Macbook Pro Help

Hi, I'm thinking about buying a Macbook Pro 2.66 GHz with an i7 processor. I'm going to install windows on it and plan on getting a few games. I plan on getting Starcraft 2, Diablo 2, Diablo 3(when it releases), maybe Crysis(heard this can handle it) and maybe WoW or SW:KoTR. Do you think I'll be able to run these all well? Also, do you need a specific version of windows, and can macs use any bluetooth mouse/mic? I've done some research and things look positive, but I figured I'd ask some people that know a lot more about computers than me :P . Please no one tell me to get a PC... I'm not buying the computer for gaming, it's just an added bonus.

Hi, I'm thinking about buying a Macbook Pro 2.66 GHz with an i7 processor. I'm going to install windows on it and plan on getting a few games. I plan on getting Starcraft 2, Diablo 2, Diablo 3(when it releases), maybe Crysis(heard this can handle it) and maybe WoW or SW:KoTR. Do you think I'll be able to run these all well? Also, do you need a specific version of windows, and can macs use any bluetooth mouse/mic? I've done some research and things look positive, but I figured I'd ask some people that know a lot more about computers than me :P . Please no one tell me to get a PC... I'm not buying the computer for gaming, it's just an added bonus.

heatfanman101

It's mainly for school and Internet surfing, and like the interface of Macs much more than PC's.

It's mainly for school and Internet surfing, and like the interface of Macs much more than PC's.

heatfanman101

well of course i'm doing more with it but I don't feel like going into a full explanation and write a wall of text. I came here to talk about the gaming aspect, not it's other uses... If I was, I'd be asking this somewhere else.

Crysis wont run onNvidia 320M that comes with the Mac BookPro, alsopleasestate the reasons because iwould love to know whyyou are spending $2000 appleproduct that a $700 dollarwindows laptop wont handle ?I would love to know.

As I said before, I have no reason to list the reasons because they have absolutely no bearing on the topic of this discussion. This is a gaming forum, I am asking a question about gaming on macs, nothing else. Also, it comes with 330, and have seen videos of it running crysis.

As I said before, I have no reason to list the reasons because they have absolutely no bearing on the topic of this discussion. This is a gaming forum, I am asking a question about gaming on macs, nothing else. Also, it comes with 330, and have seen videos of it running crysis.

heatfanman101

[QUOTE="heatfanman101"]

As I said before, I have no reason to list the reasons because they have absolutely no bearing on the topic of this discussion. This is a gaming forum, I am asking a question about gaming on macs, nothing else. Also, it comes with 330, and have seen videos of it running crysis.

tequilasunriser

[QUOTE="heatfanman101"]

As I said before, I have no reason to list the reasons because they have absolutely no bearing on the topic of this discussion. This is a gaming forum, I am asking a question about gaming on macs, nothing else. Also, it comes with 330, and have seen videos of it running crysis.

tequilasunriser

Exactly, Thank You! I'm looking for people who may have had this or know a lot about video cards and give a little bit of assistance. I've done quite a bit of research and have found positive results so far, but want to iron out some small issues I had. I don't need to hear, nor do I care about theirprejudicestowards macs.

School can mean various things. It's not like I make projects as a hobby, I do them for school... keyword, school.

School can mean various things. It's not like I make projects as a hobby, I do them for school... keyword, school.

heatfanman101

And help can mean people trying to HELP you....

No one here is bashing MAC or saying that you should get a PC, we helped you with your inquiry and then politely asked why you are going MAC....no need to lash out and be all defensive about "theirprejudicestowards macs", WTF...?

You could have just chosen to tell us why you are purchasing a MAC, but instead you just kept posting.... "I have no reason to tell you guys anything"....whatever mate...

[QUOTE="heatfanman101"]

School can mean various things. It's not like I make projects as a hobby, I do them for school... keyword, school.

FelipeInside

And help can mean people trying to HELP you....

No one here is bashing MAC or saying that you should get a PC, we helped you with your inquiry and then politely asked why you are going MAC....no need to lash out and be all defensive about "theirprejudicestowards macs", WTF...?

You could have just chosen to tell us why you are purchasing a MAC, but instead you just kept posting.... "I have no reason to tell you guys anything"....whatever mate...

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"]

[QUOTE="heatfanman101"]

School can mean various things. It's not like I make projects as a hobby, I do them for school... keyword, school.

tequilasunriser

And help can mean people trying to HELP you....

No one here is bashing MAC or saying that you should get a PC, we helped you with your inquiry and then politely asked why you are going MAC....no need to lash out and be all defensive about "theirprejudicestowards macs", WTF...?

You could have just chosen to tell us why you are purchasing a MAC, but instead you just kept posting.... "I have no reason to tell you guys anything"....whatever mate...

nobody spoke down to him in this topicFelipeInside

[QUOTE="tequilasunriser"][QUOTE="FelipeInside"]

And help can mean people trying to HELP you....

