Looking at getting a Macbook

mangofresh · 06-05-2008, 03:25 AM

I was wondering if the macbooks (black one) with their intel graphics card can handle games such as world of warcraft and upcoming ones like warhammer. Someone told me that the graphics card that comes with the macbooks are actually pretty good. Thanks

Enjoihcky24/7 · 06-05-2008, 03:29 AM

It could handle WoW just fine, but more GPU intensive games might get a little rough.

mangofresh · 06-05-2008, 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Enjoihcky24/7

It could handle WoW just fine, but more GPU intensive games might get a little rough.

Oh nice. I might get a 4gb macbook and hope that would help too. So you think warhammer would be okay too? And also I heard running windows on the macbook becomes really laggy or slow and running windows on the mac OS is better overall.

Enjoihcky24/7 · 06-05-2008, 04:35 AM

After looking into it, it would seem that War Hero should run fine, you may not get the settings to all high though.

tlarkin · 06-05-2008, 04:39 AM

At my old work they gave all the PC guys either Gateways or HPs, and they all had integrated intel cards. One of my co-workers had WoW loaded on his and it ran fine and that was like 2 years ago.

Irishwhistle · 06-05-2008, 05:29 PM

Would a macbook work with my linksys router (or any router for that matter), because I was on the apple website and it said you need an AirPort base... is that just to get you to buy their product? Thanks!

Kill Bill · 06-05-2008, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Irishwhistle

Would a macbook work with my linksys router (or any router for that matter), because I was on the apple website and it said you need an AirPort base... is that just to get you to buy their product? Thanks!

No it works with any base station but since it's N ready they recommend buying a N workbus aka airport extreme for the 108MB/S also mango fresh

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I was wondering if the macbooks (black one) with their intel graphics card can handle games such as world of warcraft and upcoming ones like warhammer. Someone told me that the graphics card that comes with the macbooks are actually pretty good. Thanks

It supports Shader Model 3 so it is kind of a mid range GPU so gaming will be fine.

mightymilk · 06-05-2008, 07:28 PM

i think you're hurting yourself using a Macbook as your photo editing computer. only because the entry level Macbook is a very small LCD, and is not designed for professional photography work.

i'm guessing you prefer the Mac OS and thats why you're only looking at Macs. if you're serious about photographing professionally, look into getting a LaCie monitor. Apple displays are great for general purpose use. but for photography you really need to look into a monitor, with true color representation and uniform contrast/brightness.

maybe get the laptop first then save up for a nice display. even though Apple makes a great general purpose display. you will see a difference between the colors on screen, and the final printed product.

good luck

Kill Bill · 06-05-2008, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by mightymilk

i think you're hurting yourself using a Macbook as your photo editing computer. only because the entry level Macbook is a very small LCD, and is not designed for professional photography work.

i'm guessing you prefer the Mac OS and thats why you're only looking at Macs. if you're serious about photographing professionally, look into getting a LaCie monitor. Apple displays are great for general purpose use. but for photography you really need to look into a monitor, with true color representation and uniform contrast/brightness.

maybe get the laptop first then save up for a nice display. even though Apple makes a great general purpose display. you will see a difference between the colors on screen, and the final printed product.

good luck

No you almost suggesting windows is for photo editing when you said im guessing you prefer the mac os. The Matte MB is fine

Irishwhistle · 06-05-2008, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Kill Bill

No it works with any base station but since it's N ready they recommend buying a N workbus aka airport extreme for the 108MB/S also mango fresh It supports Shader Model 3 so it is kind of a mid range GPU so gaming will be fine.

You said "no" but it sounds like you mean yes it will work. will it? Thanks!

I'm pretty convinced that this is the computer for me.

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06-05-2008, 03:25 AM	#31 (permalink)
mangofresh Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 45	I was wondering if the macbooks (black one) with their intel graphics card can handle games such as world of warcraft and upcoming ones like warhammer. Someone told me that the graphics card that comes with the macbooks are actually pretty good. Thanks

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tlarkin VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 7,011	At my old work they gave all the PC guys either Gateways or HPs, and they all had integrated intel cards. One of my co-workers had WoW loaded on his and it ran fine and that was like 2 years ago.