Macbook and Call of Duty II

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I've searched around and around and have not had great success finding a solid answer. Diehard gamers say the regular Macbook sucks because of the integrated graphics, others say to pay the extra to get the Macbook Pro, and a lot of Macbook owners claim they can game just fine. I really would prefer the regular MB as opposed to the MBP for reasons of size and price. I will never be playing Counter Strike, Doom, Quake, or anything else. I just want to be able to play Rise of Nations, AOE II, maybe AOE III, and COD I and II. So, can a Macbook play COD II with playable frame rates, *some lag when the fighting is heavy or smoke effects are going on is fine with me, graphics can be set to low settings etc. I would be getting one of the 2.16GHz models with 2GB of Ram. I've found a few Youtube videos, but I sometimes question Youtube's accuracy so I'd like to hear from people here.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WetOF87RMY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mMwV_K7MNc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCQu1oskiv0
 
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I know I know, it's a dumb question that's been asked a billion times, but nobody seems to answer it well.
 

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I can't answer it now. But another week or so and we'll be a 2 Mac household and can compare the MB to the MBP heads up. :D
 
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That would be most helpful actually.
 
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Why don't you take the demo for a test run, there's some heavy fighting in it, and you'll see how it goes.
 
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I don't actually own a Macbook yet.... still shopping, but I think I'll buy the MB anyway, not a MBP. I realized in the past 2 months I've spent maybe 10 hours total gaming, and most of that was on a rise of nations pc demo. That game is not graphics intensive so it should be fine on an upgraded MB. After hours of more searching I seee the regular MB will be good enought for CODII, just not great.
 

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