eMacs

loganlogan
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
eMacs are supposed to be all made for education, so my question is, do games work on it? This may sound like a stupid question but on all the game boxes for macs it says requirements: iMac, PowerMac, or iBook never eMac.



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  • Reply 1 of 6
    rodukroduk Posts: 706member
    The best way for very young children to learn is through Edutainment, a combination of education and entertainment including games, so yes. All Macs run the same OS and even the eMac has a reasonable graphics card. If the box says the game requires an iMac or iMac (flat panel), it will still work on an eMac.



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  • Reply 2 of 6
    smithjoelsmithjoel Posts: 240member
    Yes, "Reader Rabbit" and "Oregon Trail" are the only supported games.



    Sorry, just felty like saying that. The eMac has the GeForce 2 MX w/32 MB of RAM. While, the iMac has the GeFoce 4 MX /w 32 MB of RAM. Since there isn't too much difference between the gf 2 and 4, it should perfore just a little worse than the iMac. So, yeah games can be played on the eMac, and not too badly. It's definatly not a gamers machine though.
  • Reply 3 of 6
    murbotmurbot Posts: 5,262member
    [quote] The eMac has the GeForce 2 MX w/32 MB of RAM. While, the iMac has the GeFoce 4 MX /w 32 MB of RAM. Since there isn't too much difference between the gf 2 and 4, it should perfore just a little worse than the iMac.<hr></blockquote>



    It is actually only the 17" iMac that has the GeForce 4. All 3 versions of the 15" have the GeForce 2.



    You won't set any frame rate records with the eMac, but it's decent consider it's low price.
  • Reply 4 of 6
    kelibkelib Posts: 740member
    Along with the standar OsX chess game it comes bundled with Otto Matic(full version)and Deimos Rising (demo)
  • Reply 5 of 6
    loganlogan Posts: 284member
    Okay thanks for the help.
  • Reply 6 of 6
    kingofsomewherehotkingofsomewherehot Posts: 4,180member
    In fact...



    In the SoHo (and probably all) Apple Store, they have a table with 6 eMacs all surrounded by people playing GAMES on them .... the area is set up for kids, but of course was full of adults.
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