Basic Help Required For Minecraft Please.

[Pottyone]

My son is playing Minecraft on his iPad. He wants to purchase it on our iMac too. I'm not very good at these things so he has the ability to pull the wool over my eyes. Is there a valid reason for wanting it on the iMac if he already has it on his iPad? Is it different on each? It's £17.95 to download it to the iMac. He has already paid £4.99 to download it on his iPod which meant he got it on his iPad when he synched them, but apparently we can't synch the iMac with the iPad and get it that way. Also, he says he can then play with his friends in their houses if he has it on the iMac but he can't do that on his iPad unless they are actually in our house with their iPads. TIA.

[ludwig]

I just asked my son as he plays it on his iPad and also with his friends over the internet on his xbox. He says that what your son is saying is correct.

[Pottyone]

Thank you. My next question is, my hubby isn't keen on it being downloaded onto 'his' iMac! I'm looking into putting it on my old laptop for our son but the laptop is a bit knackered. I can't seem to find out how much memory etc Minecraft will take up. I don't want to spend £17.95 only to find it won't work on the old laptop. Plus I assume I would have to buy different versions for a laptop to an iMac so if it didn't work on the laptop and hubby gave in we wouldn't just be able to log in on the iMac instead. All advice appreciated. TIA again.

[Pottyone]

Anyone??????

[AB Editor]

Minimum Requirements:
CPU : Intel P4/NetBurst Architecture or its AMD Equivalent (AMD K7)
RAM : 2GB
GPU : Intel GMA 950 or AMD Equivalent
HDD : At least 90MB for Game Core and Sound Files
Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 or up is required to be able to run the game.

Recommended Requirements:
CPU : Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 (K8) 2.6 GHz
RAM : 4GB
GPU : GeForce 6xxx or ATI Radeon 9xxx and up with OpenGL 2 Support (Excluding Integrated Chipsets)
HDD : 150MB

Software Requirements:
Minecraft Release 1.2.5 or newer. Older versions will need to be updated to current versions
Java (Java SE 6 Update 32 or Java SE 7 Update 4 or newer is preferred)
Please note that some users experience issues playing Minecraft while using a mismatched version of Java for their operating system (32 or 64 bit), while using certain versions of Java 7, or while multiple versions of Java are installed

[AB Editor]

"I don't want to spend £17.95 only to find it won't work on the old laptop. Plus I assume I would have to buy different versions for a laptop to an iMac so if it didn't work on the laptop and hubby gave in we wouldn't just be able to log in on the iMac instead. All advice appreciated. TIA again."

With the desktop version of Minecraft you just buy an account which allows you to download the install file again at any time - you just need to make sure you remember the login details.

[B00]

My 8 year old is obsessed with this game!

[Pottyone]

Thanks all. AB Editor, if I buy it for the laptop will it work on the imac as long as I have through login details ( should hubby give in and let him have it on the imac)?

[Booldawg]

dont worry triggs, they'll be back as soon as they've run out iron ore.

[Pottyone]

So does anyone know if I can use it on a mac if I've purchased it on a standard laptop (as long as I've remembered the userid etc)?