If you "just buy a windows" what will you run it on?
I don't understand your statement.
I want to buy a laptop, and i was wondering on wheter the mac plays counter strike, or halo, or lineage....
other wise i will just buy a windows.....
thanks
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I want to buy a laptop, and i was wondering on wheter the mac plays counter strike, or halo, or lineage....
other wise i will just buy a windows.....
thanks
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If you "just buy a windows" what will you run it on?
I don't understand your statement.
well, i wanna get a mac, but if it does not plays games i will buy a vista, instead.... thats all^^
Apple makes computer hardware known as the Apple Macintosh.
Apple makes an operating system - software - called OSX (Operating System Ten - not "x").
Apple Macintosh hardware can run OSX.
Microsoft does not make computer hardware capable of running Windows Vista. Other companies (HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba... Apple... and others) make the hardware to run Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system.
Microsoft makes an operating system - software - called Windows Vista.
Apple Macintosh hardware can Run Windows - including Vista.
When you say, "i will buy a vista, instead", you still need hardware to run that operating system. I was suggesting that an Apple Macintosh could be that hardware. If you checked with the vendors of those games, THEY can tell you which operating system and other requirements are needed to play their games.
You say, "i wanna get a mac"... why? Does it do something you need that you cannot find elsewhere?
You know what? It will be easier for you to stay with HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba or some homemade machine... never mind.
The only Mac that's capable of actually playing games is currently the Macbook Pro. You can run Windows on a Mac by dual-booting, although personally I find the increased administration overhead of managing two OS's an unnecessary evil, especially when Vista is now generally as good as Tiger for everyday use while having the advantage of compatibility.
The real problem is that not only is the X1600 merely respectable for a laptop in terms of power, using its full power results in the MBP turning into a barbecue grill.
The Dell XPS M1710 for example is relatively speaking an ice cube in comparison to the 17" Macbook Pro when running HL2, while having considerably more graphics grunt in roughly price-comparable trim. It has however definitely been tapped very hard with the ugly stick, something that I notice with a sense of depression every time I pick up the XPS.
Vista's teething problems are fast being worked out and honestly, if you're wanting a gameable, flexible machine there are better hardware choices available on the Windows front. They won't be quite (or in the case of the XPS, anywhere near) as pretty, but they'll work better.
The Apple supplied means of running Windows on a Mac does not involve any "increased administration overhead of managing the two OS's".
Using Boot Camp, Windows runs natively on the Intel Macs.
The Macbook Pro is the only Mac "that's capable of actually playing games"
What happened to the iMac?
What happened to the Mac Pro?
I'm sure you really meant to indicate that, in your opinion, the MacBook Pro was the only laptop that's capable of playing games.
I think the real problem is that the original poster has no idea what they want.
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"I want to buy a laptop". Pretty clear, no?
Can you count? OS X + Windows = two OS's.
I did say that perhaps you were referring to a laptop.
However, Boot Camp + Windows = ONE (1) OS. Boot Camp only allows one OS at a time, therefore no overhead for two OS's.
I thought I had already mentioned that. Wait, yes I did mention it.
"I'm sure you really meant to indicate that, in your opinion, the MacBook Pro was the only laptop that's capable of playing games."
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