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[–]SuperFreddy 164 points165 points ago

Because we just happen to own a Macbook and want to game.

[–]TATANE_SCHOOL 40 points41 points ago

Simple and easy explanation, really!

[–]Slippyy 3 points4 points ago

Exactly. A lot of people bought their MacBook because they use it mostly for work or school. Not everyone has the 500-1000 dollars to throw at a gaming computer so they try and make it work with what they have. OP might not all be there in the head.

EDIT: I have a PC but I understand where people with MacBooks come from.

[–]ihateredd1t -2 points-1 points ago

Ya, it's not like no macbooks all cost more than $1000. Honestly, nobody is saying you have to buy a gaming pc, people are saying that if you bought a pc with specs equal to any of the iterations of a macbook you would say a significant amount of money. Unless you're in love with the operating system and imovie it tends to be more realistic to buy a pc and save $400 or upwards...

[–]rogue780 2 points3 points ago

You'd be hard pressed to find a similar quality laptop as a MacBook Air/Pro for less than $200 less than a Mac, and harder pressed yet to find one with as good of a warranty

[–]absentbird 1 point2 points ago

Well there are some places that use macs for development. If you are part of that culture it makes sense to have one and once you have a mac it just becomes an extra expense to buy a PC for gaming.

Also, who doesn't want to play TF2 on their break... or all the time.

[–]Slippyy 1 point2 points ago

that wasn't what I was saying about "saving money". What I meant was some people only know how to work with the Mac osx, or need it for their work.

[–]switchfox1977 -3 points-2 points ago

Amen!

[–]PallidumTreponema 89 points90 points ago

I'm a unix tech. Long gone are the days where I'd compile kernels or hack sourcecode for the fun of it. I want something that works, and can do the job. A mac, for better or for worse, is one of the best self-contained no-fuss Unix boxes around, unless you want to spend hours custom installing and tweaking your favorite neckbeard Linux distro.

Now, I'm also a gamer. I'm very much a gamer. If I can play games on the same laptop that I use for work, so much better.

I wouldn't buy a mac for gaming, but I'd love to be able to game on a mac I bought for another purpose, and honestly, why shouldn't I be able to?

[–]DiabloBitchfest 8 points9 points ago

I do my shell, perl, awk scripts on my Macbook Air, because simply it has a built-in Bourne Shell terminal. I also love using the free powerful Xcode writing codes for command line tools (mostly C++). It's just simple, no need to set up stupid ass MingW compiler suite and change environment variables like in Windows (Setting up compiler for SciTE is pain in the ass in Windows):/

[–]power_of_friendship 16 points17 points ago

self-contained no-fuss unix boxes

Very true. We use mac's with all my computational chemistry work, and it's nice to only need one machine to do everything. My only software/hardware issue I've ever had (that wasn't fixable in a few minutes/a reset) was a harddrive sata cable that just...stopped.

My first macbook only died when my friend dropped a table on it.

[–]Zaemz 2 points3 points ago

Please, just give me a little patience, but I don't get the difference between saying a PC or a Mac "works" one way or the other is any different between the two systems. If one works, and the other works, they both work. What's the difference? I've never had an issue installing Windows, and then installing and using a program on a PC. The same is said for the Linux distros that I've used (in fact, I've had more of a bitch time compiling from source and installing on Linux), and I've never had a problem starting up and installing a program on any Apple operating system.

If it works, it works. Computers run on logic, right? So if you do computational chemistry work on one kind of computer that can use arbitrary software, there should be equivalent software for any other kind of PC, right? I mean, an Apple computer or a Macbook is still a "Personal Computer" is it not?

I'm seriously not trying to be condescending or mean, or anything like that. I'm just so confused. One way or the other, they all do the same thing.

[–]PallidumTreponema 10 points11 points ago

Macs tend to have very well supported hardware (in OSX) and a generally clean and unobtrusive operating system that works great out of the box. Admittedly, one of the reasons for the well supported hardware is that there isn't a lot of variation, but sometimes that's not what you're looking for.

When I'm looking for a work laptop, I want one that works. Preferably straight out of the box. I don't want to have to spend a number of hours installing, tweaking and setting up a laptop in order to get it to do what I want it to, to have to do the same thing over again once I apply a patch/os upgrade/change laptops.

