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<blockquote data-quote="snoslicer8" data-source="post: 393149" data-attributes="member: 19029"><p>I use my MBP for World of Warcraft, and it works very well. You just have to get used to the fans running pretty high-speed all the time, since the case is so small. If you REALLY need to game, I would spring for the higher-end 15" or the 17" version, since they have the 256 MB video card. To my knowledge, the card DOES have hardware T&L, which I think is the biggest requirement for today's newest games.</p><p></p><p>Also, chances are you're going to need to run Windows XP under Boot Camp with quite a sizable partition allocated to it, since all of the good games need at least a few GB for an install. Add in to this that we all know Windows does NOT fare well with less than 5 GB of free space, since it uses so much space for a paging file.</p><p></p><p>All in all, I'd get the upper-end 15" or the 17", with a HDD upgrade to the 200 GB. Then, dedicate at least 50 GB to your Windows install for all your gaming needs. Once you get Windows installed and the Mac drivers CD finished, make sure you install the latest ATI drivers for the card model that's in the MBP.</p><p></p><p>Then you should be all set!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snoslicer8, post: 393149, member: 19029"] I use my MBP for World of Warcraft, and it works very well. You just have to get used to the fans running pretty high-speed all the time, since the case is so small. If you REALLY need to game, I would spring for the higher-end 15" or the 17" version, since they have the 256 MB video card. To my knowledge, the card DOES have hardware T&L, which I think is the biggest requirement for today's newest games. Also, chances are you're going to need to run Windows XP under Boot Camp with quite a sizable partition allocated to it, since all of the good games need at least a few GB for an install. Add in to this that we all know Windows does NOT fare well with less than 5 GB of free space, since it uses so much space for a paging file. All in all, I'd get the upper-end 15" or the 17", with a HDD upgrade to the 200 GB. Then, dedicate at least 50 GB to your Windows install for all your gaming needs. Once you get Windows installed and the Mac drivers CD finished, make sure you install the latest ATI drivers for the card model that's in the MBP. Then you should be all set! [/QUOTE]
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