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Q: is it possible to run two OS X on one macbook pro?

I just bought a new MacBook Pro with OS X Lion on it and discovered it would not read the plugins of an oline, text based, MUD I play.  I cannot afford to, nor do I wish to, run Windows on my laptop. 

 

My game ran perfectly well on the previous laptop I was using, which I do not have access to now, and I was wondering if it is possible to run both Lion and Snow Leopard on the same HD.

 

Okay if that is doable, for the previous laptop I bought the Snow Leopard upgrade but will that be sufficient to get OS X 6 up and running in what would concievably be a non apple space?

 

I hope I am making enough sense here.  I am not an IT technician and just thinking about doing this makes my brain fizz.

 

Btw I have been informed by other mac players in my game that Lion does not support the plugins of the Front End I use and the people who have upgraded and run into this problem have gone out and bought windows which they run on BootCamp or a parallel program and gone with a windows based Front End.  I do not have the money to go this root and am looking for a solution which will is cheaper and will have nothing to do with windows.

 

I hope someone out there can help thanks.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on May 7, 2012 10:37 PM

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  • by petermac87,

    petermac87 petermac87 May 9, 2012 2:04 AM in response to KeaCrazy
    Level 5 (7,402 points)
    May 9, 2012 2:04 AM in response to KeaCrazy

    KeaCrazy wrote:

     

    Is it Intel that is the problem?  Is intel new to macs?

     

     

    No, Intel has been around for many years now in Mac, but with Lion, the older PPC coding that was included up until 10.5 and then could also be run in a Rosetta emulator in 10.6 is no longer supported after all these years. Updates may be useless for the game if it is a PPC program.

     

    Good Luck

     

    Pete

  • by etresoft,

    etresoft etresoft May 9, 2012 6:16 AM in response to KeaCrazy
    Level 7 (29,298 points)
    Mac OS X
    May 9, 2012 6:16 AM in response to KeaCrazy

    KeaCrazy wrote:

     

    etresoft the game is DragonRealms run by Simultronics.  A guy who was a player I think used to update the plugins as new mac OS's came out but he left about two years ago hence my dilemma.  I am not very impressed that this company charges me to play the game while not supporting mac players beyond making available a front end which is very clunky and slow to play without plugins.

     

    Is it Intel that is the problem?  Is intel new to macs? 

    I guess I'm going to need more help. This is outside my area of experience.

     

    Which plugins, specifically, are/were you using?

     

    This seems to be a pretty old game - it is text based, after all. I can imagine there would be PowerPC software for it that might not be updated. However, because it is a text-based games, it is likely that the software could be easily made Lion compatible if you could access the source. I could give you more information if I knew where to look. Also, there could be Linux software that offers similar capabilities. That software could likely be easily compiled on the Mac.

  • by MlchaelLAX,

    MlchaelLAX MlchaelLAX May 9, 2012 9:28 AM in response to petermac87
    Level 4 (2,256 points)
    May 9, 2012 9:28 AM in response to petermac87

    petermac87 wrote:

     

    Yes, certainly not a recommended approach by any means. I would second Kappys advice on installing Parallels and running windows in virtual mode that way, if your Mac does not support Snow Leopard.

     

     

    KeaCrazy wrote:

     

    ... and the people who have upgraded and run into this problem have gone out and bought windows which they run on BootCamp or a parallel program and gone with a windows based Front End.  I do not have the money to go this root and am looking for a solution which will is cheaper and will have nothing to do with windows.

     

     

    AND: Here's a suggestion for you, Pete -- take the time to go and read the OP BEFORE you go throwing mud on other poster's suggestions...

  • by softwater,

    softwater softwater May 9, 2012 9:45 AM in response to MlchaelLAX
    Level 5 (5,392 points)
    Mac OS X
    May 9, 2012 9:45 AM in response to MlchaelLAX

    Oh, don't bother Michael; this poster - once known as Mulligan's Missus before getting banned - is a renonwned troll. He does it to get exactly the rise you just gave him. One of the unfortunate ones among us.

  • by MlchaelLAX,

    MlchaelLAX MlchaelLAX May 9, 2012 9:48 AM in response to softwater
    Level 4 (2,256 points)
    May 9, 2012 9:48 AM in response to softwater

    ... that explains SO MUCH!  Thank you! 

     

    As said by the actress Misha Barton in the movie The Sixth Sense: "I'm feeling much better now!"

  • by petermac87,

    petermac87 petermac87 May 9, 2012 4:07 PM in response to MlchaelLAX
    Level 5 (7,402 points)
    May 9, 2012 4:07 PM in response to MlchaelLAX

    Ah Softwater I thought you took your bat and ball and crawled off to your blog after having moderators remove one of your posts. Things not going too well over there I see so you have come back, this time to do little more than disparage QuickTime in every thread possible. Your reference to a banned user is wrong but so is much more you say. The forums have been rather friendly during your absence except for Michael hijacking every thread with his virtuality.

     

    Please offer more to threads than cheap insults, or personal opinions.

     

    Thank you, I don't bite at trolls like you as I once did.

     

    Pete

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