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My First MacBook Pro Ever ... several questions.
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<blockquote data-quote="Nethfel" data-source="post: 940162" data-attributes="member: 89124"><p>Can SL be used to upgrade the 13" - legally, no - your license for use of SL does not apply to a second persons computer. I'll leave that one alone there <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Besides - if he's got the 13" MBP, he has Leopard on it, and it's only $29 to upgrade to SL, so we're not talking major investment here... </p><p></p><p>Can it handle games - yes. The 17" standard config you got - assuming you bought a brand new one, is a 2.8 GHz C2D, 4 Gig ram, 9600M GT. I have a friend whom I had sold my previous gaming laptop to - a MSI 2.4 GHz that can OC to 2.8 GHz, 9600mGT GPU, 15" and he plays COD4, Left4Dead (1 and 2) and quite a few other games on it. I don't see any reason why you couldn't on that macbook - you may not be able to do full rez (you'll have to test) and some games will work better in windows then on OSX (this can occur on games originally made for windows later ported to OSX - ie: on my mac pro, I have the OSX and windows version of COD4 - I get 2-4x the framerate on the windows side then I do on the OSX side - but this is due to the way the game was ported from windows)</p><p></p><p>Enjoy your new lappy!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nethfel, post: 940162, member: 89124"] Can SL be used to upgrade the 13" - legally, no - your license for use of SL does not apply to a second persons computer. I'll leave that one alone there :) Besides - if he's got the 13" MBP, he has Leopard on it, and it's only $29 to upgrade to SL, so we're not talking major investment here... Can it handle games - yes. The 17" standard config you got - assuming you bought a brand new one, is a 2.8 GHz C2D, 4 Gig ram, 9600M GT. I have a friend whom I had sold my previous gaming laptop to - a MSI 2.4 GHz that can OC to 2.8 GHz, 9600mGT GPU, 15" and he plays COD4, Left4Dead (1 and 2) and quite a few other games on it. I don't see any reason why you couldn't on that macbook - you may not be able to do full rez (you'll have to test) and some games will work better in windows then on OSX (this can occur on games originally made for windows later ported to OSX - ie: on my mac pro, I have the OSX and windows version of COD4 - I get 2-4x the framerate on the windows side then I do on the OSX side - but this is due to the way the game was ported from windows) Enjoy your new lappy! [/QUOTE]
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