Macs for Gaming

Pikmon2

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Honestly, my Mac runs really well for games. Can run TF2 on high with minor to no lag, Minecraft on above medium settings (For some reason every computer I have struggles with minecraft...) I mean, sure there are way more games for PC, but if people would port them, pretty sure mac would be just as good. Sick of people saying "macs suk thay cant do game game for pc!!11!1", just because people don't always port doesn't mean it isn't good.
 

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I will hopefully be getting a (custom) MacBook Pro for Christmas, and I know there's a ton of haters out there, and I know most of you think most games are windows only, but you can play most steam windows games in a decent VM.
I personally prefer mac though.
 

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I will hopefully be getting a (custom) MacBook Pro for Christmas, and I know there's a ton of haters out there, and I know most of you think most games are windows only, but you can play most steam windows games in a decent VM.
I personally prefer mac though.
Most VMs don't even run 3D applications, and if they do they run it at very low frame rates, so good luck!
 

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Most VMs don't even run 3D applications, and if they do they run it at very low frame rates, so good luck!
I play a lot of games that aren't 3D, mainly because my computer can't even run 3D games too well.

Doesn't mean that I don't play 3D games, or don't enjoy 3D games, but I'm saying there are quite a lot of 2D games that are just brilliant.
 

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Alright this seems like the place to ask this question.

From my standpoint:

PC = Personal Computer

Mac =/= Computer. Mac = Operating System.
PC =/= Operating System.
Mac/Windows/Linux = PC.
Windows = Operating System.

How can you compare a broad category of computers to a single operating system that is within the same category?

Alright you can stop laughing and calling me names inside your head please.
 

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The way I see it, I use Windows (PC) because I was born with it, my parents used Windows. We couldn't afford another computer.

I'm glad we had Windows, because most games out there are only available to Windows, especially back then. The only reason I have to not like Mac is because there are games I currently play that do not support Macs, so they cannot be played on Macs.

This is why I see Windows as more of a gaming OS. :p
 

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As a person who had a mac for a good long time before installing a Windows OS on it, I'll say this.

As far as mac PCs go, the specs are generally the same as other Windows computers, so anyone that says otherwise is just wrong. And it's true, there is an incredible lack in compatibility with games over Mac, but with good reason. Mac programmers aren't exactly in abundance, and it generally requires a good while to learn how to do so yourself. Companies have to hire specialists at mac programming just to get a game ported, and it's not too cheap.

Another point is that some macs are weird in the sense that one or more parts are fused to the motherboard. In my case, I can't update my video card without getting an entirely whole new computer. I don't really understand why it's done this way. Knowing apple and their $200 logo, it's probably an attempt to fish for more money.

TL;DR

Macs are just as capable as computers running Windows default as far as parts go, though there's the weird case of not being able to update individual parts. There's a very small percentage of games that run on an OS X operating system because of a lack of programmers in said category. If you want GAMES specifically, I would just get a PC, but this is just my opinion. I'm not saying OS X is complete garbage. I still use it for things like music creation, videos, etc.
 
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