Want to move to Mac

[TEX4S]

Longevity and upgradeable is wanted.

I may transplant some parts from my HP to a new rig. The Mac Pro is hideously expensive, is it overpriced ???!

Only you can answer that - cost is relative -

mac people will tell you NO - absolutely not - but they are telling you its not overpriced TO THEM.

Since everyone's finances are different - nobody can tell you if its overpriced to you

What are you considering transferring from your Hewlett Crapard ? and why ?

[_bobcat_ Veteran]

Longevity and upgradeable is wanted.

I may transplant some parts from my HP to a new rig. The Mac Pro is hideously expensive, is it overpriced ???!

Personally I think the iMacs are overpriced and thus not great for gaming. Unless you have endless money, you will always have to compromise performance because of the cost of Apple hardware. If you build a PC from scratch, you will get more performance for your money. Also, you have to install Windows whatever you go for, so it's not like you can avoid it with a Mac.

If it was your first Mac and you really wanted one, I would recommend saving up for a Pro, which my friend has dual booted with Vista. He's not that computer savvy but has managed upgrading it, and also plays his favourite games.

I have a MacBook for 95% of my computer usage, and I'm building a Windows based desktop for gaming. The new desktop is costing a fraction of what I would pay if I bought that spec. computer from Apple. As much as I love OS X, it won't run the games I want to play, so I see no point paying extra for another Mac just to boot it into Windows all the time.

[Reacon]

The comp in my sig I built for just over 800$. Goes to show how much you can do provided you build it yourself.

A core i7 system can be easily built with the addition of a nice 4770 for around 900$.

[Subject Delta]

I wouldn't say the Mac Pro is overpriced compared to other computers in its class, but in all honesty it defeats the object to buy a mac when you will be using Windows most of the time to do your gaming.

[El Marto]

Good luck playing Crysis without Microsoft:laugh:h:

awesome build:blink:k: how much that set you back?

[WillGonz]

I like my Mac for playing World of Warcraft. I use a PS3 and 360 for my console gaming.

If Apple does for the Mac what it is doing for the iPhone, then you can just about bet the Mac will become a gaming system.

[Emily_June]

I own the 24" iMac right now, which I have partitioned with boot camp and do play games like Left 4 Dead, and Team Fortress 2 on. I love my Mac. Both of my Macs. But like everyone else have said, they aren't built for gaming. I manage fine with these games, but I do have to sacrifice a good deal of picture quality for it to run smoothly; and in my opinion, one of the perks of playing PC games over my Xbox 360 games is the awesome graphics and quality. I do also play with my Xbox controller rather than mouse and keyboard, because it's fairly difficult getting used to the mighty mouse with PC games. Right now, almost all of my video settings in my games are set pretty low just to avoid choppiness.

My boyfriend just recently built his PC (the specs on it are up to him to share), which he maxed out for gaming capabilities and with a Blu-ray player for just over $500. While I prefer using my Mac over a Windows machine 99% of the time, I do prefer to play PC games on his new monster (not to mention he hooks it up to his 47" Vizio, which I don't have the proper wiring to do with either of my Macs yet), even with his trackball mouse.

I have to second (or third or fourth or fifth, etc...) the opinion that if you're buying a Mac for the sole purpose of gaming, you'll probably be disappointed. Again, I'll also remind you that you'll still have to dual boot in Windows in order to play your PC games.

However, if you're buying your Mac mostly for everything else, with the hopes of getting a little PC gaming in (and with the understanding that you won't be playing those games to their full potential, and will be sacrificing a good deal of quality), then I say go for the Mac and enjoy yourself! You could always build your PC for gaming, and buy a Macbook later on down the road for everything else, as well.

Either way, good luck, and enjoy!

-Emily

[Subject Delta]

I like my Mac for playing World of Warcraft. I use a PS3 and 360 for my console gaming.

If Apple does for the Mac what it is doing for the iPhone, then you can just about bet the Mac will become a gaming system.

The iPhone is a different market altogether, OSX will never become a viable gaming OS until it is embraced by more game makers, which is unlikely any time soon given its small market share, and lack of D3D