Does Sins work for Mac OS 10.6.8

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Hi played Sins on my old gaming laptop that ran on windows 7 but was wondering does stardock have updates for mac users for sin? I really would like to buy a digital version for my mac.  Thank you

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Sins is not available for Mac OS. You would need to dual boot in order to properly play the game (virtualization may work but is not supported).

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting kryo, reply 1
Sins is not available for Mac OS. You would need to dual boot in order to properly play the game (virtualization may work but is not supported).
End of kryo's quote
What is dual boot and virtualization.  Basically are there any way for me to play the game?  Thank You

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

I installed Parallels 7 so hopefully this will enable some sins action soon.  Thanks for the help

 

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting wattanap, reply 2
What is dual boot and virtualization. Basically are there any way for me to play the game? Thank You
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In general, a "dual boot" refers to having multiple operating systems on the computer....you start your computer, then select which one to run...for Macs I think you have to use Bootcamp in order to do this....

Virtualization is when one operating is ran "inside" another operating system...it generally is not as stable as a dual boot and is more resource intensive...however, a dual boot requires your hardrive to be partioned such that each operating system has its own "section" of the hardrive...if your hardrive isn't already partitioned, you will probably have to reinstall your mac OS in order to partition it...

So, if your hardrive is already partioned, you have an external hardrive, or you don't mind reinstalling your operating system, then dual boot is the way to go...

If you have a pretty good computer (mainly processor and RAM) and can't (or don't feel like) do the above, a virtual machine (like Parallels) is your best choice...