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The Sims2 doesn't work!

Written by LM from Columbus

Sep 23, 2008

I bought The Sims2 when it first came out for the Mac. I have a Power Mac G5. It meets the system requirements. All it does is crash. I have only been able to play it a few times. I call Aspyr and get the same answer. They just tell me to reinstall it and blame my computer. The patches seem to make things worse. I am very upset and I want some answers. It's too expensive to not work. If someone has a suggestion thay I may not have tried yet, please post it. I just want it to work.

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I just bought the sims 2

Written by KP

Jul 18, 2007

I used to have sims on my acer/ibm comp and it worked most of the time, but it died one day and i just bought a new macbook and i haven't put anything on it and i also bought the sims 2 for macs and it won't let me download the game because i don't have enough memory. i bought this computer less than 3 hours ago!!! how do i not have enough memory???? i haven't put ANYTHING on this computer

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Doesn't run on PPC Leopard machines

Written by DS from Fort Collins

Feb 24, 2008

This product doesn't run on any of my PPC Leopard systems, even after following the complex, dare I say, windows like instructions from support on how to make it run. Considering that kazilions of parents are letting their kids use their old systems for games I'd say that this is a problem.

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The Sims 2

not on my macbook pro

Written by JF from Hyde Park

Aug 4, 2007

I had bought this game a few months ago, knowing that I would eventually end up with something more powerful than my G3 iBook. Welp, with my lovely new MacBook Pro on my lap, it turns out that this game won't run on my Intel Core 2 Duo. Mac support was not much of a help at all (though they are usually great), and Aspyr, rather than just sending me a patch, has suggested a ridiculous head-patting-stomach-rubbing set of steps that 'might work.'

How's that for a $50 silvery plastic disk?

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Major Disapiontment

Written by DC from Great Falls

Jan 13, 2006

I purchased a copy of this game for my 12 inch PowerBook, only to find that the frame rate was about 2 frames per second. My mac met all of the minimum requirements, but the game was about 3 times slower than my PC version of the game. Apparently, the game runs properly on a G5.

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The Sims 2

No good

Written by SM from Anchorage

Sep 22, 2008

I got this game for my Mac because I got a new computer and I have all the sims for PC, so when I got it for Mac I thought it would be great. Its wasn't. This worked well at first, had some minor problems with the picture that I could deal with. But, one day it just quit working. This game no longer works on my Mac. My suggestion is to buy the PC version, partition your hard drive with windows and download it on your mac that way.

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Does not work with new macbook pro!

Written by JB from pittsburgh

Jun 27, 2007

I recently purchased my new macbook pro with 2gb of ram a duel core 2.0+ processor and this game freezes and then freezes again i have downloaded all the recent patches and i must say that this is a horrible dissapointment!!!!!

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Buyer Beware!

Written by EL from Waltham

Jun 14, 2005

Aspyr has some explaining to do with respect to their ever-changing system requirements. I've seen many citing choppy play and crashes. I've experienced the same. This is sometimes par for the course but c'mon -- isn't it bad enough that there are too few Mac games to begin with and that we must upgrade just to play this long awaited game where Windows users have expansion packs already?

1GHz CPU speed seems to be ok; video cards should be better than what is listed on this site. Major disappointment after waiting so long for a Mac version!!!

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The Sims 2

Written by TH from Rock Valley

Jul 12, 2007

Does not work on my brand new MacBook Pro.

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"slighty" annoyed

Written by JA from Everett

Jan 11, 2006

I don't know what the deal is... freezes on my PB 1.25 with 2 Gigs of Ram, and it's extremely buggy on my G5 to the point where it's not runnable. are the macs in my house just windows-tarded or what. it's probably a quick fix, but i wasn't expecting to have to do troubleshooting right out the box

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PC Version is way better!

Written by AS from Elmwood Park

Nov 3, 2008

There is not a bigger Sims fan than me. I had all of the original sims and I own all of The Sims 2 games and expansion pacs for PC. I recently purchased a Mac and got The Sims 2 as a gift for my mac and the graphics are awful! everything looks fuzzy. Now I find myself using my old PC just to play the sims. I really hope that The Sims 3 for Mac is a lot better.

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Can't install on Leopard

Written by SW from San Diego

Mar 1, 2008

I love the game to death but there are problems when trying to load the game onto my now-Leopard running Mac. I am having serious issues installing the Sims 2 that I purchased when they first came out. It simply won't work, I've tried over and over. Hopefully this issue can be resolved, I'm going to be extremely upset if I can't play a game I have purchased a bunch of expansion packs for.

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the only advantage of windows

Written by AM from Albion

Aug 21, 2006

i tried to install this game with the Universal patch on my MacBook, and it runs HORRIBLY. however, if i reboot into Windows and install the PC version, it runs smoothly on Medium-High graphic settings. am i missing something here?

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Doesnt play well on iMac

Written by FT from Hollywood

Oct 23, 2007

I got this iMac to play with Sims 2 last month. 2.4ghz Intel Core 2 Duo and You'd think it would play well and no. Buggy especially on the building mode and buy mode. Everything else seem correct.

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Fun Game but has major problems

Written by JS from Bethel

Dec 20, 2005

I have a new 12 inch powerbook G4 and the game runs really slowly. everytime i play it it always freezes freezes and i have 768 mb of RAM a 64 mg video ram, 1.5 ghz processor and an 80 gb hard drive. I would just buy the regular sims.

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The Sims 2

Eh

Written by CG from Lake Forest

Jul 9, 2005

Took too long to come out, so many problems with it it's not even funny. Good game, nothing to download that'll work with it though. EA stiffs us Mac players like that.

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Not enough room

Written by LM from West Windsor

Jun 30, 2007

I love this game, but it takes up so much memory I could scream! Listen, if you want to play this game with no problems, buy a separate computer to house this game. Otherwise, you should devote the computer you install it into to Sims. Forget your other software, this takes up so much memory.

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Not enough room

Written by LM from West Windsor

Jun 30, 2007

I love this game, but it takes up so much memory I could scream! Listen, if you want to play this game with no problems, buy a separate computer to house this game. Otherwise, you should devote the computer you install it into to Sims. Forget your other software, this takes up so much memory.

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