Even media work is better on windows...blockbuster video games etc etc.
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Even media work is better on windows...blockbuster video games etc etc.
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For me its a proper terminal to work on the windows one is just plain useless for most things, meaning you need something like putty. But even that doesn't have things like tabs and so on. Lucky OSX has a similar terminal to unix which is amazing.
It all depends on what your doing really, some things you will need windows.
Depends what media work, I know people like to use Photoshop and so on on OSX due to the better memory management.
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that is because .net is an MS framework by heart.
Other platform frameworks are more open to any platform.
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Quick question.
I'm assuming most games would struggle at it's native resolution. Is there any problems with dropping the res for games? Does it need to upscale (or downscale) meaning the performance suffers either way or will it work just like any other monitor?
I'm assuming most games would struggle at it's native resolution. Is there any problems with dropping the res for games? Does it need to upscale (or downscale) meaning the performance suffers either way or will it work just like any other monitor?
Of course! But you said that you need a Mac for "proper" development - I wasn't being pinickity, but I did want to point out that a very large proportion of developers have to opt with Windows from a professional standpoint.
Very true about other frameworks than .NET, but I still haven't seen a good reason why Windows is bad for professional programming. Thats not taking away from development on a mac of course.
Completely agree. If a computer gets a virus, 9 times out of 10 it's the user's fault in my opinion. Macs included.
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seriously josh....
Have to say my mac is working fine for playing Serious Sam 3, Path of Exile, Dota 2, Neverwinter, StarDrive, Civ V, any Valve game really, Borderlands 2 runs amazing, and plenty more.
In fact the only game that didn't work for me was Poker at the Inventory, but apparently it doesn't work for most people on MACs according to the steam forums.
Does it all really well. Sure it's not a gaming desktop, but it was never supposed to be.
The laptop should be fine for any COD game considering how old the engine is, but I'd say on BF3 you'll have to turn down the resolution and settings quite a bit. You won't be maxing out any graphics unless the game is a few years old.
I have to say though, I've been extremely impressed by the rMBP. I have 123 Steam games, 43 of which have native mac Clients. Others have mac clients which aren't on steam and the rest like Dota 2 and Neverwinter work brilliantly through wine without any performance issues.
Just head over to The Porting Team, for amazing wine ports of retro and new games.
My biggest gripe isn't with the laptop and is with MS. Especially making you pay for a Mac version of office when I all ready own an Office 2010 Pro package with multiple licenses. I'll get office 2011 eventually, but until then Pages and Numbers have done me fine.
In fact the only game that didn't work for me was Poker at the Inventory, but apparently it doesn't work for most people on MACs according to the steam forums.
Does it all really well. Sure it's not a gaming desktop, but it was never supposed to be.
The laptop should be fine for any COD game considering how old the engine is, but I'd say on BF3 you'll have to turn down the resolution and settings quite a bit. You won't be maxing out any graphics unless the game is a few years old.
I have to say though, I've been extremely impressed by the rMBP. I have 123 Steam games, 43 of which have native mac Clients. Others have mac clients which aren't on steam and the rest like Dota 2 and Neverwinter work brilliantly through wine without any performance issues.
Just head over to The Porting Team, for amazing wine ports of retro and new games.
My biggest gripe isn't with the laptop and is with MS. Especially making you pay for a Mac version of office when I all ready own an Office 2010 Pro package with multiple licenses. I'll get office 2011 eventually, but until then Pages and Numbers have done me fine.
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Lightroom licence works both on windows and OSX which si good
How do you find working with Pages?
Have you had any problems with it when opening/saving documents in the .doc format to work with Microsoft Office? As if it handles this no bother, then I might not bother with Office for Mac.
Have you had any problems with it when opening/saving documents in the .doc format to work with Microsoft Office? As if it handles this no bother, then I might not bother with Office for Mac.