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I'm not sure if you're being facetious but for those of us who enjoy playing video games a desktop is the best choice. If you don't care about portability, why

by vdnkh 10y ago

I'm not sure if you're being facetious but for those of us who enjoy playing video games a desktop is the best choice. If you don't care about portability, why not get something that is by far more powerful, cheaper, customizable, and future-proof?

mozumder 10y ago
You're in the wrong discussion if you think gaming has any relevance to this line of laptops. People that own Macbook Pros don't play games seriously. Gaming is strictly for Windows devices, as it's largely an afterthought in the Mac world.
- vdnkh 10y ago
  > Why would anyone need a desktop in this day and age? This is what I was responding to.
  - icebraining 10y ago
    Yes, but the context of the thread is graphics design.
- IntelMiner 10y ago
  Gaming on Mac is rapidly approaching parity with Windows, ironically helped a lot by Linux and Valve
  - Neeek 10y ago
    Are there many more studios outside of Blizzard that are developing for OS X? I hadn't realized there were more devs working with it. Every other game I know of that has Mac support is usually running in some WINE equivalent which isn't great. So we have Blizzard and Source engine, who am I missing?
  - EpicEng 10y ago
    Ahaha ahaha... No, no it's not. I can't imagine you play any 'serious' games. Hell, even WoW, a game which is well supported by the developer on OSX, plays like crap on my $2600 MVP.
    - rangibaby 10y ago
      CS GO worked good enough on Mac and Linux last time I checked
      - EpicEng 10y ago
        Define 'good enough'. These aren't inexpensive machines. In the context of gaming, $2600 is far too much to pay for a laptop that gets ~30fps at medium settings.
    - IntelMiner 10y ago
      Going by my recently played list on Steam http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197998185123/games/?tab=recent http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197998185123/games/?... The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition: Win Team Fortress 2: Win/Mac/Lin Factorio: Win/Mac/Lin Rocket League: Win/Mac/Lin Particle Fleet: Emergence: Win/Mac/Lin SHENZHEN I/O: Win/Mac/Linux Oil Rush: Win/Mac/Linux Castle Crashers: Win/Mac Tropico 5: Win/Mac/Linux Literally every game I've played recently except ONE supports Mac Obviously I'm not a "serious" gamer :)
      - EpicEng 10y ago
        Well, I should have worded that better, shouldn't have been so dismissive. By 'serious' I meant 'resource intensive'. I don't know all of those games, bit the games I do know are definitely not very taxing on a GPU (aside from Skyrim, but what settings are yo uplaying it at? Does that seem worth it for the price tag?) I don't think you'd argue that a mac is a good gaming rig from a performance / $ perspective (or any other perspective really).

by vdnkh 10y ago

mozumder 10y ago

You're in the wrong discussion if you think gaming has any relevance to this line of laptops. People that own Macbook Pros don't play games seriously. Gaming is strictly for Windows devices, as it's largely an afterthought in the Mac world.

vdnkh 10y ago
> Why would anyone need a desktop in this day and age? This is what I was responding to.
- icebraining 10y ago
  Yes, but the context of the thread is graphics design.
IntelMiner 10y ago
Gaming on Mac is rapidly approaching parity with Windows, ironically helped a lot by Linux and Valve
- Neeek 10y ago
  Are there many more studios outside of Blizzard that are developing for OS X? I hadn't realized there were more devs working with it. Every other game I know of that has Mac support is usually running in some WINE equivalent which isn't great. So we have Blizzard and Source engine, who am I missing?
- EpicEng 10y ago
  Ahaha ahaha... No, no it's not. I can't imagine you play any 'serious' games. Hell, even WoW, a game which is well supported by the developer on OSX, plays like crap on my $2600 MVP.
  - rangibaby 10y ago
    CS GO worked good enough on Mac and Linux last time I checked
    - EpicEng 10y ago
      Define 'good enough'. These aren't inexpensive machines. In the context of gaming, $2600 is far too much to pay for a laptop that gets ~30fps at medium settings.
  - IntelMiner 10y ago
    Going by my recently played list on Steam http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197998185123/games/?tab=recent http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197998185123/games/?... The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition: Win Team Fortress 2: Win/Mac/Lin Factorio: Win/Mac/Lin Rocket League: Win/Mac/Lin Particle Fleet: Emergence: Win/Mac/Lin SHENZHEN I/O: Win/Mac/Linux Oil Rush: Win/Mac/Linux Castle Crashers: Win/Mac Tropico 5: Win/Mac/Linux Literally every game I've played recently except ONE supports Mac Obviously I'm not a "serious" gamer :)
    - EpicEng 10y ago
      Well, I should have worded that better, shouldn't have been so dismissive. By 'serious' I meant 'resource intensive'. I don't know all of those games, bit the games I do know are definitely not very taxing on a GPU (aside from Skyrim, but what settings are yo uplaying it at? Does that seem worth it for the price tag?) I don't think you'd argue that a mac is a good gaming rig from a performance / $ perspective (or any other perspective really).