No one here is bashing MAC or saying that you should get a PC, we helped you with your inquiry and then politely asked why you are going MAC....no need to lash out and be all defensive about "theirprejudicestowards macs", WTF...?

You could have just chosen to tell us why you are purchasing a MAC, but instead you just kept posting.... "I have no reason to tell you guys anything"....whatever mate...

FelipeInside

"If it's just for school and Internet, then sorry to say you are paying wayyyyyyyy overprice. Not only cause you are getting a MAC, but because it's a Macbook Pro."

"Crysis wont run onNvidia 320M that comes with the Mac BookPro, alsopleasestate the reasons because iwould love to know whyyou are spending $2000 appleproduct that a $700 dollarwindows laptop wont handle ?I would love to know."

I support your decision to buy a macbook. It is extremely reliable and fast. It is a solid investment, and dont let others tell you otherwise.

yeah.... anyway on topic. I dont think Crysis would run all that well on your macbook. As someone else said get Win7 x64 bit. Your school may have a free copy of win7 available to you, but unsure if you need physical disk to run bootcamp. You can run SCII and those other games mentioned just fine. bluetooth and whatnot should run perfectly on mac. I would be careful since macs dont have heatfan, that gaming will run your macbook a bit hot, so take breaks often.

I think that the whole point of this topic was taken in the wrong direction early on and it was thought as a computer for gaming. If it was not for school I would not even have a laptop. I'd instead by a desktop computer. This is not the case because I am currently a student(I also get a discount because it is for school) and need to bring this computer to copy down notes, and design various types of projects. The gaming is for spare time. If the game can't play games I would still buy it for my schoolwork. I never asked if you think this computer is a good buy. It was about the games and how they would work on the computer. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw it might be able to play games. I've out of PC gaming for awhile, and don't know much about recent graphics cards. I asked for assistance here and the original topic became almost totally disregarded and became more about why you think Macs are overpriced. I know what macs do(owned one for 4 years) and was looking for another. That computer could never play games because it lacked the necessary hardware. If my original request was fulfilled and we stayed on topic, there would be no hostility. I predicted this would happen and tried to ask people to stay on topic, but that did not work.

also, I never said I was dying to play Crysis. I said I might get it if possible. It was a thought that popped in my head today. I can live without playing Cyrsis lol.

I think that the whole point of this topic was taken in the wrong direction early on and it was thought as a computer for gaming. If it was not for school I would not even have a laptop. I'd instead by a desktop computer. This is not the case because I am currently a student(I also get a discount because it is for school) and need to bring this computer to copy down notes, and design various types of projects. The gaming is for spare time. If the game can't play games I would still buy it for my schoolwork. I never asked if you think this computer is a good buy. It was about the games and how they would work on the computer. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw it might be able to play games. I've out of PC gaming for awhile, and don't know much about recent graphics cards. I asked for assistance here and the original topic became almost totally disregarded and became more about why you think Macs are overpriced. I know what macs do(owned one for 4 years) and was looking for another. That computer could never play games because it lacked the necessary hardware. If my original request was fulfilled and we stayed on topic, there would be no hostility. I predicted this would happen and tried to ask people to stay on topic, but that did not work.

heatfanman101

How wrong you are....I answered your question on the second post.

After making your remarks about it being way overpriced, the topic swirled out of control. The topic was created to discuss these game's performances. You gave an answers, but than questioned why I wanted one, even though I advised not to do that because I knew it would derail the topic.

[QUOTE="heatfanman101"]

I think that the whole point of this topic was taken in the wrong direction early on and it was thought as a computer for gaming. If it was not for school I would not even have a laptop. I'd instead by a desktop computer. This is not the case because I am currently a student(I also get a discount because it is for school) and need to bring this computer to copy down notes, and design various types of projects. The gaming is for spare time. If the game can't play games I would still buy it for my schoolwork. I never asked if you think this computer is a good buy. It was about the games and how they would work on the computer. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw it might be able to play games. I've out of PC gaming for awhile, and don't know much about recent graphics cards. I asked for assistance here and the original topic became almost totally disregarded and became more about why you think Macs are overpriced. I know what macs do(owned one for 4 years) and was looking for another. That computer could never play games because it lacked the necessary hardware. If my original request was fulfilled and we stayed on topic, there would be no hostility. I predicted this would happen and tried to ask people to stay on topic, but that did not work.

FelipeInside

How wrong you are....I answered your question on the second post.

by original request, I mean to not ask me why I was purchasing the computer.

After making your remarks about it being way overpriced, the topic swirled out of control. The topic was created to discuss these game's performances. You gave an answers, but than questioned why I wanted one, even though I advised not to do that because I knew it would derail the topic.

heatfanman101

The way I answered you was fine and no hostility was directed with it. The only person I directed hostility to was the second poster who answered in a very sarcastic way.

The way I answered you was fine and no hostility was directed with it. The only person I directed hostility to was the second poster who answered in a very sarcastic way.

heatfanman101

Ahhhhhhh, well you should have said that before silly....