Macs provide me with this. They come with an operating system that for all its flaws is easy to work with, actually looks quite pleasant to the eye, is intiutive and, very importantly, has a bash shell and most of the *nix command line tools I'm used to from the start. The fact that there is very little variation in terms of hardware and operating system compared to the PC/Windows/Linux world means that I don't have to spend hours, days or weeks figuring out the specifics of this particular hardware/software combination.

I can do the same thing in Windows or Linux that I can do with a mac, but that generally comes with its own problems. Windows is severely lacking in *nix type tools and a proper command line interface. This can be solved by for instance installing Cygwin. Linux is lacking in terms of a modern desktop environment, but can be brought to similar standards of Windows and Mac if you are willing to invest a significant amount of time tweaking it.

This is what make mac "work" for me. I'm not saying that macs are better, but I'm saying that they provide me with all that I need more or less out of the box, and in a manner that is fully supported without the need to install any third party tools.

[–]barry_baltimore 4 points5 points ago

This is exactly why I love Macs. I used to spend hours tweaking and refining my Windows and Linux machines until I got a Mac. Now I have a computer whose default, initial state I can pretty much live with, with nice hardware and a vibrant developer community who make polished software. That, and having *nix tools cinches the deal.

[–]Long_I_Stood_There 9 points10 points ago

Unix shell + command line tools on mac == <3

A lot of things seem confusingly difficult to do on Windows. I probably haven't spent enough time on windows trying to work things out as I only use my win machine to game.

A quick example I can come up with is to make a Makefile you have to download an IDE or something like cygwin.

You could just use linux, but I've had driver annoyances and lack of software there.

[–]greatmagnus 3 points4 points ago

I would shoot myself if it were not for cygwin.

[–]G_Morgan -1 points0 points ago

Cygwin is pretty vile. Fits in like a shaved monkey would fit in at school.

[–]greatmagnus 1 point2 points ago

Compared to the regular cmd.exe cygwin is a lifesaver. Sure its path BS mucks with some scripts, but that is easy enough to address.

[–]NYKevin 0 points1 point ago

Microsoft has, for all intents and purposes, deprecated cmd.exe in favor of Windows PowerShell. The only reason cmd is still there is so that .bat files still work.

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[–]Long_I_Stood_There 2 points3 points ago

Woops, forgot about that.

I haven't really spent any time with it. I think I used it a little to change sharepoint sever settings or something one time.

I'd totally have to learn new commands. Imma go play with it now so I'm not such a nub.

[–]SomnambulicSojourner 0 points1 point ago

You can alias existing ps commands to anything you want, so you can alias things to linux/unix commands so that your functional work is exactly the same. For example, go to powershell, go to a directory and type "ls" see what happens? You can do that for any ps command.

[–]lllama 2 points3 points ago

To suggest that driver quality (when judged on stability) in Windows or even Linux is anywhere near a Macbook is just false.

Not that Macs are perfect, but you should be able to tell the difference in QA.

[–]NYKevin 2 points3 points ago

in fact, I've had more of a bitch time compiling from source and installing on Linux

Whoever gave you source instead of a .deb or .rpm is bad and they should feel bad. Would you like to even try to compile from source on Windows?

[–]power_of_friendship 4 points5 points ago

I'm actually shit at answering this kind of question since I don't do much with the underlying mechanics of computers (I just run things and collect data, chemistry is my focus)

Personally, I've had more issues with Windows because on a superficial level malware/spyware is much more common. Shit like babylon and all those other awful programs that sneak themselves onto your computer. I also (basically) learned how to navigate terminal/bash shells before I touched the Dos interface. There are some little things involved with that which irritate me.

Specifically in my field of interest, a lot of the programs/equipment were designed to run off unix systems, so things are just more compatible that way. The software is usually written in shit like Fortran, which is not fun to mess with. Python is a popular language for higher level stuff like the scripts that run bits of fortran code (python is natively installed on osx).

My parents have had their own experiences with dos and mac os's, and mac's have almost always been more reliable.

And yeah, in essence all computers just process logic, but the way they do it can have a big impact on how quickly/efficiently you can do things.

[–]brassmunkey 0 points1 point ago

Dropped a table on it? Care to explain?

[–]power_of_friendship 0 points1 point ago

He was picking up a small (but unusually dense) table to move it into his room, and my laptop was on the floor charging (I took it off that table so he could move it).

He didn't see it, slipped a little bit when he lifted the table, and it crushed the laptop's lcd screen.

The laptop actually still works, just the battery is now totally dead and the screen is broken.

