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<blockquote data-quote="cde_woods" data-source="post: 53330">I can tell you about gaming on the 14&quot; iBook. Gaming on iBooks is hurt tremendously by the videocard.&nbsp; I got the 32 mb ATI Radeon, which was an upgrade from the default and cost extra money.&nbsp; It plays games like Unreal Tournament 2004 (with the settings all the way up if you're playing the deathmatch mode, but the vehicle levels will require you to tone it down), Command &amp; Conquer Generals (no way around it, I play this game with settings as far down as I can take them), Max Payne (pump the settings all the way up on this one, plays fine).&nbsp; I also play a few smaller, open source games like Super Tux and Frozen Bubble.&nbsp; I got hooked on them in my Linux days, I can't let them go.&nbsp; Games like those will run fine regardless of the videocard you get, I'm sure.The more video memory your card has the better the games it'll be able to play.&nbsp; I don't know of many games that require more than 1 ghz processing power, so that's not really the factor.&nbsp; It's all in the videocard.The powerbooks and powermacs are nice, you can get them set up with a 128 mb or 256 mb video card and game with the graphics up all day.&nbsp; Needless to say, it's expensive as ****.&nbsp; I'm considering getting a higher-end machine from Apple for my next computer so I can game a little more, but it's not really that important to me, so I'm rather hesitant.If you've already got a PC for gaming and can stand having low graphics settings when using your notebook on the go, i'd say go for it.&nbsp; Be aware that you'll have to buy new games for your Mac, the Windows CDs don't have mac installers on them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cde_woods, post: 53330"] I can tell you about gaming on the 14" iBook. Gaming on iBooks is hurt tremendously by the videocard. I got the 32 mb ATI Radeon, which was an upgrade from the default and cost extra money. It plays games like Unreal Tournament 2004 (with the settings all the way up if you're playing the deathmatch mode, but the vehicle levels will require you to tone it down), Command & Conquer Generals (no way around it, I play this game with settings as far down as I can take them), Max Payne (pump the settings all the way up on this one, plays fine). I also play a few smaller, open source games like Super Tux and Frozen Bubble. I got hooked on them in my Linux days, I can't let them go. Games like those will run fine regardless of the videocard you get, I'm sure. The more video memory your card has the better the games it'll be able to play. I don't know of many games that require more than 1 ghz processing power, so that's not really the factor. It's all in the videocard. The powerbooks and powermacs are nice, you can get them set up with a 128 mb or 256 mb video card and game with the graphics up all day. Needless to say, it's expensive as ****. I'm considering getting a higher-end machine from Apple for my next computer so I can game a little more, but it's not really that important to me, so I'm rather hesitant. If you've already got a PC for gaming and can stand having low graphics settings when using your notebook on the go, i'd say go for it. Be aware that you'll have to buy new games for your Mac, the Windows CDs don't have mac installers on them. [/QUOTE]

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