Best way to play dota(warcraft3) on mac?

Question

I owned a macbook pro. I want to play a PC game called WarCraft 3, Dota. I have google and done some research on how to play dota on mac.

(S1)Most of them would recommend buy Warcraft 3 for mac version (yes, there is warcraft 3 for mac). However, I already owned a PC version, and I dont want to waste another $60++ bucks to buy a mac version (its an old game as you guys already know).

Thus, I come across some forums suggesting using VM (virtual machine) or using bootcamp to install windows and play.

(S2) Using bootcamp and install windows. Well, it sounds good for me, but after I do another research, if I am not good in, or no experience in bootcamp-ing, I might crash or need to reformat my Mac(when partitioning), and apple also recommend keep doing backup for your mac when using bootcamp, I do not want to go through all this troublesome things, thus I will not choose this method.

Last, my (S3) method is to install virtual machine. I use VirtualBox, and already install a windows xp, running and works perfectly fine. Now, I am wondering, if i install warcraft into this virtual machine, and play game, approximately 5 hours a day, will it crash my Mac? Okay, to give a summary, following are my questions about running Wacraft 3 on VM Windows XP on MacBook Pro:

1) Will the game lag, the video render etc?

2) Most importantly, will it damage my mac?

If you have others methods of playing dota (warcraft3) on mac other than what I mentioned above, please do share with me (or, mac users). Thank you

NOTE: (S) means Suggestion:

Answer

Firs, you should reconsider not buying it. You can have i for 20 USD, available for download at Blizzard site. Furthermore, IIRC you can register you activation key on the new Battle.net site and download the mac version for free.

As for you questions about the VM machine:

• First, it should not damage you mac in any way, that's the point of a virtual machine. It's software computer, using a software hard drive. If it damage your machine, there is something really wrong with the program.

• Warcraft 3 could run on it, but if it require graphic acceleration, don't expect too much. Some VMs have implemented graphics acceleration, but it is mostly experimental. Although, I think it should be OK for Warcraft3.

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