With the Star Trek Online release date just around the corner I have been wanting to try the game out. Most people would just tell me to get a beta key and download the client. Great suggestion but there is one small problem with that… I run a Mac and Atari has decided to make STO Windows only. So that leaves me with a couple of choices, try and get Windows running on my Mac or go out and buy/build a computer. As easy as it would be to hit up a local electronics store and purchase a machine I would want to do it on the cheap and then I would end up with a machine that would have to be upgraded after a few years. I am looking at doing a computer upgrade in the next couple of years.
The thing that makes me hesitant of installing Windows on the Mac is the last time I did I was unable to get iTunes and my Apple TV to work together for any period of time. It would synchronize once but then it would report that the firewall was blocking a specific port that is used to sync the information to the Apple TV. So after disabling the firewall on the system and creating custom rules for TCP and UDP both inbound and outbound it would still give me an error. I do have a copy of Windows XP available to me but I would prefer to install 64 bit Windows 7 and have more options for external storage and RAM.
I guess I need to decide soon due to the fact that I would want to pre-order the collectors edition if I still can.
