Open souce work only for windows?
nothing for MAC?

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Why do people capitalize all of Mac?

It's Mac, short for Macintosh. Not an acronym.

You've basically got two options just now - Bootcamp or Parallels. Opensauce will not run on Halo's Mac port, and using WINE currently doesn't work either. That said, if anybody gets Opensauce working under WINE, I'd be very happy to hear about it!

MAC makes me think of MAC address... had to read OP's post a few times before realizing what he was talking about.

Can you please tell me what you mean by 'doesn't work'? I got it to install, but the game had graphical bugs. It had them with or without OS.

The version of Wine compiled for the Mac does not work at all with the Halo client (doesn't run, doesn't install, etc.), and an old version of Wine will only work with the dedicated server. Also, Halo's Mac port is a completely different type of binary, and was compiled with a completely different compiler, so the compiled assembly is quite different, so it wouldn't be compatible.

Your best choice is getting a Windows-based PC and the Windows version of Halo if you want Open Sauce. If your Mac has a PowerPC processor, then you're out of luck and must buy a PC. If your Mac was made after 2006, it probably doesn't use a PowerPC processor. Click on the Apple menu and click "About This Mac" if you want to make sure.

If your Mac has an Intel processor, then hurray, Windows may run on it. You will need Windows (I recommend 7 or 8) and the Windows version of Halo. If your Mac can't read compact discs or DVDs, you can buy Apple's jewel encrusted SuperDrive (I'm not sure why else it would be $79). You'll also need the Windows version of Halo.

- Use Boot Camp to dual-boot Windows. This costs some hard drive space, depending on how much space you want reserved for Windows. You'll likely want to buy an OEM version of Windows 7 or 8, as Macs don't come with Windows.

- You can use a virtual machine to virtualize Windows. There are a couple popular virtual machine solutions, such as Parallels Desktop or VMWare Fusion. If you don't want to fork over extra dough for a good VM, there is VirtualBox. VirtualBox is kind of slow and the interface is clunky, but it can run Windows. I don't know if it can run games well at all, though. Know that a virtual machine will cost quite a bit of CPU and memory as you're running two operating systems instead of one, but you don't need to partition your computer. You can even store the VM on a USB device, if you really want to.

- You can also install Windows completely over OS X, and will require reformatting. Everything on the OS X partition gets deleted, so only do this if you never plan on using OS X again. Only do this if you're willing to say goodbye to everything on your computer, and don't plan on using OS X in the near future.
Edited by 002 on Mar 6, 2015 at 02:08 AM