MacBook Pro for gamer/student

[wordoflife]

some kids have parents with money. must be nice

I could ask my parents the money too, or get a job, but ~$6000 on a light gaming / browsing the web computer?

I don't think I would ever buy a laptop over $1500, and if I do, it better be good. Who knows though, maybe in college I might. (I'm in high school right now )

I thought most people who bought computers over $2500 were using them because they could pay it off quickly and their income depended on the speed of their work

The OP also says that he has a few years of high school left. I can only imply that he is in the 9th or 10th grade. Correct me if I am wrong, but this doesn't seem very wise.

 

[doktordoris]

some kids have parents with money. must be nice

Jealous?

 

[alphaod]

Jealous?

Yes I am.

 

[doktordoris]

Yes I am.

Me too!

;-)

 

[alphaod]

Me too!

;-)

Nice blog, BTW. :)

 

[striker33]

Im still sitting with my AMD 9950 BE, 4gb DDR2 800mhz RAM, and 512mb 8800GT, 2 year old and still perfectly fine for light gaming, especially WoW. The whole system cost like £400 (roughly $600) and us brits get overcharged by a huge amount, so god only knows what you americans can get for that price 2 years down the line!

 

[TheMacBookPro]

It sounds like this kid is just maxing out the specs of random PCs/Macs and posting them onto here just to get attention Honestly, I'm surprised he isn't maxing out a Mac Pro and posting the specs on here.

Hint to OP: Go on Alienware's website and max out the Area-51. Then post the price and specs on here... that'll get you a LOT of attention.

But if this kid is actually for real: I built my own PC back in 2008. Cost me $386 USD ($4000HKD). 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo (E7300), 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce 9600GT, DVD-RW drive, Asus mobo, 500W PSU, all in a cheapass case. Still works today, and for light gaming this thing does the job. Add $100 for a cheap Acer screen (19", WXGA+) and you're set. I'm pretty sure you can get something more powerful these days (this is a 2 year old rig!)

It'll do WoW (well, any decent PC can), Crysis (although at low settings) and CoD MW2 (medium settings). I still regularly use it for GTA IV and EFLC, which it handles brilliantly at medium to high settings.

 

[CaoCao]

Here are my two final choices:

The 15 inch MBP stated in a previous post

or


A gaming pc that i have been coveting for a long time

Corsair Obsidian Series 800D CC800DW Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
ASUS P6T6 WS Revolution with NF200 3xPCIe true x16 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
3 EVGA 015-P3-1480-AR GeForce GTX 480 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
CORSAIR Professional Series AX1200 1200W ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92 SLI Certified 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition Gulftown 3.33GHz LGA 1366 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor BX80613I7980X
Kingston SSDNow V Series SNV425-S2BN/128GB 2.5" Notebook Bundle 128GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
CORSAIR DOMINATOR 12GB (3 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMP12GX3M3A1600C9
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD4500HLHX 450GB 10000 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive


2 Seagate Constellation ES ST31000524NS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Asus VG236H 23" Full HD 120Hz 3D multimedia Height & Swivel Adjustbale WideScreen LCD Monitor w/nVidia 3D Vision Kit hard bundle
HP Black Blu-ray Burner SATA bd340i LightScribe Support
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders
Crysis Maximum Edition PC Game EA
Fallout: New Vegas PC Game Bethesda
Fallen Earth: Welcome to the Apocalypse PC Game SouthPeak
Thermaltake CL-W0121 2U Drive Bay Water Cooling System
Enzotech STEALTH Water Cooler CPU Water Block

Subtotal: $5,766.55

Quantum SHIFT Xeon
1.5KW PSU
2x ATI Radeon HD 5970 (XF)
2x Intel Xeon X5680 3.33GHz Dual Hexa-core (yeah...)
X240 Liquid Cooling (see proc specs, if it breaks it's all warranty)
96GB (12x8GB ECC 1066MHz)
LSI MegaRAID
6x Corsair 512GB SSD
Two 10X LG SuperMulti Blu-ray
W7 Ultimate
2x Samsung SyncMaster 305T 30" LCD
Piranha Headset
Razer Mamba Mouse
Razer Lycosa Keyboard
31K

 

[robersim]

It sounds like this kid is just maxing out the specs of random PCs/Macs and posting them onto here just to get attention Honestly, I'm surprised he isn't maxing out a Mac Pro and posting the specs on here.

Hint to OP: Go on Alienware's website and max out the Area-51. Then post the price and specs on here... that'll get you a LOT of attention.

But if this kid is actually for real: I built my own PC back in 2008. Cost me $386 USD ($4000HKD). 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo (E7300), 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce 9600GT, DVD-RW drive, Asus mobo, 500W PSU, all in a cheapass case. Still works today, and for light gaming this thing does the job. Add $100 for a cheap Acer screen (19", WXGA+) and you're set. I'm pretty sure you can get something more powerful these days (this is a 2 year old rig!)

It'll do WoW (well, any decent PC can), Crysis (although at low settings) and CoD MW2 (medium settings). I still regularly use it for GTA IV and EFLC, which it handles brilliantly at medium to high settings.

actually, i am 100% serious, for me this is a once in a lifetime freebie from a charitable organization (prefer not to say). I get one thing, not two cheap things, one thing. So I have decided on the MBP with entry level settings(aside from the High res display and cinema display) but i am still having trouble deciding on the 15 or 17.

 

[Dyne]

actually, i am 100% serious, for me this is a once in a lifetime freebie from a charitable organization (prefer not to say). I get one thing, not two cheap things, one thing. So I have decided on the MBP with entry level settings(aside from the High res display and cinema display) but i am still having trouble deciding on the 15 or 17.

Go for the i7, since the video card in it has 512mb memory as opposed to 256mb. For most games, that won't make a difference, but a few of the ones you listed it shall.

 

[Risco]

If you game, don't get a mac pure and simple. You are better of with a windows laptop, something like my N61JQ from Asus which handles most games with good settings.