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Old 2nd July 2009, 02:33 PM
 
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Default MacBook boot camp goes black.

While playing the sims3 under boot camp on my gma950 MacBook the screen goes black the computer is running behind the darkness I can see rough shapes but I don't know how to prevent it doing this.
Has anyone else had a similar issue underboot camp with vista?or even heard of it before?
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Old 11th July 2009, 09:22 AM
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Use Fusion or Parallels. Boot camp is not a very good way to get Windows on your computer.
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Old 11th July 2009, 09:35 AM
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Use Fusion or Parallels. Boot camp is not a very good way to get Windows on your computer.
I'm sorry but just that's rubbish advice; the OP wants to run a game which Parallels or Fusion does not do well; so I think Boot Camp has it's uses for things like these. Can you please make your posts a little more helpful?

Sims 3 needs a more powerful graphics chipset to run; it will not do so under a GMA950, which is why you're getting unusual graphic problems.

System Requirements - The Game - Community - The Sims 3

It lists GMA 3 and 4 series, which I assume means the GMA3100 and GMA4??? (a new chipset).

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