Why get a PC when you can get a Mac? The reason I got my Mac isn't for gaming, I got it for music production. I am aware of how much better PCs are for gaming, and I think PCs are great, I own one. To all you hardcore gamers out there, it's okay if people get Macs for gaming. It's just preference.

Bootcamp does seem to be the best option. If I was to use Bootcamp, would it alter the performance of my Mac compared to how it is now? And also I heard you should get a external hard drive, but I have a laptop and don't want to spend extra money.

Got my Mac today, runs great with all games so I'm hoping I'll get SWTOR to work with either CrossOver or Bootcamp. I am very aware of the differences between Macs and PCs, and personally I prefer Macs over PCs. Although I bought my Mac with gaming in mind, the main reason I got it is for music recording and publishing. So once I get SWTOR running it will be great. Thank you for the helpful reply!

I am going to get my MacBook Pro next week, and I have been trying to figure out the best way to play SWTOR on MAC. Here are the options I am aware of: Bootcamp Parallels CrossOver via Wine I know most of you will say Bootcamp is the best option. But I don't want to mess up my Mac as soon as I get it, just to play SWTOR. Plus I have to buy Windows, and get an external hard drive. So this option is out of the picture, although I know this is probably the best option, I don't want to go through Bootcamp every time I play SWTOR. Its just not worth it. Parallels on the other hand would be a good option, except the fact that its a virtual machine. So there would be significant performance loss. My Mac will have 16 GB of RAM, and an 2.9 GH i7 Processor. I don't know if this would make for better performance or not, considering I beefed it up so much. I could be wrong, but I heard that Parallels splits the RAM in half. So that would mean I would have 8 GB of RAM for Parallels. If I could run SWTOR on high settings and get a smooth frame rate in Parallels, I would choose this option. Although with all the software I would have to buy would be close to $200. Thats a little insane. This option is expensive, and I do not know if I will be able to run this at high setting with a good frame rate. Scouring around the internet, I found which shows how to play SWTOR via CrossOver via Wine. On a relatives computer I tried this, and got the launcher running. Everything was working great, until the install. I got an error, saying that the URL that was trying to download the game files was not approved. It said I had to be a developer or something like that, I tried to figure out how to fix it but never found an answer. Apparently you can transfer the files through a hard drive (which I do not have), and then it should play. But I would also have to buy CrossOver and a hard drive. This option would be great if I could fix this error. I also found this video with a link to a website for a .dmg install for SWTOR without any program to run it, which looks legit until you click the mirror download. Apparently to download it you have to complete a bunch of surveys, so obviously its some kind of scam. Weirdly enough though, all the comments on YouTube said it worked great. Yeah right. Are there any other options so I can play SWTOR on MAC? Or is there a way any of these options will work for me? Thanks a lot! RizeoftheFallen