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| Thread ID: 64176 | 2005-12-06 07:30:00 | what computer should i get | Etienne30 (9374) | PC World Chat |
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| 410621 | 2005-12-06 19:14:00 | Forums and user level hardware reviews on the net are largely a waste of time. If the board is working fine, those people aren't going to talk about it. They only talk when stuff breaks, chances are that most of those people are responsible for their own problems. (Think JJJJJ here for a bit). Any way, buy a Mac. |
ninja (1671) | ||
| 410622 | 2005-12-06 19:16:00 | Yer whatever makes u happy Pctek. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 410623 | 2005-12-06 19:21:00 | I feel a ***** fight about to start and I'm not even invovled :eek: | plod (107) | ||
| 410624 | 2005-12-06 21:40:00 | Any way, buy a Mac. Priceless. Telling a gamer to get a mac :p. |
Greven (91) | ||
| 410625 | 2005-12-06 22:40:00 | It's not a bad idea if you only play the games available for Mac OS X (eg, UT2004, Doom III, America's Army, Myst V, The Sims 2 etc etc etc) but if you are one of those people who needs play every game under the sun then you would be better to buy a PC. All the popular games are available for Mac OS X, though sometimes you may have to wait a month or so for the Mac version. btw. Get a PowerMac for games, not an iMac. :) | maccrazy (6741) | ||
| 410626 | 2005-12-06 23:10:00 | Please don't lie, Very few games are on the Mac, and popular isn't restricted to big budget First Person shooters. | Metla (12) | ||
| 410627 | 2005-12-06 23:28:00 | and what about old games? I love my old games. Xwing, Tie Fighter, Command and Conquer DOS, Doom, Duke Nukem, Descent Freespace, Quake etc etc |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 410628 | 2005-12-06 23:50:00 | Please don't lie, Very few games are on the MacI really don't want to start a Mac vs Windows battle here, but it is not a lie. In comparison to Windows, yes there are fewer games and yes, if you are a hard out gamer a Mac may not be your best option. Re-reading the original post maybe it wasn't the best suggestion, but I do know some people who claim to be serious gamers and do play games for hours on end but they only play the same few games over and over. I love my old games. Xwing, Tie Fighter, Command and Conquer DOS, Doom, Duke Nukem, Descent Freespace, Quake etc etcNot sure about the first two, but C&C is available for Mac OS as are the others (I presume Descent Freespace is part of Descent I, II or III?) I believe. :) |
maccrazy (6741) | ||
| 410629 | 2005-12-06 23:54:00 | This is your lie All the popular games are available for Mac OS X Granted I think your blind on Mac issues but just because you cant see it doesn't make it truth. Heres a very popular forum that covers dozens of games, How many of these are available for the mac? forum.rscnet.org |
Metla (12) | ||
| 410630 | 2005-12-06 23:56:00 | ..though sometimes you may have to wait a month or so for the Mac version...A month.. sure.. Blizzard are the only people I recall keeping that sort of timeframe, and they went for the very rare dual platform discs at launch. I can't remember how long it took quake 3 to be ported, but I do remember how goddamn slow it played compared to the equilivent PC hardware. The fact is people port games to OSX as an afterthought. They are never optimised for the macs. If your primary purpose is games, a Mac is not value for money. I'm sure metla will now point out that macs are never value for money in his not so humble opinion. :D -Qyiet |
qyiet (6730) | ||
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