Sorry if I understood that message was directed a me....

Let's have a cookie

All this over a simple understanding lol.

I accept your cookie and it will bring me much happiness 8)

All this over a simple understanding lol.

I accept your cookie and it will bring me much happiness 8)

heatfanman101

I recommend you wait. Sandy Bridge came out and the Macbook's should be getting an update soon. k0r3aN_pR1d3

I heard, but there probably going to sellout, the due-date is anywhere from 1-4 months (I need this ASAP) and I'm getting a discount

[QUOTE="k0r3aN_pR1d3"]I recommend you wait. Sandy Bridge came out and the Macbook's should be getting an update soon. heatfanman101

I heard, but there probably going to sellout, the due-date is anywhere from 1-4 months (I need this ASAP) and I'm getting a discount

Then good luck, if you knew so much about it and saw Crysis playing on that thing why ask ? Did you just want to double check before making the purchase ? I still think they are overpriced underperformers. And running bootcamp will kill the performance by a large margin.

School can mean various things. It's not like I make projects as a hobby, I do them for school... keyword, school.

heatfanman101

if u feel like wasting moeny get a alien ware .. a alien ware mx11 would be a better deal then a mac and the sad thing is is that its cheaper.(i r sayinz alien ware r overprised zomg) there r programs out there to make windows look macish

And running bootcamp will kill the performance by a large margin.

telefanatic

Oh yes. And you know this how.... :roll:

if u feel like wasting moeny get a alien ware .. a alien ware mx11 would be a better deal then a mac and the sad thing is is that its cheaper.(i r sayinz alien ware r overprised zomg) there r programs out there to make windows look macish

sinpkr

As he said, he didn't want a "Macz r a waste of $". He was just wanting to know how games would perform.... :roll:

Hi, I'm thinking about buying a Macbook Pro 2.66 GHz with an i7 processor. I'm going to install windows on it and plan on getting a few games. I plan on getting Starcraft 2, Diablo 2, Diablo 3(when it releases), maybe Crysis(heard this can handle it) and maybe WoW or SW:KoTR. Do you think I'll be able to run these all well? Also, do you need a specific version of windows, and can macs use any bluetooth mouse/mic? I've done some research and things look positive, but I figured I'd ask some people that know a lot more about computers than me :P . Please no one tell me to get a PC... I'm not buying the computer for gaming, it's just an added bonus.

heatfanman101

Also get one of the Hi-Res display upgrades.

I'm just throwing this out there, but the Boot Camp that came with the OS X Leopard doesn't support any form of 64-bit OS other than the OS X itself, so doing any Win64 options is out of the idea unless they've updated it to where the newer 10.6 machines can do that.theafiguy

He will still be able to run most modern games in a 32-bit Windows just fine, most of them still are optimized for 32-bit anyway.

And I actually agree with you on Crysis. As eyecandy it is gorgeous if your computer can handle it, but as an actual game, I didn't find it special at all. :P

I'm just throwing this out there, but the Boot Camp that came with the OS X Leopard doesn't support any form of 64-bit OS other than the OS X itself, so doing any Win64 options is out of the idea unless they've updated it to where the newer 10.6 machines can do that.theafiguy

Im fairly sure Snow Leopard bootcamp can be 64-bit (might be wrong). Snow Leopard is standard with new Macs.

Im fairly sure Snow Leopard bootcamp can be 64-bit (might be wrong). Snow Leopard is standard with new Macs.Urworstnhtmare

[QUOTE="theafiguy"]I'm just throwing this out there, but the Boot Camp that came with the OS X Leopard doesn't support any form of 64-bit OS other than the OS X itself, so doing any Win64 options is out of the idea unless they've updated it to where the newer 10.6 machines can do that.Urworstnhtmare

Im fairly sure Snow Leopard bootcamp can be 64-bit (might be wrong). Snow Leopard is standard with new Macs.

Games should run just fine. My laptop has a similar GPU (GT 335m). It might have some trouble if you get the 1680x1050 screen though.

There's literally no reason to waste your money on a mac, but you do what you want...

Games should run just fine. My laptop has a similar GPU (GT 335m). It might have some trouble if you get the 1680x1050 screen though.

There's literally no reason to waste your money on a mac, but you do what you want...

scoots9

Hi, I'm thinking about buying a Macbook Pro 2.66 GHz with an i7 processor. I'm going to install windows on it and plan on getting a few games. I plan on getting Starcraft 2, Diablo 2, Diablo 3(when it releases), maybe Crysis(heard this can handle it) and maybe WoW or SW:KoTR. Do you think I'll be able to run these all well? Also, do you need a specific version of windows, and can macs use any bluetooth mouse/mic? I've done some research and things look positive, but I figured I'd ask some people that know a lot more about computers than me :P . Please no one tell me to get a PC... I'm not buying the computer for gaming, it's just an added bonus.

heatfanman101