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Why Don't You Play A Lot OF Games On Your Mac?
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Because the graphic cards a a ****ing shame !!!
Sorry to be straight, but i've always been a mac user and now i'm proud owner of a MacPro. And yes, it can fly...
But you cannot play any games with high quality graphic on the 4 or 8 muscles Mac. Not with OS and not under WINDOWS, because the best graphic cards for MacPros are a joke compared to what much cheaper Mickey Mouse Windows machines offer.
It's a shame, Billy. I wonder what kind of frolic product "manager" does the product planning for the MacPros.
At least the Windows guys out there have a good time, rolling on the floor laughing about us apple gamers.
Greetings from Switzerland.
Forza Alinghi !!!
Sorry to be straight, but i've always been a mac user and now i'm proud owner of a MacPro. And yes, it can fly...
But you cannot play any games with high quality graphic on the 4 or 8 muscles Mac. Not with OS and not under WINDOWS, because the best graphic cards for MacPros are a joke compared to what much cheaper Mickey Mouse Windows machines offer.
It's a shame, Billy. I wonder what kind of frolic product "manager" does the product planning for the MacPros.
At least the Windows guys out there have a good time, rolling on the floor laughing about us apple gamers.
Greetings from Switzerland.
Forza Alinghi !!!
I have the occasional Football Manager session on my Mac. That's about it.
The reasons why I don't play more on my iMac are:
The reasons why I don't play more on my iMac are:
- I have other things to do
- I've become completely disheartened at the lack of quality titles being released (all games, all systems)
- I have a Wii, PS2 or the original Xbox for my gaming needs (when they arise)
I do not play A LOT of games because I am hooked on WoW.
I don't play because the only game I did play was WoW and being gradumicated I need to find a job and take my grad school exams.
Vraiment dommage since I had just gotten BC and was at 62 with my main. Sniffle.
i have never been a huge computer gamer personally, always was into console and handheld gaming.
i was thinking of getting quake or ut for my intel based imac, now im not so sure.
think ill just wait and get ut when when comes out for ps3 sometime next year.
i was thinking of getting quake or ut for my intel based imac, now im not so sure.
think ill just wait and get ut when when comes out for ps3 sometime next year.
Because I will only have a 1 GHz Dual G4, which probably wont run most of todays games at all.
But, thats what my PC is for, espically with its Sony GDM-FW900 24" CRT driven by a Radeon X1950 Pro.
But, thats what my PC is for, espically with its Sony GDM-FW900 24" CRT driven by a Radeon X1950 Pro.
I do game on it, but mostly on the windows partition. As for OS X, I have a few demos here and there to keep me busy if i'm in the middle of something and need a break but most of the time i'm just too busy doing other things to play a game.
Because games are absolute brain numbing nonsense. There's more relaxing things to do in the real world like X-Plane, Starry Night, or even Studio Artist.
I do play mac games...like I have allot dont play allot just have them. I have the old sims liven large, zoo tycoon with expansion, halo, warcraft 3 with expansion, backyard soccer, gameboy, iNES, Snes9x,wow,pac man2, and chess haha.....and no I didn't buy all them hahaha.
Because Aspyr does most of the ports, and they refuse to release non-bloated/non-Intel games anymore. My G4 1.42 w./1 Gig RAM, 64 MB Radeon 9600 has enough oomph on paper to run current releases (at least RTS/4X), but.... Civ IV? Bloated far beyond the PC version. Empire at War? Oh, it's Intel-only.
I bought & still play Rise of Nations, Civ 3 Complete, C&C Generals, etc., but the pubs seem content to ignore any future chance to get my money.
I bought & still play Rise of Nations, Civ 3 Complete, C&C Generals, etc., but the pubs seem content to ignore any future chance to get my money.
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because macs hardware sucks
pc games are definitely my choice, because I play rts or fps, total war series, age of empires's, unreal tournaments's, quake's, call of duties... consoles aren't appropriate for that gaming
pc games are definitely my choice, because I play rts or fps, total war series, age of empires's, unreal tournaments's, quake's, call of duties... consoles aren't appropriate for that gaming
I play both console and PC games, but Macs are just not made for gaming. Of course, you can run PC games on XP on Macs nowadays... but just as OS X users don't think using OS X on a x86 PC is 'authentic,' the same sort of thing could be said about using XP on a Mac.
And it is no surprise the majority of posters here who only own Macs will decry PC games as inferior to console games... It's fun to assume/generalize what you can't/don't have so you won't feel so bad.
And it is no surprise the majority of posters here who only own Macs will decry PC games as inferior to console games... It's fun to assume/generalize what you can't/don't have so you won't feel so bad.
Couldn't have said that better myself. I see that all the time when talking about this stuff.
Luckily, people with intel macs shouldn't have to do this any more
I own several games for my Mac, but I don't play them very often, as I have a hard time wasting time. I own Starcraft, but haven't played it since 2002. I have Star Trek: Elite Forces, but haven't played it since 2003. I have Unreal Tournament, but haven't played it since 2003.
The only game I play with any frequency is SimCity 4, but I don't play it often.
TEG
The only game I play with any frequency is SimCity 4, but I don't play it often.
TEG
I agree with you skinny, My Macbook pro's x600 (or whatever it is) is about a million times better then the 855GMA that was in my last laptop, but I'd LOVE to get my old comp back for games. The mouse doesn't react the same, the one button on the touchpad makes gaming HORRIBLE, and there's just something about the OS that makes me not want to play games on it, to the point where I'm considering building/buying a PC just for games.