[–]power_of_friendship 8 points9 points ago

My solution was bootcamp. It's an awkward solution, but it's still a solution. I just wish they'd work on allow more hardware customization.

[–]JusticeJanitor 2 points3 points ago

If I can play games on the same laptop that I use for work, so much better.

That's exactly it. I do have a desktop PC at home that's great for gaming but being able to play some games on my laptop when I'm away from home would be nice. A lot of them plays great but I'd rather play them on my beefy gaming PC. Some people don't buy computers just for gaming. To some people, gaming is an afterthought and some of those people have macs.

[–]switchfox1977 2 points3 points ago

And with Parrallels, you have that option.

[–]internetvictim 4 points5 points ago

You've expressed my thoughts on the subject far better than I ever could. Having the GNU suite, bash, macports (which is very similar to yum, or aptitude) and being able to game when not doing work related is very convenient for me.

I have a a gaming laptop, but its huge!

When I only have my mac for whatever reason, sometimes its nice to get a little gaming in :)

[–]fireaura08 1 point2 points ago

Bootcamp is your solution, provided you have a decent sized HD and you're willing to shell out money for Windows. http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

[–]ziggo0 1 point2 points ago

With how well VMware has been doing with 3d acceleration in guests...you can pretty much kiss Windows goodbye.

[–]Wizuhd 0 points1 point ago

Tell that to Apple ಠ_ಠ

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    [–]RxMario 51 points52 points ago

    Well, I wouldn't buy a MacBook purely for gaming, but for all around-computing, it's not bad at all.

    [–]retro_v -2 points-1 points ago

    I have one for editing, I did try Civ5 on it but something just didn't feel right.

    [–]_Gingy 4 points5 points ago

    I really must say the keyboard is quite awful for gaming. As for just typing it is fine.

    [–]puttyguy 1 point2 points ago

    Along with the mouse acceleration that is almost impossible to get rid of. Sure you can run some scripts to negate it, by a huge margin, but it's never quite the same as other OS'es that have the ability to completely turn it off. Just important for twitch style games, FPS and the such. That's really my only gripe with using a mac for gaming.

    [–]Ednar 2 points3 points ago

    There are very simple scripts you can run that turns acceleration off completely. Google Mac Mouse Fixer. It is what allows me to play starcraft 2 on my iMac with the same mouse settings as on my PC. For games such as Civ5, mentioned above, I haven't noticed any difference between the platforms, and I wouldn't mind the acceleration in it.

    I think it's strange that the acceleration cannot be turned off without downloading a third-party program, but at least it's easy enough to do.

    [–]puttyguy 0 points1 point ago

    Interesting. I'll have to try that, but like you said it is a little odd that you can't just turn it off under system settings.

    [–]Faceless_Troll 55 points56 points ago

    I really hate faboyism on this subreddit.

    [–]lnsentience 10 points11 points ago

    Especially the Valve/Gabe Newell fanboyism.

    [–]benjiehan 13 points14 points ago

    I dont see what the big fuss is about. I do my gaming primarily on my PC, and I own a Mac which I use in school, and browse Reddit while I'm on my bed. When I'm not, I play games like Binding of Isaac, or Super Meat Boy. Stop being a whiny little bitch about how others live their life, especially if it doesn't affect you. The world doesn't live by your standards.

    [–]hvyboots 12 points13 points ago

    *blinks*

    Frankly, because I can't be bothered to care and feed for a separate gaming rig. Priorities change, dude.

    Hell, at this point I can't even be bothered to use Bootcamp when I do play PC games. I just boot Parallels and call it close enough. (If I'm not playing it on the bluray player PS3 in the living room on the 100" projector screen, that is.)

    [–]Sarlowit 1 point2 points ago

    "I wouldn't buy a mac for gaming, but I'd love to be able to game on a mac I bought for another purpose, and honestly, why shouldn't I be able to?"

    Same here.

    [–]Sheogorggalag 25 points26 points ago

    Because some of us are casual gamers who prioritize other things that a Mac is well-suited for, but would still like to play games on a computer without buying a new one for thousands of dollars?

    [–]PallidumTreponema 8 points9 points ago

    Some of us are hardcore gamers with multi-thousand-dollar gaming rigs at home, who also prioritize things that a mac is well-suited for when shopping for a laptop.

    And perhaps some of these people like to enjoy a bit of gaming on said laptop as well. :)

    [–]An_Emo_Dinosaur 4 points5 points ago

    The retina macbook can play skyrim at ultra at 60fps as well, it's a force to be reckoned with.

