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Do you have a Windows license lying around? Bootcamp might be worth it: I almost get 2x performance in Windows compared to OSX!

delroth 13y ago
A lot of that is because OS X OpenGL drivers are just not good. If you look at https://developer.apple.com/graphicsimaging/opengl/capabilities/ https://developer.apple.com/graphicsimaging/opengl/capabilit... the support is currently stuck at OpenGL 4.1, with virtually no recent extensions supported (things like ARB_buffer_storage which give a great boost to applications like Dolphin are unsupported, for example).
- archagon 13y ago
  I've heard that before, but oddly enough, performance in a Parallels VM is often close to native Windows for me, despite ultimately going through those same OSX drivers. Someone on HN hypothesized that this might be due to Parallels' shader optimization.
MaxGabriel 13y ago
I do actually, for windows 8. But I don't think they give you a disk image, making it a pain to install.
- pilif 13y ago
  The windows 8.1 installer you can download from the MS store can create an ISO image which the bootcamp assistant can work with
- archagon 13y ago
  You can actually download the ISO from a Microsoft CDN, but I don't have a link on me right now.
  - pbhjpbhj 13y ago
    You can get ISOs for MS Windows 7, eg links at http://bratnin.narod.ru/Windows_7.html http://bratnin.narod.ru/Windows_7.html, from msft.digitalriver.com servers. You can also get an upgrade application from http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/upgrade-product-key-only http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/upgrade-product... to move Win7 up to Win8. But AFAIK you can't get a MS Windows 8 ISO to download from Microsoft itself?
    - archagon 13y ago
      That's what I meant: I'm pretty sure digitalriver.com is Microsoft's own CDN, used for App Store and MSDN downloads. You can even verify the hashes on an actual Microsoft subsite — possibly here? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads/ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads/

delroth 13y ago

A lot of that is because OS X OpenGL drivers are just not good. If you look at https://developer.apple.com/graphicsimaging/opengl/capabilities/ https://developer.apple.com/graphicsimaging/opengl/capabilit... the support is currently stuck at OpenGL 4.1, with virtually no recent extensions supported (things like ARB_buffer_storage which give a great boost to applications like Dolphin are unsupported, for example).

archagon 13y ago
I've heard that before, but oddly enough, performance in a Parallels VM is often close to native Windows for me, despite ultimately going through those same OSX drivers. Someone on HN hypothesized that this might be due to Parallels' shader optimization.

MaxGabriel 13y ago

I do actually, for windows 8. But I don't think they give you a disk image, making it a pain to install.

pilif 13y ago
The windows 8.1 installer you can download from the MS store can create an ISO image which the bootcamp assistant can work with
archagon 13y ago
You can actually download the ISO from a Microsoft CDN, but I don't have a link on me right now.
- pbhjpbhj 13y ago
  You can get ISOs for MS Windows 7, eg links at http://bratnin.narod.ru/Windows_7.html http://bratnin.narod.ru/Windows_7.html, from msft.digitalriver.com servers. You can also get an upgrade application from http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/upgrade-product-key-only http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/upgrade-product... to move Win7 up to Win8. But AFAIK you can't get a MS Windows 8 ISO to download from Microsoft itself?
  - archagon 13y ago
    That's what I meant: I'm pretty sure digitalriver.com is Microsoft's own CDN, used for App Store and MSDN downloads. You can even verify the hashes on an actual Microsoft subsite — possibly here? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads/ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads/