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hey everyone! i might buy my first mac..?
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<blockquote data-quote="jaywong87" data-source="post: 583326" data-attributes="member: 16440"><p>1. Wow, this one might be too much to answer. I'll tell you this, my last mac, a Powerbook G4...I went 2 years without it ever slowing down due to clutter, spyware, malware or viruses. I never defragged, never "scanned" my computer, never did ANY maintenance. ****, I didn't even turn it off correctly for the last 6 months of use. It can take a LOT of abuse, and none of the backlash. There are a bunch of little perks and features I love about OSX, but I dont want to list them all. Search on google for a list.</p><p></p><p>2. No, they're not. On the laptop front, the MB is as upgradable as it gets. Total access to harddrive and RAM and Battery. Very useful. And the keys are a breeze to replace.</p><p></p><p>3. As you might know, OSX has Bootcamp: A program that lets you install Windows. It will work as great and as quick as Windows will run. The games will work like it ran on a PC. However, games that are actually for the Mac dont run quite as well as their PC counterparts. Also, you have to keep your eye out on when the game was made. If it was made BEFORE the switch to intel (Early 2006?), then the games will run horribly. Because the games were made for the PPC architecture, and not for Intel's chips.</p><p></p><p>Some games are patched to run universally on both chips, but even then the games dont run well. The Sims 2 still runs like crap on my maxed out MBP. The same game on Windows runs smooth as butter.</p><p></p><p>So no, the Mac isnt really great for games, unless you have Windows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jaywong87, post: 583326, member: 16440"] 1. Wow, this one might be too much to answer. I'll tell you this, my last mac, a Powerbook G4...I went 2 years without it ever slowing down due to clutter, spyware, malware or viruses. I never defragged, never "scanned" my computer, never did ANY maintenance. ****, I didn't even turn it off correctly for the last 6 months of use. It can take a LOT of abuse, and none of the backlash. There are a bunch of little perks and features I love about OSX, but I dont want to list them all. Search on google for a list. 2. No, they're not. On the laptop front, the MB is as upgradable as it gets. Total access to harddrive and RAM and Battery. Very useful. And the keys are a breeze to replace. 3. As you might know, OSX has Bootcamp: A program that lets you install Windows. It will work as great and as quick as Windows will run. The games will work like it ran on a PC. However, games that are actually for the Mac dont run quite as well as their PC counterparts. Also, you have to keep your eye out on when the game was made. If it was made BEFORE the switch to intel (Early 2006?), then the games will run horribly. Because the games were made for the PPC architecture, and not for Intel's chips. Some games are patched to run universally on both chips, but even then the games dont run well. The Sims 2 still runs like crap on my maxed out MBP. The same game on Windows runs smooth as butter. So no, the Mac isnt really great for games, unless you have Windows. [/QUOTE]
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