues however. 

[rikitikitavi]

On 12/31/2019 at 7:57 AM, Donut417 said:

Others have stated you cant install Windows on an external drive

You CAN install win10 partition on external drive. Google it, there are some workarounds, used it myself.

So win10, steam and origin (Apex) were all on an external ssd.

Don't remember if I used this guide: https://9to5mac.com/2017/08/31/how-windows-10-mac-boot-camp-external-drive-video/

 

 

On 12/30/2019 at 11:33 PM, GothKazu said:

would you recommend a macbook for bootcamp/parallels, why or why not?

Nope, unless you really want a Mac, but need to use win10.

Depending on your usage, but in my experience for non-intensive gaming purposes parallels might works for you (However, latest parallels 15 works very slow on my MBP15 2017, googling revealed some similar experiences). Bootcamp is a better choice performancewise.

 

On 12/30/2019 at 11:33 PM, GothKazu said:

i have a dual monitor custom pc setup and my job would be easier if i had a mac (developer) and i was thinking about if i should buy into the ecosystem when i found out macs can run windows.

What kind of developer? Maybe check out Mac mini and connect it to your current system - this would be the easiest transition I think.

 

On 12/30/2019 at 11:33 PM, GothKazu said:

if i can keep my same gaming experience i wouldnt mind jumping to mac

Youtube your games performances - there are many videos with FPS counters.