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Some Macbook Air gaming questions
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<blockquote data-quote="NarrowPath" data-source="post: 1529192" data-attributes="member: 307979"><p>Hello,</p><p></p><p>I am currently a Windows 8 user, have used Windows back to 95 and have built my own gaming desktops. My current (only) pc is an HP 17 inch laptop with win8 64 bit.</p><p></p><p>I am interested in a Macbook Air 13 for the long battery life and the magsafe connector. My current laptop is a couple years old and the battery lasts about an hour so it needs to be plugged in frequently and I am concerned that the kids will snap off the power connector when they climb up and down on me. It would be nice to not need to keep the Air plugged in and if it needed to be, to not worry about the connector snapping off. </p><p></p><p>I have never used OSX but I have played with it at best buy and have used Ubuntu also, so I feel the transition will be ok for me.</p><p></p><p>Part of the drive to try Mac is that my wife is getting an Ipad and we are both getting iphones so I feel as though the integration would be better than using win8 Another reason is the desire to try OSX.</p><p></p><p>My current laptop is a dual core pentium p6100 2 ghz with intel hd graphics. I can play Wow and many of the source games (hl2, l4d, portal, etc) with lower settings.</p><p></p><p>I was wondering if anyone has an idea of how much faster those games would run with the hd 5000 vs my older integrated?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NarrowPath, post: 1529192, member: 307979"] Hello, I am currently a Windows 8 user, have used Windows back to 95 and have built my own gaming desktops. My current (only) pc is an HP 17 inch laptop with win8 64 bit. I am interested in a Macbook Air 13 for the long battery life and the magsafe connector. My current laptop is a couple years old and the battery lasts about an hour so it needs to be plugged in frequently and I am concerned that the kids will snap off the power connector when they climb up and down on me. It would be nice to not need to keep the Air plugged in and if it needed to be, to not worry about the connector snapping off. I have never used OSX but I have played with it at best buy and have used Ubuntu also, so I feel the transition will be ok for me. Part of the drive to try Mac is that my wife is getting an Ipad and we are both getting iphones so I feel as though the integration would be better than using win8 Another reason is the desire to try OSX. My current laptop is a dual core pentium p6100 2 ghz with intel hd graphics. I can play Wow and many of the source games (hl2, l4d, portal, etc) with lower settings. I was wondering if anyone has an idea of how much faster those games would run with the hd 5000 vs my older integrated? [/QUOTE]
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