tom1502 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Hi all, I'd like to be able to work on the mission editor when I'm away from home. I have a MacBook Pro and an iPad Pro, so those can not run DCS full stop. I was wondering whether a Surface Pro would be able to run DCS purely for the mission editor, with no intention of flying. Thanks in advance, Tom Windows 10 Home - 64 Bit Intel Core i7-9770K 32GB DDR4 RAM Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080Ti Oculus Rift S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudel_chw Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 If the macbook pro has a discrete graphics card and enough free drive space, it could run dcs using apple’s bootcamp and windows 7/8. None of the surface pro has discrete graphics, and i believe that dcs will not run well (if at all) on the intel integrated graphics. For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600X - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia GTX1070ti - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar - Oculus Rift CV1 Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom1502 Posted October 16, 2018 Author Share Posted October 16, 2018 Thanks, thought it would be unlikely. It's something I'll probably have to leave. It was a thought for the future replacement of the MacBook and iPad; though I don't want to move that stuff away from Apple. Windows 10 Home - 64 Bit Intel Core i7-9770K 32GB DDR4 RAM Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080Ti Oculus Rift S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feefifofum Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 I had a friend who played 1.2 on a Surface Pro 2 without issue. Not the smoothest ride but it worked. I imagine you'd be fine for just tinkering in the ME. MY MISSIONS AND CAMPAIGNS: THE GEORGIAN WAR - OFFICIAL F-15C DLC Operation Hydra - Large scale MP CO-OP in the Persian Gulf The New Soviet Republic - Ongoing MP CO-OP Campaign in the Caucasus region Operation Wax Wings - Large scale MP CO-OP in the Caucasus region Operation Lead Sky - Large scale MP CO-OP in the Persian Gulf Operation Skyhook - Large scale MP CO-OP in the Persian Gulf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cravgar Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 I think you can get a nvidia device (i dont know the name) that allows you run run an 'external graphics card' of sorts so that you can use a device like a surface pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VirusAM Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Hi all, I'd like to be able to work on the mission editor when I'm away from home. I have a MacBook Pro and an iPad Pro, so those can not run DCS full stop. I was wondering whether a Surface Pro would be able to run DCS purely for the mission editor, with no intention of flying. Thanks in advance, Tom yes you can...i use a surface pro as a server sometimes....i had just to edit a line in the config about the graphics card. but if you use it only in mission editor you should non have any issue. But having a macbook pro i would consider use a windows virtual machine Vincent "Virus" Base: VPForce "Rhino" Force Feedback base + Virpil T-50CM2 Grip Throttle: Winwing Orion F18 Throttle with Fingerlift Add-On Rudder: MFG Crosswind v3 Rudder with damper and Combat Pedals Misc: Trackir v5 pro, Razer Tartarus, JetSeat, Modded Speedmaster Flight Seat System: R9-5800x3d, 64GB Ram, RTX 3090, Samsung G5 32", HP Reverb G2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schroedi Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 None of the surface pro has discrete graphics, and i believe that dcs will not run well (if at all) on the intel integrated graphics. Some Surface Book 2 have a GTX 1060 6GB GPU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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