To pc or not to pc... on my Mactell!
Well, I couldn't wait any longer. My day started off with me feeling sick, catching a cold and all the fun that goes with that, met some friends for lunch, just wanting to sleep when I got back home, and decided, fine, I'll do the downloads.
Will I ever buy a new pc again? That depends on Apple. I love my MacBook Pro! Why ask about buying a new pc and how does that depend on Apple? Let's see if I can put this easily or not.
First off, I have to consider that the x1600 ATI card in my MacBook is obviously not the most powerfull graphics card, but it sure is sweet! It's a great card! Can I see the optimal settings in games, which is what I use a pc for? No, you can't get the frame rate of the desktop systems, but you can see a great looking game still.
My review is on Boot Camp. I did the download, which I also needed to update the OS and firmware, so an hour of downloads on my dsl line is not entirely accurate. It took less than 2 hours, then about another hour for XP to install and give or take 30 or so minutes for extras.
Dual booting is a snap, I can choose easily enough which os to startup in. The true test is not just running any app for me, but games. That is the only reason I have a pc. Games!!! I installed F.E.A.R., updated it, ran it came up with the question above. Will I ever buy another pc again?!
The long answer to the simple statement, it depends on Apple, is when do the desktop mactells come out? With the option of putting in the best graphics cards in those systems, I will never have to buy a pc again! Apple is frakin awesome! Not that I will be able to afford a new desktop system for a while, but if it for some reason takes Apple longer than next year to come out with a system, then I might, might, have to upgrade my pc because I do love games, and the pc is still the game machine that software companies write games for.
So how does F.E.A.R. play on my dual booting Pro? If I adjust the settings for a laptop, it is very playable. Turn up the settings, and obviously there is frame loss. But hey, a laptop is not a machine you buy when you want to play games, a desktop is. That's why my long winded answer is, no, I will never have to buy a pc again! A new mactell desktop with the ability to get any graphics card will be the only system I will ever need to buy from now on!
To end my bloated blog, this was written on my Pro using XP in Boot Camp. No connectivity issues using wireless, no crashes, so far, and a clean smooth feel during my testing of this historic day! Wow! Hats off to Apple! I love this company more and more! Now, back to rebooting into my favorite os! I'll come back to XP when I feel like playing F.E.A.R. in bed! If I'm not playing WoW on OSX that is...!
Krudd
Will I ever buy a new pc again? That depends on Apple. I love my MacBook Pro! Why ask about buying a new pc and how does that depend on Apple? Let's see if I can put this easily or not.
First off, I have to consider that the x1600 ATI card in my MacBook is obviously not the most powerfull graphics card, but it sure is sweet! It's a great card! Can I see the optimal settings in games, which is what I use a pc for? No, you can't get the frame rate of the desktop systems, but you can see a great looking game still.
My review is on Boot Camp. I did the download, which I also needed to update the OS and firmware, so an hour of downloads on my dsl line is not entirely accurate. It took less than 2 hours, then about another hour for XP to install and give or take 30 or so minutes for extras.
Dual booting is a snap, I can choose easily enough which os to startup in. The true test is not just running any app for me, but games. That is the only reason I have a pc. Games!!! I installed F.E.A.R., updated it, ran it came up with the question above. Will I ever buy another pc again?!
The long answer to the simple statement, it depends on Apple, is when do the desktop mactells come out? With the option of putting in the best graphics cards in those systems, I will never have to buy a pc again! Apple is frakin awesome! Not that I will be able to afford a new desktop system for a while, but if it for some reason takes Apple longer than next year to come out with a system, then I might, might, have to upgrade my pc because I do love games, and the pc is still the game machine that software companies write games for.
So how does F.E.A.R. play on my dual booting Pro? If I adjust the settings for a laptop, it is very playable. Turn up the settings, and obviously there is frame loss. But hey, a laptop is not a machine you buy when you want to play games, a desktop is. That's why my long winded answer is, no, I will never have to buy a pc again! A new mactell desktop with the ability to get any graphics card will be the only system I will ever need to buy from now on!
To end my bloated blog, this was written on my Pro using XP in Boot Camp. No connectivity issues using wireless, no crashes, so far, and a clean smooth feel during my testing of this historic day! Wow! Hats off to Apple! I love this company more and more! Now, back to rebooting into my favorite os! I'll come back to XP when I feel like playing F.E.A.R. in bed! If I'm not playing WoW on OSX that is...!
Krudd
posted by kruddler at April 06, 2006
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