How do you play Windows games on mac without installing windows - is there a download that you can get that makes them compadible - if so what is it and how do i find it?

Answer 1

The basic answer is you can't, at least not with easy 100% compatability.

However, you can try installing WINE on your Mac, which has good support for quite a few games; here is at least one tutorial: (http://davidbaumgold.com/tutorials/wine-mac/). Check out WINE's forum as well to see if your game(s) are well supported. (http://www.winehq.org/). Be warned, however, that this is not a magic solution; it isn't always straightforward to get a game working, you may have to mess with the configuration for a long time, apply various patches and even then expect occasional crashes. Read the instructions for specific games to see what's involved.

There is also a non-free solution, apperently, something called CrossOver games, but I'm sorry, I don't know anything about that.

If you really have to have 100% compatability, I'm afraid you'll have to look into dual booting.