Mac + Windows = BBC iPlayer?

chimaera · 2 Jul 2007 at 09:23

Hey there, i fancy having a little multimedia machine that can play DVDs and also run the new BBC iPlayer software.

They've openly stated that it won't run on Macs at this moment in time, however what if i get an intel based mac mini with boot camp and windows xp media centre installed?

I don't know much about macs and so wasn't sure if the limitation was based upon the hardware itself or OSX.

Ta muchly.

Doug · 2 Jul 2007 at 09:46

It's an OS dependence, so, yes, it'll run fine under a Boot Camped Windows install. Parallels/VMWare would also be a more convenient option.

chex · 2 Jul 2007 at 10:46

yea i would use parallels/vmware

chimaera · 2 Jul 2007 at 11:34

Thanks for the info, i'll have a dig and see if it can do what i'm after

unknowndomain · 2 Jul 2007 at 11:54

I run 4oD on my mac using vmware/parallels either really and it works fine. Remeber that although it works its a window inside a window unless you run both the app on windows (wmp11) and the one on mac (vmware or parallels) in full screen