    [–]fuzaco -5 points-4 points ago

    What are those things that a mac can do better than a PC? I'm seriously interested.

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    [–]I_Like_Your_Username 6 points7 points ago

    Why do I never hear people argue about cars the way I hear people argue about computers?

    What are those things that a Mazda Santa Fe can do better than a Nissan Pathfinder? I'm seriously interested.

    Maybe the person just calculated that they like the Mazda better. I don't know.

    [–]buffandshine 4 points5 points ago

    What the actual fuck is a Mazda Santa Fe?

    [–]I_Like_Your_Username 0 points1 point ago

    Oops, Hyundai Sante Fe

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      [–]TATANE_SCHOOL 5 points6 points ago

      IMHO: Less bugs, more simple to use, better trackpad (for laptops), beautiful screen, built-in gestures, almost no viruses!

      [–]blackbelt352 1 point2 points ago

      No viruses because no hacker is going to spend time writing code for a system that only has a small portion of the population uses. Hackers want to make mass chaos, so they will go for windows because it is so widely used and in integral for so many things, like business networks.

      [–]freshmas 5 points6 points ago

      OS X is better designed. It's not impervious, but obscurity is not its only defense, not by a long shot.

      [–]blackbelt352 0 points1 point ago

      true, it is much harder to crack into the lower levels of code because of it's proprietary-ness.

      [–]freshmas 1 point2 points ago

      Not at all.

      [–]oiturtlez -3 points-2 points ago

      building a pc that will shit all over any current game will cost only around 1.2k MAX. how much do macs cost again?

      [–]LeberechtReinhold 3 points4 points ago

      Dunno why you are downvoted, thats totally true.

      1.2k is a lot if you buy your components. A real big lot.

      [–]rayman219 -3 points-2 points ago

      this is true... i overpaid for my pc about 200 to 300 because i didn't want to build it, cost me 1400 all together with 23 inch screen, wireless key bored n mouse, blue ray player, high speed built in WiFi connector and tv tuner...specs of the pc 6 core AMD 1100t cpu 3.3ghz (each core)turbo(3.7)overclock easy (4.1) 9 gigs of ram 1333mhz and a 2 gig geforce 530gt graphics card...im very pleased with my pc maybe i could upgrade the gpu for ultra graphics on all games...but for apple to have anything near what i have...your going to need to spend atleast 3000 for there over priced junk...also you cant upgrade there laptops...what a joke

      [–]freshmas 4 points5 points ago

      If you're trying to appear intelligent, you're not doing a good job of it. Have fun comparing Apples to oranges, though. I was like you once, and I don't blame you for your ignorance :)

      [–]ShesNotATreeDashy 0 points1 point ago

      How do you get 9 gigs of RAM? Also as far as RAM goes, it's a good idea to have all the sticks the same size e.g. 4x2GB sticks of RAM to have 8 GBs.

      [–]rayman219 1 point2 points ago

      i believe its 2x4 then 1 gig, i never use pass 3 gigs tho..when i bought the computer they had 8 gig option then 9 gig was no extra charge because of a sale that was going on so i went with the 9

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        [–]Dawknight 12 points13 points ago

        you do know that games for mac on steam do work on other computers than laptops ...?

        I game on my Imac because well, that's the only computer I have. currently playing the witcher1, always on SC2 and D3 recently.

        and mac pros (not laptop but towers) can be customized and totally powerfull enough to run current gen games...

        so yeah, again... undeserved hate towards mac users and i'm sure the devs are pretty damn happy to collect more coins for their games by offering them to more customers.

        [–]geardos 6 points7 points ago

        There's this thing called bootcamp.

        [–]Mrst33le 2 points3 points ago

        Not to mention the new i7s are awesome! I'm running a wine wrapped skyrim on Max settings.

        [–]RedCravat 21 points22 points ago

        Obviously a troll/stupid attempt at a meme

        But in Mac's defense, My wife has a macbook and iPhone. She can speak to siri to arrange appointments and it updates automatically on her laptop. Apple is sick in that all their products and software sync together.

        She also loves machinarium (sp?) and little fun games like that from Steam. Not everyone is a hardcore $60 gamer

        [–]JTyler82 5 points6 points ago

        I have the same thing. It's amazing

        [–]toodrunk 0 points1 point ago

        I can do this with my android phone too, except I dont like looking like an idiot and talking to my phone so everyone around me can tell what I'm going to be doing in the future.

