Freelancer running on a Mac?

[Thargoid]

hmm. so i need an iso of win 7, and an external drive to install it.

do i need the external drive all the time to switch boot system, or can i just 'alt-tab' between the two?

Pretty sure you could just use a Win7 install DVD, Google for another guide, that will probably tell you how to do it.

No, the external drive is only needed to copy Windows to the hard drive on your Mac, once you've installed it you don't need to connect it again.

Not sure what you mean by alt-tabbing, you choose what operating system you want to start when you turn on the Mac, if you've chosen to run Windows, then you can't switch to OS X without restarting the computer.

If that is too much of an inconvenience, then try running Windows XP in VirtualBox, once you've installed VB just look for a guide on Google on how to set up XP in VB.

Once installed...

Boot XP in safe mode (mash F8 on startup until it gives you the menu, then select safe mode).

Install Guest Additions within safe mode and make sure you click "enable 3D" blar blar when you install it.

Restart comp

Install Freelancer

Profit...

(But like I said before, I wouldn't expect it to work very well, if at all, I couldn't get FL to run in VB but it could be my hardware causing a problem).