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post #16 of 28
5/6/08 at 10:00pm
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To play games on a Mac, just use bootcamp (which comes standard on Leopard).

Jon.


Cheers but I don't want to play games otherwise it'd be an easy choice. Or perhaps you were responding to someone else?
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post #17 of 28
5/7/08 at 8:17am
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I'm thinking aloud here -

The standard 24" is 1799 USD whilst the top of the line is 2199 which is a difference of 400 USD. Are the better specs going to 'extend' the working life to such an extent? Or will it make more economical sense to spend that money later to get a new machine?
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post #18 of 28
5/7/08 at 12:40pm
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I'm thinking aloud here -

The standard 24" is 1799 USD whilst the top of the line is 2199 which is a difference of 400 USD. Are the better specs going to 'extend' the working life to such an extent? Or will it make more economical sense to spend that money later to get a new machine?

If you have to ask, the answer is probably "no".

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post #19 of 28
5/7/08 at 1:16pm
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Also, what games can be played on the Mac these days?

dota.
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post #20 of 28
5/7/08 at 1:44pm
All Blizzard games are Mac/PC x-compatible.. so that takes care of 99% of the gaming market Aside from that, you can just install Windows as a dual boot. That's what I did, so I can mess around with other games.
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post #21 of 28
5/7/08 at 1:49pm
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Aside from that, you can just install Windows as a dual boot. That's what I did, so I can mess around with other games.

See my previous post:

http://www.styleforum.net/showpost.p...0&postcount=15

Jon.
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post #22 of 28
5/7/08 at 2:19pm
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I did see it. One: you didn't answer his question about whether games are available on Mac, and two: "boot camp is standard" doesn't explain much. Boot Camp is the set of drivers necessary to install Windows, it isn't Windows itself. Someone who is unfamiliar with Apples may not immediately understand. Three: what is the point of referring me to your previous post? So that I can give you props for saying it first? Jon, if you're worried about excessive clutter from redundant posts... well, that would just about be the funniest thing I've heard all year.
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post #23 of 28
5/7/08 at 2:21pm
Also, if you're interested in playing games, you can use Boot Camp to install windows so you can dual-boot.
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post #24 of 28
5/7/08 at 2:42pm
What about using Boot Camp?
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post #25 of 28
5/7/08 at 2:56pm
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I did see it.

One: you didn't answer his question about whether games are available on Mac, and two: "boot camp is standard" doesn't explain much. Boot Camp is the set of drivers necessary to install Windows, it isn't Windows itself. Someone who is unfamiliar with Apples may not immediately understand.

Well, he already owns a Mac; it wasn't so out of this world of me to assume that he knew what boot camp is and how it works. There is no reason to get argumentative over a point I mentioned in passing (i.e. normally people tend to quote / expand on what others have posted before them; it is the only reason I brought it to your attention), especially since you think that the OP is unfamiliar with Apple...But since you are free to do as you wish, post in whichever manner makes you happiest.

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Jon, if you're worried about excessive clutter from redundant posts... well, that would just about be the funniest thing I've heard all year.

Please see the above for information my reasoning.

Jon.
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post #26 of 28
5/7/08 at 2:56pm
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Also, if you're interested in playing games, you can use Boot Camp to install windows so you can dual-boot.

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What about using Boot Camp?



Jon.
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post #27 of 28
5/7/08 at 3:15pm
$1799 is the sweet price point. See if you can get an education discount by taking a class or using a family member's ID - it will save $100.
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post #28 of 28
5/8/08 at 9:15am
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Right. I'm going to go for the 'standard' 2.8GHz model. My reasoning being that compared to my current G5 imac, both the 2.8GHz and the top of the line 3.06GHz are going to be a massive improvement. Both have the lovely 24" screen and both will run windows much more effectively/ easily than my G5. I don't play games so the NVidia will be 'wasted'. Macworld says that the top model is only 4% faster with the Speedmarks benchmarks. I'll get some third part RAM later to max it out to 4G.

The 400USD 'saved' can go towards something else
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