        [–]ShesNotATreeDashy 3 points4 points ago

        You don't need to talk to your phone to do it. You can type it out and it will still sync between your phone and your computer.

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          [–]phishf00d 4 points5 points ago

          Because people look at me funny when I take a desktop and 2 24" widescreens on a train.

          [–]Thorse 2 points3 points ago

          A subreddit for anything related to games (but not sports). "Related" means that posts must contain gaming-related content in the link/post body, not just a "forced" connection via the title or a caption added to the content. "Generic" image macros/memes (where the character itself is not related to gaming) like Scumbag Steve, Good Guy Greg, etc. will be removed. Something that "reminds you of a game", or "looks like something from a game" is also not an appropriate submission.

          [–]V2Blast[M] 0 points1 point ago

          yep

          [–]screwchief 0 points1 point ago

          i wouldn't. but for everything else, i LOVE IT!

          [–]And3rzz0n 2 points3 points ago

          Because people own macbooks and want to play games. Duh!

          [–]Willomo 2 points3 points ago

          My computer was out of action for about two weeks, so I was using a macbook.

          One of the first things I did was install Steam, and of my ~300 games ~100 were playable. It was pretty cool how well they ran.

          [–]jasonlitka 2 points3 points ago

          2880x1800

          [–]jkonine 2 points3 points ago

          Because I have a retina motherfucking display

          [–]vamplosion 2 points3 points ago

          I have my macbook for Uni work and some video editing/photoshop stuff. I can't really take my big computer with me around the country for gaming so I just leave it at my house. It's nice to be able to play SOME games on mac steam though.

          [–]conmel72 2 points3 points ago

          What's wrong with MacBooks?

          [–]philphan25 0 points1 point ago

          "As a PC owner with Steam..." Makes you quite the special person.

          [–]mrjames 7 points8 points ago

          Because I have one as well, because I can play some good games on it, and because gaming is not the only reason people use computers.

          Idiotic fanboy bullshit post.

          [–]ryan848 3 points4 points ago

          Personally i think the problem is that some developers just don't bother to make their games mac compatible. If they did then gaming on a mac would be fine. Most of the games i play on my mac run fine! The only problems i have had were with diablo 3, it was so laggy it was basically unplayable!

          [–]Willomo -1 points0 points ago

          A subreddit for anything related to games (but not sports). "Related" means that posts must contain gaming-related content in the link/post body, not just a "forced" connection via the title or a caption added to the content.

          [–]V2Blast[M] 0 points1 point ago

          Correct.

          [–]SirWarpig -1 points0 points ago

          My parents own a Mac book so I really have no choice

          [–]aspergers-hermit 0 points1 point ago

          Redditor for 0 days....Here bro have an upvote. Your karma is dangerously low.

          [–]SirWarpig 1 point2 points ago

          Hey thanks man

          [–]imabadmthrfckr 1 point2 points ago

          As a mac user I tell I want to tell you my game list on steam: left for dead (1 & 2). I with we had more variety

          [–]CoolLemon 1 point2 points ago

          Dude! team fortress 2! :p

          [–]imabadmthrfckr 0 points1 point ago

          Going to check it out :D

          [–]callumlambizle 1 point2 points ago

          Counter-Strike

          [–]Kahnbrochill 0 points1 point ago

          Left for Dead 2 works on a mac!?

          [–]imabadmthrfckr 1 point2 points ago

          Yeah it's a beauty! And cheap

          [–]ShesNotATreeDashy 1 point2 points ago

          Yes, every Valve game since HL2 works on Mac.

          [–]V2Blast 0 points1 point ago

          Every semi-recent Valve game does. (Excluding TF Classic, Counter-Strike Condition Zero, HL1, and stuff from back then.)

          [–]Providendum 0 points1 point ago

          The product image, not to mention public unfamiliarity with Bootcamp, allows me to game during slow classes without attracting suspicion.

          [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

          I bought a mac for audio production purposes, it suits me better. I would love to be able to play the odd game on it as well but it is far too expensive to get one with a half decent dedicated gpu.

          [–]fl1x -1 points0 points ago

          As a MacBook owner with steam Why the fuck arnt you using angry Picard HD?

          [–]gk306 1 point2 points ago

          I currently have a PS3 for most current-gen gaming I want to do, and on my Mac I have other games (KOTOR, TF2, L4D, Amnesia, Bastion, etc.) and I'm quite happy with the setup.

