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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 1355071" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>The best way to run Windows games is to do it under Windows (natively) by installing it via Boot Camp. But even then, the Mac Pro hardware is not optimized for gaming. You'd be much better off building a custom gaming rig for half to a third of the price of the Mac Pro dedicated to gaming. If you really want a Mac for iOS development, you could pick up a Mac Mini with the money you saved.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It depends on what your criteria is for replacement of a machine. If it's based on how well it does in gaming, then I'd say it's already obsolete. The Mac Pro is many things.... but a gaming rig is not one of them.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Apple has no special magic in the Mac to make it a Mac. It uses commodity x86 hardware with custom firmware. So, it will run Linux just as well as any other machine with equivalent hardware.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think your best solution would be to keep a Windows box for your gaming needs and pick up a cheap Mac and a KVM switch for doing iOS development. A Mac Pro is just not a good fit for what you're doing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1355071, member: 24098"] The best way to run Windows games is to do it under Windows (natively) by installing it via Boot Camp. But even then, the Mac Pro hardware is not optimized for gaming. You'd be much better off building a custom gaming rig for half to a third of the price of the Mac Pro dedicated to gaming. If you really want a Mac for iOS development, you could pick up a Mac Mini with the money you saved. It depends on what your criteria is for replacement of a machine. If it's based on how well it does in gaming, then I'd say it's already obsolete. The Mac Pro is many things.... but a gaming rig is not one of them. Apple has no special magic in the Mac to make it a Mac. It uses commodity x86 hardware with custom firmware. So, it will run Linux just as well as any other machine with equivalent hardware. I think your best solution would be to keep a Windows box for your gaming needs and pick up a cheap Mac and a KVM switch for doing iOS development. A Mac Pro is just not a good fit for what you're doing. [/QUOTE]
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