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macbook or notebook?
Ok so I'm deprived of WoW and i kind of want a gaming laptop for some extended gameplay..
I'd kind of prefer a macbook but how well do they do performance-wise?
I've never used a mac(besides those old ones that play oregon trail) but I'm impressed by their recent innovations and I'm ready to switch over..
do they overheat and crash from extended gaming? (I'm kind of guessing that because they have an intel chipset they'll be a hotbox)
how reasonable are they? because I've noticed they cost as much if not more than notebooks
also does mac os-X have a polished feel to it? or is it like windows with the constant crashing?
thanks 
right now I'm considering either a macbook pro or an alienware gaming laptop
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Here's the thing... I'm typing this right now on a MacBook Pro which I love very much. Power-wise, it's much better than most PCs out there. The catch is, most games do NOT run natively on a Mac. While some games do, including everything from Blizzard, about 95% of games won't run on a Mac. However, that's not to say I don't have any Windows only games on my laptop. Apple sponsors something called Boot Camp which allows you (within warranty and even with Apple support) to put Windows XP or Vista on your Mac. You just section off a chunk of your hard drive for Windows, run a program shipped with the OS X, and follow the onscreen instructions. You have to have a legitimate copy of Windows, but other than that there's nothing else to it. Once you get Windows up and running, games run smooth as ice. The current MacBook Pros (mine included) have 512MB nVidia 8600GTs, which are damn good cards. I can run pretty much everything on or close to max settings with the exception of Crysis.
As for price, Macs are always going to be more expensive. However, most of the time Alienware is even worse, so if you're looking at them I'm guessing price isn't that much of an issue.
Basically, if you are buying the laptop JUST for gaming, I don't recommend a Mac. There's just too much hassle to warrant the purchase of an operating system that you won't use. However, if you're like me and prefer the Mac OS for 99.9% of computer-related tasks and only plan to use Windows for gaming, then I think it's a good option.
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Thank you so much
I'm not looking for a laptop for gaming, I'm looking for one that can run WoW on maximum specs and play dvds and also for college. I think mac has improved by leaps and bounds from the imac we had in our computer labs which were glorified hunks of plastic
i'm worried about overheating since I've had a laptop before, a toshiba, and I've destroyed it to an unbootable state by overheating it... for some reason i was only able to turn it on if the laptop was on its' side kind of like a folder
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yeah mac for gamin they really suck. and notebooks or laptops well how every you call them. Their just for a gamer that to cheak there AH to see if they sold anything. there not really upgreadable. And mac books cost alot is do that there for graphic atr A.K.A Disigners. 99% hack free due to everytime you shut down it looks at all the files to make sure noting got through.
if mac and alienware are your two options then definately go with the mac. If you want gaming though, go with a non alienware notebook
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