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mangofresh

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Okay for the macbooks I planned on playing some gaming but not intensely. whether it was the 2.0-2.4 ghz macbook could you play games such as warcraft 3 (dota) or the new upcoming starcraft 2 on regular graphics fine with good internet? For dota does anyone play dota on their macbooks and does it run smooth enough? And last question will your computer run slower if you have vista and mac os installed.
 
MacBook Pro, then yes (has the 8600). If it's just the MacBook which has integrated video, then no.
 
How does X3100 compare to discrete graphics? My family comp has X3100 and it handles the Vista Aero fine, but the 3D screensaver lags pretty badly.
 
Dont get a macbook if you are wanting to game, id recommend a Dell Studio 17. (new range of Dell laptops)
 
If you want to hardcore game, get a pc. If you are used to the mac environment and want to game a little, get a macbook pro. If you want to play 2-3 year old games, get the other macbooks.
 
mangofresh said:
Okay for the macbooks I planned on playing some gaming but not intensely. whether it was the 2.0-2.4 ghz macbook could you play games such as warcraft 3 (dota) or the new upcoming starcraft 2 on regular graphics fine with good internet? For dota does anyone play dota on their macbooks and does it run smooth enough? And last question will your computer run slower if you have vista and mac os installed.
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Man, I was a devoted MAC user for a long while. And I hated PC. But now PCs are a lot better now. And I just wanted to let you know that gaming on a mac is going to give you nothing but headaches and heartaches. Granted there are a couple of good tittles on the mac, but you can get the for way cheaper on a windows computer. For example. Battlefield 2142, for mac it cost $40, for PC $20. Also UT2004, $40 for Mac and probably less than $20 bucks on PC now. I just switched less than a month or two ago to PC gaming again. I love it. I still have my Powerbook G4 for school work and surfing the web and iTunes. But my PC is so fun to game on. If you are buying a mac to game, don't. But if you are going to buy a mac for school/work and an occasional video game or two, then go ahead.
 
Interested said:
actually i think the X3100 should be fine.
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Dude, the X3100 is integrated. I have that on my 2.16GHz MacBook and Acer laptop, it sucks! You're lucky if you can play Age of Empires II and Midtown Madness 2 on high settings.

There is no way he can play those newer games.
 
Definitely He could play warcraft 3 on the X3100 (I play it on an MX 440, at it is just fine). But I highly doubt that he would be able to play Starcraft 2 on that, It looks pretty demanding.
 
CommanderCkC said:
Man, I was a devoted MAC user for a long while. And I hated PC. But now PCs are a lot better now. And I just wanted to let you know that gaming on a mac is going to give you nothing but headaches and heartaches. Granted there are a couple of good tittles on the mac, but you can get the for way cheaper on a windows computer. For example. Battlefield 2142, for mac it cost $40, for PC $20. Also UT2004, $40 for Mac and probably less than $20 bucks on PC now. I just switched less than a month or two ago to PC gaming again. I love it. I still have my Powerbook G4 for school work and surfing the web and iTunes. But my PC is so fun to game on. If you are buying a mac to game, don't. But if you are going to buy a mac for school/work and an occasional video game or two, then go ahead.
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He can install windows in bootcamp and voila mac and windows on one laptop:D
 
Flar0n said:
Definitely He could play warcraft 3 on the X3100 (I play it on an MX 440, at it is just fine). But I highly doubt that he would be able to play Starcraft 2 on that, It looks pretty demanding.
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The MX 440 is actually a decent amount better then the X3100.
 
[-0MEGA-];1013719 said:
The MX 440 is actually a decent amount better then the X3100.
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is this true?!?!?! I just wish the macbook had a better graphics card or least be upgradeable (yes I don't want the pro too big).. if it could just play star craft 2 fine I would def buy becuase i'm pretty sure SC2 will be a game played for years on after.
 
[-0MEGA-];1012227 said:
Dude, the X3100 is integrated. I have that on my 2.16GHz MacBook and Acer laptop, it sucks! You're lucky if you can play Age of Empires II and Midtown Madness 2 on high settings.

There is no way he can play those newer games.
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Actually, it plays AoE II on my pc perfectly. The game is 9 year old
 
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