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<blockquote data-quote="StarManta" data-source="post: 17483"><p>This is becoming less and less true as time goes on. The only major recent game that has no Mac version (as least as far as I know/care) is Final Fantasy XI... Many, many popular games, like Warcraft III and Halo, are available for Mac. And don't think that Macs don't have the power to run them either - despite the relatively low-power video card in my Powerbook (Radeon 9000) it still runs all the games I've played on it very smoothly.</p><p></p><p>The only reason I can see for Macs being used for graphics and web design (video editing, I can't say) seems to be that everyone tells everyone that they are widely used for graphics and web design. Don't get me wrong, they're great for graphics and web design, but the majority of the graphics type software supports both OS's.</p><p></p><p>Basically, you get what you pay for. If you want a cheap machine that can run all your games and you don't mind wasting time with virii, security patches, and general OS headaches, then by all means buy (or build) a windows machine. But if you have a couple hundred extra bucks, and you want an OS and a computer that work better, get a Mac.</p><p></p><p>Still reading?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="StarManta, post: 17483"] This is becoming less and less true as time goes on. The only major recent game that has no Mac version (as least as far as I know/care) is Final Fantasy XI... Many, many popular games, like Warcraft III and Halo, are available for Mac. And don't think that Macs don't have the power to run them either - despite the relatively low-power video card in my Powerbook (Radeon 9000) it still runs all the games I've played on it very smoothly. The only reason I can see for Macs being used for graphics and web design (video editing, I can't say) seems to be that everyone tells everyone that they are widely used for graphics and web design. Don't get me wrong, they're great for graphics and web design, but the majority of the graphics type software supports both OS's. Basically, you get what you pay for. If you want a cheap machine that can run all your games and you don't mind wasting time with virii, security patches, and general OS headaches, then by all means buy (or build) a windows machine. But if you have a couple hundred extra bucks, and you want an OS and a computer that work better, get a Mac. Still reading? [/QUOTE]
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