Best current or upcoming mac for WoW

[und3rd0g]

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]

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]

Macbook 13" can run it max settings, but of course 13" is too small.

 

[Thunder82]

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]

I think all Macs except for the Mini can handle Wow just fine.

 

[voyagerd]

I myself am waiting for the new Mac Pros so that I can run WoW on max settings.