I use a MacBook Pro with the ATIx1600 graphics adaptor. It does very well for me.
From what I have read, Apple iMacs cannot hold a candle compared to Alienware's computers when it comes to gaming.
William
Why can't Apple computers play games well?
Are they able to, but the software companies just
don't write them for Macs?
-Michael
I wonder why Apple does not show which one can play the latest and greatest games?
William
DJ,
Questions:
1.) Are the Macs so wonderfully bullet-proof and beyond reproach
performance wise, that they are literally a wholly different, and by
comparison, problem free experience such that, for instance, there is
no need or reason for, say, groups (or perhaps I'll say as many) just
like this one,...or aren't they really that incredible?
A salient point that I haven't seen made elsewhere in this thread, although
it might have been made and I didn't catch it... is that if you're
experienced with a specific hardware/software platform, things are easier
for you than they are for newbies coming to that platform. Read an article
just yesterday on PC Mag site about this guy getting a new Mac because he
wants to try out Boot Camp and he had numerous issues setting up Mac
networking, etc. because he is not an experienced Mac user. Had to go off
and search NG's to get answers. Now if the guy's writing for PC Mag, he must
have, at the very least, a nodding acquaintance with computers, no? But even
he runs into issues when setting up his new Mac.
And... don't get me wrong... if I could afford to, I'd buy a Mac. But I can
get soooo much more computing power by buying WinTel that's it a no-brainer
until I win the Lottery or Mac prices come down significantly. For $500 last
year I got an eMachine with an AMD chip, a gig of RAM and 360GB hd (2
drives), DVD-RW and 7in1 card reader. Yeah, it's got shared video RAM, but I
can install a stand alone video card (which wasn't an available feature on
many other PC's in the same price range...). Last year I could've gotten a
Mac Mini with 256MB RAM and a, gee, I forget, but a pretty small HD for
multimedia purposes... Like I said... no-brainer.
I gotta say, I like the Mac commercials. Very funny. And, for me, the thing
that makes them funny is that the WinTel guy looks like Bill Gates and the
Mac guy looks like Steve Jobs. Hilarious!
Lang
