Surprise, surprise another gaming Laptop question

440Htz in fairness gaming on the actual Mac OS is a joke. You pay about 300% for games then you would for the PC. Example - most games that fall into PC budget ranges of 8-15 euro still cost 20-50 euro for Mac. And generally fall on the more expensive side. 25 Dollars for RTCW is a joke. Dual Boot would really be the only way to go.

And, if you want to game on a MAC, you need to get the Pro with 8600GT. And that starts at what - nearly 2 grand? And that's for the crappy 8600GT, the proper one only comes with the one starting at 2.4K!! Compare that to the 8600GT in the Vostro which costs about 800. Granted it's slightly worse performing but maybe about 20% compared to the 300% price difference.

Basically, again, yes Macs can play games. But should never be looked at as a games machine, as its sole intention. Just a waste. You'd really want to want a mac for other reasons and see gaming as a bonus. In which case, you could get a regular macbook or pro and still have enough left over to build a gaming desktop.

Mac+Gaming = not exactly a winning forumla unless you're minted. Macs do certainly not have the best of both worlds in regards to gaming so it would entirely misleading to suggest that they do. There's a reason why the MAC gaming community is so tiny. And by that I mean people playing games on Mac machines, not just Mac OS.

edit: Oh and if you were playing much older games from say 2004-ish then any Mac would be fine for that sort of thing, not just the pro.