 
|
Audio Asylum Thread Printer Get a view of an entire thread on one page |
For Sale Ads |
|
|
Audio Asylum Thread Printer Get a view of an entire thread on one page |
For Sale Ads |
125.133.32.231
I am thinking of buying an Apple Laptop as my next machine largely due to the safety net of being able to run windows on it (just in case). The only thing I have used is iTunes which came with my HP but I much prefer using WMP. I loaded all of my cds on Lossless WMA. So I am not sure if iTunes can read it.
Anyway to my point. I am getting different information form everywhere. What I would like to do is play some video games. My current machine was not designed for games at all but the Macs are not noted for gameplay. I primarily like games like Knights of the Old Republic first person shooters. I like that you can just stick in after market ram on the Apple. I don't believe I can do that on my computer.
I also want to be able to do power point displays for teaching or watching movies on a front projector and it needs to be hassle free. My HP DV1040 has been excellent for a few years now and I may keep it as a backup machine. The HP drawbacks are sluggish start up and processing times - no gaming ability.
One additional question - my HP came with a bunch of start up discs - would I be able to just load these onto the Apple (as it can be partitioned) then I would not have to buy Windows again...plus I want to keep XP and not go to the problem filled Vista.
Follow Ups:
RGA,
I have found that WMA files sound better under windows. It's not to say that in iTunes you can convert them and we have verified that since they are lossless that WMA files converted to Apple Lossless will sound better under OSX.
If you want to Bootcamp your Apple then I would suggest Vista over XP as Vista to me is allot easier to setup and sound better than XP. Mainly due to the lack of the KMIXER and the better USB drivers (thanks DJ).
So especially if you want to run these files under WMP then Vista would get my vote.
I have not compared different Vista versions but did order and Ultimate and have Home Premium here also and will report back.
Thanks
Gordon
J. Gordon Rankin
- Most likely the HP recovery CD is encoded with the specific hardware which means that it will only re-install Windows back on the HP notebook, not on the MacBook. So you will have to get a new Windows CD.- Powerpoint on MacBook running Windows: should be easy. Another option is using PowerPoint running on MS Office for Mac, but you will have to buy the Mac specific MS Office. Or you can use Keynote, a presentation program in iWork, made by Apple.
- Playing Knights of the Old Republic on the MacBook: I will leave this one for other gamers out there.
Hope this helps.
A lot of the developers at my company run Vista on Macs. The guy who sites next to me says Vista runs faster on his 1.5 year old iBook than on his new dual core PC. Not sure why you don't think it's not a gaming machine. Macs have been graphic computers for many years.
BTW many of them say Vista is slower than XP. You should be able to install XP on the Mac.
Buy the Mac, use OSX, use iTunes, and use Windows for your games. Happy camper!
I was reading the reviews and they said the machines were not super for games - but they were reviewing an Apple with an X1600 card and the website says X3100. I know nothing about graphics cards but I assume bigger number is better.
I'd be wary of exactly how much graphical power you'd get out of this Intel chip. I think it is a built in device and and such, will possibly share some of the motherboard resources to achieve its performance, so to speak. The MacBook Pro line (NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 256MB of GDDR3 SDRAM) would probably give you more bang... but for more bucks. Not sure if its going to be that much better than my ATi X1600 though.
Why not just build a pc laptop and specify it yourself?
Big J.
I have one of those 2007 X1600 laptops. Currently taking a break from editing a TV show on it FCP/Soundtrack/Motion. Having no problem doing multicamera (3) editing right now with an outboard LaCie drive. Played KOTOR and Halo on it with a few slow downs but nothing major (and this, coming from a guy who was using a quad core, SLI PC last year for AVID). Haven't played on it for about 7 or 8 months though, being a busy dad and so on. I think I have 4 games in total.
If I were buying again (and I may need to soon for HD cutting), I'd buy another MacBook Pro, 4 GB of ram, the fastest system drive they offer (regardless of size) and an OWC RAID 0+1 outbaord storage drive for media files, photos, general documents and so on (perhaps more than one to keep the editing stuff separate). Thus, with enough RAM, a fast OS drive, a fast storage drive, one of those X3100 (no idea what this is. ATi?) and so on you should be flying .
That said, if you haven't played something like Half Life 2 or any other modern game online, you missing about 90% of the fun to be had these days while gaming. Most onlne games these days have more 'senior' communities for dads-who-like-to-game and its truly hilarious sometimes. Never thought it would happen but I literally fell off my chair laughing late last year playing some team stuff with other dads. Some of the antics you can get up to make playing by yourself seem a little sad.
And you don't need a mac for that.
Since I'm a sci-fi kind of guy, this holiday I think I'll be picking up a copy of Mass Effect (made by Bioware, the original designers of the KOTOR game) and an XBOX 360 to play it on. When my son and daughters are not playing and in the few moments that I'm not with family and don't fancy another repeat on TV, this should fill the entertainment gap. Might pick up the Hlaf Life Ornage Box too. I seem to be one of the few people who have played Halo that find it really quite dull.
Big J.
| FAQ |
Post a Message! |
Forgot Password? |
|
||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
Top of Page ]
[ Contact Us ]
[ Support/Wish List ]
[ Copyright © 2025, Audio Asylum, all rights reserved ]
