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PC gaming on a Macbook Pro? Help me decide between Mac or HP
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<blockquote data-quote="Deckyon" data-source="post: 1236387" data-attributes="member: 197651"><p>Don't bother with the 256MB video. It isn't worth the money to downgrade that.</p><p></p><p>When it comes to processor and video, always get the best you can afford at the time, especially with a laptop, because you cannot upgrade them at any time.</p><p></p><p>As for gaming on a Mac, yes. It is doable and enjoyable. I even run Steam (which others hate) for my Team Fortress and a few other games. "Bootcamp" is only Apple's word for "Dual Booting" and there is no performance degradation for Win7 in Bootcamp. The only way you would notice degradation in performance is if you use "virtual machines", which is just running a window running Windows7 (or other OS) while booted in OSX. At that point you are running 2 operating systems at the same time sharing the hardware.</p><p></p><p>Like Nick said, if it comes down to pure $, get the HP. However, if you have the money set aside, is it possible to put off the purchase a month or 2 and raise the extra money to get the MBP?</p><p></p><p>-EDIT-</p><p>For the record, I came from a high-end HP laptop (2007) into the OSX world just a few weeks ago. I run bootcamp for various pieces of software not available for Mac. The switch was a piece of cake and I have been liking finding the differences and reworking the brain to think different.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deckyon, post: 1236387, member: 197651"] Don't bother with the 256MB video. It isn't worth the money to downgrade that. When it comes to processor and video, always get the best you can afford at the time, especially with a laptop, because you cannot upgrade them at any time. As for gaming on a Mac, yes. It is doable and enjoyable. I even run Steam (which others hate) for my Team Fortress and a few other games. "Bootcamp" is only Apple's word for "Dual Booting" and there is no performance degradation for Win7 in Bootcamp. The only way you would notice degradation in performance is if you use "virtual machines", which is just running a window running Windows7 (or other OS) while booted in OSX. At that point you are running 2 operating systems at the same time sharing the hardware. Like Nick said, if it comes down to pure $, get the HP. However, if you have the money set aside, is it possible to put off the purchase a month or 2 and raise the extra money to get the MBP? -EDIT- For the record, I came from a high-end HP laptop (2007) into the OSX world just a few weeks ago. I run bootcamp for various pieces of software not available for Mac. The switch was a piece of cake and I have been liking finding the differences and reworking the brain to think different. [/QUOTE]
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