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beliebingxxx's avatar
7 years ago
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Will I be able to run bootcamp on my Mac?

I want to switch to bootcamp and play sims 4 or 2 but I'm afraid that my MBP will not be able to handle it?  Here's my specs:  MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 8 GB...
  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    7 years ago

    @beliebingxxx  Honestly, no, I don't think there's any way to make a Bootcamp setup work with 85 GB free storage, at least not for gaming.  Once you installed Windows 10 and TS4, you'd likely be below 35 GB before you added in any saved games or other content.  In fact, even if you wiped all of the mac software from your computer and just installed Windows 10 as the only OS, giving it all of your 121 GB storage, you'd still likely run out of space before long.

    To give you an example, my Windows partition currently takes up 70 GB space with only the TS3 base game, six packs, and maybe 10-15 GB of saves, mods, builds, etc.  I need another 40 GB free to ensure that Windows 10 runs smoothly, so 110 GB is the minimum that the partition needs to function correctly right now.  I plan on installing more packs, and my saves will get larger as I play them for longer, so I expect that I'll probably need 200 GB or more devoted to the partition before I'm done.  But I have a 512 GB drive, so I can spare the space.  I also have an external drive where I can store any files I'm not currently using.

    TS4 doesn't run quite as well in mac OS as it does in Windows, but it's still a good experience, by all accounts.  Even if you had enough storage to partition your drive, I'm not sure it would be worth the effort.  TS2 also ran beautifully on macs in its day, although I'll defer to Tremayne on how well it runs now.  I think you're much better off just playing on the mac side, where your low amount of free storage won't be nearly as much of a concern.

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