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Is there a way? VMware can't handle 3D acceleration at all.

if it's an intel macbook, you could just install a second partition of XP

Or people could port their stuff to platforms other than Windows.
/me ducks

BootCamp ftw.

Shenlon, BootCamp won't handle 3D acceleration at all either iirc. Or, let's say, in a f*cking bad way.

well, i've been able to watch basically any new demo under xp on my mac so i'd say it works fine.

I was talking about the Macbook dodke, got one too for one year, i must admit the GMA chip ain't that much of a powerful one. Running some demos ain't even worth a try.

http://capped.tv/

we need more GMA900 friendly demos!

irokos: that's more the fault of the GMA900, not the bootcamp...
anyways even as a mac zealot i have to say for demos: XP or video are the two options.
With the macbook/mac mini line XP isn't really an option thanks to the sucky vcard. so as in the old PPC days, the rule of thumb: stick to videos!
(and mad kudos to rarefluid! you rock! )

Or you could try running the demo via CrossOver (a wine-based commercial app). The compatibility and speed is a hit-or-miss, but works for some stuff.

How many is that "some"? Now I need it for demos from 1998 to around 2005, but soon I'll need to run the newest stuff.

"parallels" can run accelerated 3d stuff now.
dx shader stuff does not work, but they are on it.

i only tested 3ds max (switch to opengl) and it works quite good and fast.

(that was on macbook pro with a x1600, no idea with intel crap gfx chips)

Hey guys! Look how dumb I am! I call Windows "PC" because an AD told me to do it. I'm proud.

Bootcamp +xp works perfectly (usual pc driver / compatability stuff aside). Some demos will work in vmware/parallels depending on what hardware it needs - basic dx/opengl stuff should work, forget anything that needs shaders.

Apart from that, make some new stuff on leopard. There's some awesome stuff for demo making in the leopard sdk ;)

we need more demo friendly GMA's

(i have just seen a paper from intel that shows how wonderful the latest intel onboard solution performs compared to other intel onboard solutions)