          [–]NickSearle 0 points1 point ago

          Does Steam have an option for Amnesia? I'm about 3/4 the way through the game on my windows, and now I am going off to college tuesday. I'd love to finish it :)

          [–]gk306 1 point2 points ago

          Yeah I believe so, all Mac games should. I'm not completely sure, as I got amnesia through the humble indie bundle

          [–]Tilux 1 point2 points ago

          If it's compatible with steam cloud, then yeah. If not, idk.

          [–]V2Blast 0 points1 point ago

          "An option" meaning what? Amnesia is on both platforms on Steam, yes (though I'm not sure if it activates on Steam if you get it elsewhere or what).

          The save files you might have to copy over manually, but someone on the internet can probably help you with that. (Dunno if it uses Steam Cloud.)

          [–]mayodefender 1 point2 points ago

          I got a pretty powerful Macbook Pro for college, and loaded both Windows and OSX on it. It's like gaming on a regular PC.

          [–]unundead -1 points0 points ago

          fuck off. Didn't know bout computer game community till after parents got it for school. Learned bout Starcraft and now thats all i play on this piece of shit.

          [–]cnnr97 0 points1 point ago

          I have a mac, the only games i really play on steam are Portal, L4D2, and TF2. They all run great. The main reason I own a mac is because I have 2 other apple devices and it's convenient to have all of my music and photos and such synced on each one.

          [–]Sazaranthran -1 points0 points ago

          It sucks if you own a mac and want to game, but at the same time I don't really think it's something a mac owner should feel they are entitled to. Mac never make any allusions to being able to play games and it's no secret that they're not great at it. If you acquire a mac whilst wanting to play games you're probably making the wrong decision, and if you buy one and later decide you want to play games then there is a rather large lack of foresight on your part. This is particularly true if you bought a mac to perform tasks that are just as easily performed on a PC.

          -I'm also led to believe that one could simply create a windows partition on a mac and....problem solved?

          tl;dr - Yes, it sucks that macs can't play most games, but proper foresight and market research can stop you from making a bad decision.

          [–]V2Blast 1 point2 points ago

          -I'm also led to believe that one could simply create a windows partition on a mac and....problem solved?

          Yep. Bootcamp. (Or Parallels or VMWare or something.)

          Macs can play games - the main problem is the lack of devs willing to put in the work (and cost) to make Mac versions of their games. (Of course, it is not the only problem.) However, if you want a good computer, but also enjoy gaming from time to time, Macs are fine (especially with the aforementioned methods of installing Windows).

          [–]Ryguy085 -1 points0 points ago

          Because they're just so gosh darn cute

          [–]bogart27 1 point2 points ago

          Because it's portable.

          [–]Jepuliz1 0 points1 point ago

          I see a stupid picture with and ignorant line, and in the comments I see hundreds of comments defending Macs against the stupid line. A shrug would've been better fitting.

          [–]idgman94 1 point2 points ago

          Has bootcamp. Why not both?

          [–]GrowingSoul 1 point2 points ago

          Because they are some of the best constructed laptops ever and I want to play games on it.

          [–]popcorncolonel 1 point2 points ago

          Gaming is fun

          [–]SockPuppetDinosaur 1 point2 points ago

          Wow. Oh right, /r/gaming

          [–]wheelietime 0 points1 point ago

          I bought one because it is the only laptop I could find with a full firewire 800 port on it. I do audio engineering and can't stand expansion cards or stupid 4 pin firewire 400. Also, Windows 7 and it plays all my games quite nicely. I never use the mac os side.

          [–]spiderdj -1 points0 points ago

          For people to show they have the money for a good computer but not the knowledge to realize for the price of a mac you can get a much better PC

          [–]ShotgunMadMaxwell 0 points1 point ago

          Yeah I got my MacBook for school and art media stuff. Downloaded some games then regretted it. Nonetheless, it's a good computer for anything else besides gaming.

          But that's my opinion

          [–]bobert78 -1 points0 points ago

          I find it funny how none of you have it in you to admit you bought a Mac because of the "cool" factor that the Apple brand carries.

          [–]V2Blast 0 points1 point ago

          Probably because none of us bought a Mac for the "cool" factor. (I'm sure someone somewhere did, but they're in the minority.)

