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und3rd0g
Feb 25, 2009, 05:27 PM
Hi all -
I currently play WoW on an old IBM thinkpad t42 with 2 GB RAM on a 15" laptop screen. My WoW display settings are cranked way down. After playing on this setup for a couple years, I feel I am due for a new computer.

I want to be able to max all the WoW graphics settings and get a decent framerate on the 24" ACD . . . possibly even the future 30" LED ACD.

It seems I would pay alot for an MBP 17" for 2 cores, when I could pay a little more for a Mac Pro and get 8 cores, plus the ability to open up the Mac Pro for future updates of hard drives/RAM/Graphics cards . . .

It seems I may be crazy for considering the Mac Pro . . .

Just kicking around ideas . . .



Cboss
Feb 25, 2009, 05:43 PM
I would just wait until the new iMacs come out and then get the top of the line. WOW does not require a MacPro and the 24" screen of the iMac is still pretty big.

aluminumapple
Feb 25, 2009, 05:45 PM
Macbook 13" can run it max settings, but of course 13" is too small.

Thunder82
Feb 26, 2009, 03:53 PM
Any of the current models (iMac, Macbook, whatever) will run WoW at max or very near max setting without any hiccups. You certainly don't need a Mac Pro with 8 cores and a top of the line GPU to run that game.. i'd almost actually consider it a waste.

My wife plays on a new macbook with the 9400M GPU with all settings max and has no issues at all.

Huntn
Feb 26, 2009, 05:42 PM
I think all Macs except for the Mini can handle Wow just fine.

voyagerd
Feb 27, 2009, 12:53 AM
I myself am waiting for the new Mac Pros so that I can run WoW on max settings.