FSX and Mac Book Pro

[dart15]

For the first time ever I am seriously contemplating the purchase of a Mac Book - mainly for reasons associated with post processing RAW files.

I know FSX can be made to run under the later Apple OS with the likes of Bootcamp and Parallels and I'm not expecting a stellar experience but I would appreciate feedback from anyone who does run FSX on their Mac Book and what processor/RAM configuration they are using.

The laptop will not be my primary FSX machine but it would be nice to be able to take FSX with me when travelling. The version I am considering is the MacBook Pro with i5 CPU (3.2Ghz in turbo) with 8GB DDR3.

Thanks guys.

[Ian Warren]

Can't help you there Keith, I do have FSX running on a HP ProBook but that is it.

[dtakeshi]

Hey yah! I've got a MBPR that I sometimes run FSX on.

Specs are: Mid 2014 MacBook Pro Retina
CPU: i7 2.4Ghz
RAM: 8GB
GPU: nVidia GTX 650M 1GB RAM

I think it runs quite nice, not too bad. Especially at the Retina resolution of 2880x1800..

I get about 15FPS to 20FPS maybe? I can't remember, it's been a month, now

Also FSX is installed onto a USB3.0 500GB SATA drive because I only got 256GB SSD.

Addons used are:

• PMDG777
• FlyTampa St Maarten
• Orbx Global
• Orbx NI/SI/AU/ENG/SCO/IRE/NIR
• REX4+Soft CLouds
• ASN

P.S. I also run P3D on it as well and get similar performance.