          [–]V2Blast[M] 0 points1 point ago

          "Generic" image macros/memes (where the character itself is not related to gaming) like Scumbag Steve, Good Guy Greg, etc. will be removed.

          [–]Sequoiathrone 0 points1 point ago

          I'm a musician who needs a macbook for logic, and i also happen to game.

          [–]whomad1215 -2 points-1 points ago

          Spend $3000 on new macbook with super ultra display, play Sims.

          Also, make movies with imovie on a plane when you forgot your anniversary, and prepare a speech on a plane, and make cards for your first childs birth before taking your wife to the hospital. Oh, don't forget the coffee table books for the grandparents.

          Don't forget to add the Sepia effect, it's very romantic.

          [–]Repugnance -5 points-4 points ago

          Not just the sims.

          There are many facebook games available too. Like farmville

          [–]MrSkinnynerd03 2 points3 points ago

          Because Valve just doesn't cater to one crowd.......do you have a problem with me playing games on mac?

          [–]An_Emo_Dinosaur -2 points-1 points ago

          Because I want a unix os. The retina macbook is fucking amazing and can run most modern games fantastically, as well as do mostly everything else, and is all around the best laptop you can find anywhere. I wouldn't ever consider buying an apple desktop, but their laptops are rad.

          Fuck you and your stupid windows elitism shit, enjoy your fucking botnet.

          [–]LastRedCoat -2 points-1 points ago

          I have tried to game on my MacBook for four years. Tomorrow, my shiny new Asus is going to come in the mail and I am beyond excited for gaming. I fully expect my MacBook to be functional long after my Asus breaths its last breath though.

          [–]theTezuma -3 points-2 points ago

          People saying this is a fanboy post, all I see are fanboy comments saying how Macs are superior to PCs and they just want their "super computer" to game too.

          But they're just lying to themselves. They are paying 50%-100% more for the apple logo, when you can have practically the same hardware and software on a PC. Yes you can game on a Mac with bootcamp the same way you can have the Mac OS on a PC. Don't get me wrong, macs aren't bad computers, its just stupid to buy one.

          In my biased and judgmental opinion you buy a Mac because:

          1.- You're too stupid to build your own PC

          2.- You're too lazy to build your own PC

          3.- You want to fit in with the rest of the people using a Mac

          4.- You are a Fan of apple products.

          [–]NerdyFTW -1 points0 points ago

          Sorry I'm too lazy/stupid to build a laptop. OP's post was about MacBooks not the towers. I can't find any windows laptops that provide the same small size, build quality, and performance of a Macbook pro.

          [–]freshmas 1 point2 points ago

          Last year I built a water-cooled 4.4 GHz Sandy Bridge, GTX 580 SLI desktop and bought a 2.2 GHz Sandy Bridge 13" MacBook Pro. If you browse /r/Battlestations, you'll see a fair amount of well-equipped game-stations which also include an Apple laptop. These people are not simply fans of Apple hardware, they appreciate well-designed laptops.

          You simply lack the experience to understand. I'm not here to educate you, but I will let you know your ignorance is showing.

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            [–]Swift_Gravy -4 points-3 points ago

            Know the difference

            [–]Browncheese 1 point2 points ago

            Wow, this has to be one of the most aggressive, uninformed and biased infographic I've seen in a while. Don't get me wrong, as with any company there is plenty to criticize with Apple and their product line-up. This, however, is just as bad as the worst of Apple fanboyism.

            [–]GramGuy 1 point2 points ago

            Yeah. "Apple charges for software updates" was funny.

            People always fail to realize the software that you get on a Mac that factors into the price, as well as the fact that you can run Windows as well.

            [–]Browncheese 2 points3 points ago

            Honestly I didn't get that part. I've never paid for a software upgrade. Is it in reference to getting Lion etc? Windows 7 wasn't a free upgrade either? I'm confused.

            And I love running boot camp. I installed Diablo 3 in osx and win7 and could get considerably higher and more stable frame rates in windows. Think that is decent evidence that windows definitely deals with gaming better, but since I have both on my laptop it's sort of win-win. Or win-mac I guess. Time for more coffee.

            [–]GramGuy 0 points1 point ago

            Looks like I need to install Diablo 3 on my Windows partition now

            [–]Browncheese 1 point2 points ago

            Absolutely!

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              [–]remondo -1 points0 points ago

              To try to justify the 2k reddit machine they just bought.

              [–]freshmas 2 points3 points ago

              You say that like it's a bad thing to be able to afford a nice computer.

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