So, as CR and Dsurian know, I've been having a few computer issues.

First, a few weeks back, I had walked through troubleshooting with CR - at first, we narrowed it down to an issue with the graphics card. Then, the computer messed up even with a different graphics card in it, and wouldn't even turn on. After a series (5+ hours) of tinkering with it, it powered up but never turned on (not even a single beep).

Now, I turned it on a few days ago just to see what would happen. It turned on just fine. I even played SWTOR on high settings (which it had not done before by default) and everything was smooth. So, just to be on the safe side, I made sure to turn it off and let it cool down. The next day, I tried it again - it shut off (power still on, but no input signal to monitor) on a loading screen. Today, I tried it again - both times, I got in-game and playing for about 2-3 minutes, then it would inexplicably shut off again, the same way (power on, system running, but no input signal).

So, I turned it off and tried turning it back on, and now I'm getting a steady beep like I used to get. I'm out of ideas as to what could be the issue here, so, fellow Shadow Knights - any ideas?

I do use a MacBook Pro with Bootcamp, but in this case, it is a borrowed desktop rig running Windows 7.

And yeah - I don't use Parallels but I don't see any reason why it won't work for your wife! Her MacBook is significantly better than mine, too, so the game should run just fine.

If it boots up again, I'll give all that a try. It has only happened in-game (so far as I know), but then again, I only turn it on when I'm playing the game. So, I'll see if I can get it to turn on and just sit for a while instead of loading the game.