Is it worth getting a MBP over a MB if there's hardly any OSX games?

Nash · 20 Nov 2006 at 02:28

I'd like the extended screen size and resolution but apart from that it's just the graphics card. How good is 128mb X1600 anyway? What kind of Mac games are out there?

Beansprout · 20 Nov 2006 at 02:39

You can throw Bootcamp on and boot into Windows anyway

A5H · 20 Nov 2006 at 03:49

That was the decision I had to make too.
Decided on a MB as I would primarily be using it for graphics work.
Plus a laptop may aswell be as portable as possible for me.

Fillado · 20 Nov 2006 at 04:18

Mac Games...

To Buy:

Civilization IV
Call Of Duty 2
Unreal Tournament 2004
World Of Warcraft
Quake IV
Doom 3
Halo (now with a UB, though not sure if that's for UK people...)

(All those are UB)

For Free:

Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (Not UB)
VDrift (UB)
Nexuiz (UB)
Battle For Wesnoth (UB)

Nash · 20 Nov 2006 at 11:03

Beansprout said:
You can throw Bootcamp on and boot into Windows anyway

How efficient is it for the hardware compared to a "normal" PC laptop? 100%?

Looks like quite a good list of games Fillado

How well do they run?

Beansprout · 20 Nov 2006 at 11:06

Nash said:
How efficient is it for the hardware compared to a "normal" PC laptop? 100%?

Looks like quite a good list of games Fillado How well do they run?

100%, it boots natively from a Windows CD and installs Windows, as with a normal PC (and from then on you can dual-boot OS X or Windows) :cool:

VaderDSL · 20 Nov 2006 at 11:16

I had this same decision. For me, I sold my main PC and my friend rightly helped me decide that replacing a high end PC with a Macbook would not be the best for me.

So I ended up going for the Macbook Pro and have not regretted it, it is a fabulous machine, looks absolutely awesome, the software is amazing with OSX and there is a whole host of free software for it.

Mr Jones · 20 Nov 2006 at 11:27

Don't forget there's OSX Postal 2

AJUK · 20 Nov 2006 at 13:50

There are plenty of games for Mac OS X:

http://www.apple.com/games/articles/

Stop listening to the PC fanboy geeks and get a proper computer with a proper OS. Once you've had Mac, you don't go back.

M0KUJ1N · 20 Nov 2006 at 13:53

double-post delete me plz

M0KUJ1N · 20 Nov 2006 at 13:54

AJUK said:
Stop listening to the Mac fanboy geeks and get a proper computer with a proper OS.

or.....

AJUK said:
Stop listening to the PC fanboy geeks and get an overpriced computer with an over-rated OS. Once you've had Mac, you don't go back.

Take your pick

Done purely in jest of course, seeing as Im looking forward to receiving a shiny new Mac-mini from work

AJUK · 20 Nov 2006 at 14:01

M0KUJ1N said:
or.....

Take your pick

Done purely in jest of course, seeing as Im looking forward to receiving a shiny new Mac-mini from work

When you get it, you will come to realise not only how good the Mac platform is but how crappy the Winblows one is as well.

Fillado · 20 Nov 2006 at 14:41

Indeed that just happened to me recently. Been at Uni and have barely touched a Windows computer what with my MacBook , and when I went back home and used my Windows computer is was all "urgh"

TheVoice · 20 Nov 2006 at 14:48

AJUK said:
There are plenty of games for Mac OS X:

http://www.apple.com/games/articles/

Stop listening to the PC fanboy geeks and get a proper computer with a proper OS. Once you've had Mac, you don't go back.

Your post is filled with irony.

Spyhop · 20 Nov 2006 at 14:54

And when you do get a Mac, try not to turn in to one of THOSE..

Hate · 20 Nov 2006 at 16:17

if you want a REAL man's os, get OS2/Warp