MacBook Pro gaming

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Ok so I'm finally making the switch to mac from the system in my sig. I'll still have that system as a backup, but for the most part I will be doing most of my day to day stuff on the mac. My question is: How well will a MacBook Pro with the x1600 and 2 gigs of ram run games like HL2, WoW, Pirates of the Burning Sea. I mainly play MMOs now, so I dont need to get 100fps for FPS games. Is it worth getting, or should I just stick with my pc and get vista and upgrades?
 
From what I've heard, source engine games run fairly well (make sure you get as much ram as you can afford) but things like World of Warcraft play great. I think its worth it.....now leopard may be coming out in the next month or so, so might might want to wait so you don't have to buy leopard 3 weeks from now if apple releases it soon.
 
From what I've heard, source engine games run fairly well (make sure you get as much ram as you can afford) but things like World of Warcraft play great. I think its worth it.....now leopard may be coming out in the next month or so, so might might want to wait so you don't have to buy leopard 3 weeks from now if apple releases it soon.

Right, I heard that too. Chances are I will wait until later this year, like winter time and see if they have any good deals on refurb MBP, otherwise I'll just spring for a new one. Hopefully by then leopard is out.

I'm going to get it with at least 2 gigs of ram, so I think that should be good. How does WindowsXP run in bootcamp, any noticeable difference to regular xp?
 
Right, I heard that too. Chances are I will wait until later this year, like winter time and see if they have any good deals on refurb MBP, otherwise I'll just spring for a new one. Hopefully by then leopard is out.

I'm going to get it with at least 2 gigs of ram, so I think that should be good. How does WindowsXP run in bootcamp, any noticeable difference to regular xp?

All bootcamp does for you is partitions your hard drive, burns you a drivers CD and updates firmware; making it possible to install windows. It doesn't emulate it one bit, therefore; windows will run just like it would on any other hardware comparable to the MBP.
 
All bootcamp does for you is partitions your hard drive, burns you a drivers CD and updates firmware; making it possible to install windows. It doesn't emulate it one bit, therefore; windows will run just like it would on any other hardware comparable to the MBP.

Ahhh I was under the impression there was still some emulation involved, but if not then SWEEET! I should be set :). Thanks for the input
 
The most intensive game I've played on my MacBook Pro C2D 2.16Ghz with 1GB ram is Battlefield 2. All settings are set to medium.(Anti Aliasing at 2x or none I forgot) Resolution 1440x900 (native). Runs at a VERY good speed for such a game that demands cat like reflex. ;)
 
Well, it DOES emulate the BIOS... That's what the firmware patch is all about, isn't it? Adds support for BIOS emulation.
 
Well, it DOES emulate the BIOS... That's what the firmware patch is all about, isn't it? Adds support for BIOS emulation.

Looks like you're right.
Boot Camp requires that users upgrade the firmware on early Intel-based Macintosh computers to the latest version, which includes the boot-loader and BIOS emulation module required to get the EFI based machines to boot legacy operating systems.
 
Aside from PotBS, the other stuff you mentioned either works fine under Crossover (That's how I play HL2DM and a couple other Source engine mods) or in WoW's case, has a native Mac version already.
 
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