Best Gaming OS?

[AcidX]

XP always runs way hotter and chews through my battery life faster then Vista/Win 7 does on my MBP.

I noticed XP ran hot on my friends MBP as well.

Would Windows 7 home/basic edition be ok for just gaming?
Or will there be some performance settings I won't get to tweak, etc.
I'll have a proper look at it after the release.

Thanks for all the help.

As for the studies/gaming combo... Well I've managed it ever since we got our SNES. I only ever let gaming take over once 2 years back, when I was depressed about a family loss, but I'm paying for this now and it has been a life long dream.
I'm more concerned by the partying aspect. It's a whole new place full of whole new faces!
Also that... Living on bread and water thing that students do.

Thanks again peeps!
Some great advice in this place~

 

[Sipheren]

An Xbox 360 is like $200. Get a job.

Classic


I agree as well, I use my Macbook for computer stuff and my 360 for gaming.

 

[drjsway]

+1. You'll never have to play games on low settings.

???

All XBOX 360 games run at "low settings" compared to PC games. The 360 has four year old hardware and most games only run at 1280x720. Consoles don't come close to PCs in terms of graphics.

 

[Freyqq]

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All XBOX 360 games run at "low settings" compared to PC games. The 360 has four year old hardware and most games only run at 1280x720. Consoles don't come close to PCs in terms of graphics.

cost of ownership over that period is much lower though to get those kinds of fps

 

[airplaneman]

XP. Less OS load on the computer.

 

[mossme89]

Am i the only one who expierences hiccups when playing games (I've tried COD2 & 4) natively on OSX, compared to windows? I have the 9600, but even with it turned on through the high performance mode, i have to have the resoulution 1024 X 768 or lower with all settings on low-medium to run smoothly.

Does OS X just suck for gaming?

 

[Muncher]

Does OS X just suck for gaming?

Unfortunately, yes. Which is why xbox and playstations and wiis exist.

 

[Freyqq]

Am i the only one who expierences hiccups when playing games (I've tried COD2 & 4) natively on OSX, compared to windows? I have the 9600, but even with it turned on through the high performance mode, i have to have the resoulution 1024 X 768 or lower with all settings on low-medium to run smoothly.

Does OS X just suck for gaming?

seems like blizzard are the only guys willing to put the time and money into porting games correctly to osx, but even they can't get fps parity with windows. Windows definitely seems to have an advantage when it comes to games..but who knows what snow leopard will do to that equation. Even so, for the foreseeable future, windows or consoles are the way to go for gaming.