Most people just have one computer, and some folks may have none. When my daughter's were in high school, they received chromebooks - there was no need to have a home computer for school work.
We're the opposite have a load of them for different purposes and just about to buy another PC as my daughter has a need for Uni. They are simply tools to fit purpose and if that purpose results in revenue, more the merrier...
I can't get my head wrapped around that, I find that computers have so many upsides, and uses - but hey, different strokes for different folks
I agree. But I guess if your main focus is social media with some banking and surfing on the side it's useful enough.
My PC sits next to my desk for 1 reason, gaming… Mac is my productivity computer, but ironically if I was still doing Unreal Engine environments, that would also be on PC by virtue of it’s graphic card.
I need to update my profile. Got a new, I believe M4 in Oct but it might be a 2024? I’ll check.
I do! It has more memory, and hard drive space, and feels much more snappier in response when many windows open… 🙂
System runs amazing, I could not be happier with how it handles the games I want to play. Everything is set to high and ultra. CPU and AIO work really well together, not sure I have seen the CPU go over 65 C. Generally sitting between 50 and 60 C. The AMD CPU is fantastic, can't remember who but someone mentioned trying AMD on this forum and it was a great move. Cheaper then the intel I was looking at and handles everything I throw at it really well. Super smooth and fast. I added an MSI Ultra wide screen 34" 200hz (I believe) along side an older Acer 27" 80hz screen. Last thing I am going to do is mount the ultra wide screen on a floating arm.
I’ve been wrestling with whether this configuration equivalent from the M5 generation will be enough for me… it’s a really convenient setup: drop in replacement when I want it.
A Mac for gaming would depend on the games that you want to play. Personally I think a PC is the best for computer gaming, a Mac leaves a lot to be desired outside of the AAA games that are available. I am sure you can run some games in Parallels, but you are taking a hit right there on your computers performance, splitting up the RAM and how many cores you can use. You can build or buy a fairly decent PC that will run everything well and not be a compromise. That is again if you are wanting the widest selection of games available, if you are just wanting some of the games that come out native for Mac like Assassins Creed, Laura Croft, Cyber Punk and the few others then you are good. Anything beyond that I would recommend a PC personally.
I’m not interested in doing what I already do. I want to hear from someone who’s attempting something different but may have some overlap with my own use case scenarios.
fair enough. In my opinion the only real question is what games do you want to play. With that you can look to see if those games are playable on a Mac. I did some gaming via cloud services like what Ubisoft has and for a bit I used Xbox gamepass and played in a browser. They worked really well for that with a PS4 controller.
Thanks for the mention
I have the base M4 Max Studio and crossover works well enough for most of the games.
