Play on Mac without Windows Partition?

MulerNo1

Is there any way to play Crossfire on the new Macbook Pro (2015) without a Windows partition?
I don't want to dish out $90 to buy Windows so I was wondering if there was any alternative to it?
A SAFE alternative...

Thank you in advance.

Werdna88

No legit way I'm aware of... but someone else may chime in.

DualRainbows

Have you tried using BootCamp?

http://support.z8games.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/211/4/what-are-the-operating-systems-supported-by-crossfire

sportmenx59

you cant do it. I'm using iMac and playing via bootcamp/windows

MulerNo1

Did you buy Windows or did you just find a free download?
Unfortunately, the BootCamp Drive for the newer Mac models only support Win 8.0>... and it's been difficult for me to find a windows 8 .iso so my only other option would be to dish out $90 for an authentic copy.

Exiledking63

Windows 10 is out and it is free. Good luck.

DualRainbows

MulerNo1 wrote: »

Did you buy Windows or did you just find a free download?
Unfortunately, the BootCamp Drive for the newer Mac models only support Win 8.0>... and it's been difficult for me to find a windows 8 .iso so my only other option would be to dish out $90 for an authentic copy.

I've never used BootCamp before so I wouldn't know; I just know that it theoretically should work. It doesn't say that you need a product-key according to the BootCamp FAQs; it just says that you need an ISO.

Due to Digital River Content being taken down a couple months ago, there is no "official" way to download the Retail ISOs of Windows anymore. However someone else has already cloned all the ISOs prior to DRC's closure and so you can still torrent the ISOs from http://mirror.corenoc.de/digitalrivercontent.net/.

I would strongly advise you to verify the integrity of the ISO via checksums (e.g. MD5 and SHA1) before using it to ensure that your file is not corrupted. There's a list of checksums posted on this site

HTH

EDIT 1:
I'm not 100% sure if you're going to need a product key or not. You might be able to buy it off a friend for pretty cheap (5-10 USD). Or you could try the following if you have an old Windows 7 computer that's using a retail Windows 7 product key (NOT OEM!): http://www.howtogeek.com/124286/how-to-uninstall-your-windows-product-key-before-you-sell-your-pc/

EDIT 2:
The above method only works with Windows 7. If you can't get Windows 7 to work with Boot Camp, then you're out of luck and you're most probably going to need to spend some money.

EDIT 3 (I know so many edits lol):
If you want a "not so safe" method of getting Windows 8 (which will cost you about 20 USD), send me a PM. You'll need a PayPal account though.