@wildarms

dun worry and just ignore those people..

i agree with what u say..
sometimes, we just dun have the time to research everything...
but sometimes, i do have time to say a few words about those people..

For gaming, i think you better DON'T get a mac la, eventhough you can install windows in a mac machine.

Why?

Mainly cos you require to waste big $$ buying a mobility/laptop based machine, such as iMac or macbook pro, macbook is a no-no for gaming. You should know that mobility is pricey, yet low-performance especially for graphic card. In order to play smoothly(Btw, i speaking in hardcore gamer, not some light gamer), you need Mac Pro which is a workstation (yet it's Overpower cos of the 2 server processors). Just for your extra info, there ain't any desktop machine for mac, except Mac Pro.

If you are really a hardcore gamer, just forget about mac machine. That's my opinion. But if you got a generic desktop machine(for gaming), and you want try out mac osx, then you properly can get a mac machine.

yap.. maybe they just had too much time...

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Added on September 15, 2007, 5:57 pmthat's wat i wondering.. from wat i saw on the macbook pro .... it got a 8600m gc inside (or something similar).
but would it help it on going for gaming... or izzit for things like graphic designing stuff only...
and i think it wont help for gaming rite... coz not much game are develop for mac...

just curious

This post has been edited by wildarms: Sep 15 2007, 05:57 PM

Look mate , now there are many application that allows you to run Windows games on top of OSX . Plus you can always boot to windows and run those games

The graphics card is a gaming graphics card and it can take the latest and upcoming games. So you should not have a problem

well, in order to drop by to forum, post a new topic to ask question, waiting for replies
these take alot of time
doing research on this thing directly is even faster

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Added on September 16, 2007, 4:01 amto be honest, Mac system is a very bad gaming system u can own, whatever it is
price/performance for gaming is poor

better get yourself a q6600 + Ati HD2900Xt+ ASUS bliz strike special edition+............

This post has been edited by cRazYee: Sep 16 2007, 04:01 AM

thanks. it's just the answer i would like to hear
i think apple have done a great job in combining mac os and windows together. at least they wider their range of buyer on their system. a great choice on switching to intel too.
i always dream on owning a mac, but due to it compatibility to gaming and their pricey tag, i have to pull myself off on thinking about it....
but now u can own 2 different system in 1 macbook (kind of ) it's pretty cool.... and i wont mind paying extra money for it... since i can get the best on both on both world....

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Added on September 16, 2007, 4:47 amactually i prefer getting online and do stuff on internet more... gaming is just when i found some game i really like or at least got something to play when i was at home/bored. and the place i living doesn't hav broadband connection. so with a macbook, at least i can get wireless connection in a restoran or a cafe when i feel wan to.... buying a pc is not going to help much....

1 more thing... window vista hav been launch for almost a year i think... but i still can imagine wat window vista future is going to be like....
if the mac os leopard is coming out soon... i think windows vista should change the name to windows Snail.... with 2gb of 667mhz ram installed, it still nothing faster than a turtle..... and the security is all crap.....

This post has been edited by wildarms: Sep 16 2007, 04:47 AM

@wildarms, the main point is depending which type of games you want to play. If you love to play FPS(First person shooter) then any laptop or mobility is not your choice for gaming. Better get a desktop machine, which is much cheaper and powerful.

Only newer mac machine(Intel mac) can install windows via bootcamp. Others like parallels, vmware or crossover are all virtualization(emulating OS ontop of mac osx) softwares.

Well, no harsh meant. i mean harm.
It's good to know someone else is willing to take that step into something totally new.
Just in case you dont know.

Mac runs OSX.
Parallels, Vmware, Bootcamp, these stuff, offers alternative above OSX.

Which means you can still run windows, linux, and all other OS while in the same time you can even run OSX.
The simplest idea is this,

when you want a window, you will get everything else but Mac, (of course there are exeptions like those Hackintosh)
when you want a mac, let's put it this way. you will get everything that you will ever need. and that's assuming you are not those hackers out there who configure their own OS.

and best of all, a new experience.

and i still run windows at some point just to use the softwares that mac is lacking, but that doesnt mean i can play hardcore games on it.
like those fps based games, you will usually give up playing once you tried it, it's just unplayable. Simple games like 2d and simple 3d games, may be. but that will depends on what machine you are choosing.

I'm interested to get an imac since it is more affordable these days and having dual boot (Windows XP & OSX) would certainly be what I'd like to have.

Primarily, I'd run OSX but if I need to run some games or having compability issues, etc, I can always turn to Windows.

My question is, do I have to purchase "Boot Camp" or is it free? How hard is it to get softwares in Low Yat/Imbi Plaza for Mac? *if you get what I mean*

Boot Camp will be bundled together with Mac OS X Leopard or you can download it from Apple's site

This post has been edited by Zero-Enna: Sep 27 2007, 07:33 PM

hard to get pirated 1, because it is free!
u can download from apple website. currently the latest 1 is bootcamp 1.4

VMware fusion and parallel desktop have to purchase
parallel desktop is RM 288.
how about KL site?

Thanks but what is this "Parallel Desktop" is for?

Parallel Desktop is when u want to run BOTH Mac OSX and Windows at the same time.
Its an alternative to Bootcamp, when u can only run either OSX OR Windows.

Ok, Parallel Desktop sounds really interesting and I guess having 2GB of RAM would be good enough to run both OS at the same time

boot camp is very straight foward, download it from apple website

but i suggest you to wait a little longer, coz the new OSX 10.5 aka "leopard" will be released very soon and the final version of bootcamp is bundled with it.

This post has been edited by gigaforce: Oct 3 2007, 03:46 AM