Morning Discussion: Post-It From America

by Alice O'Connor, Sep 10, 2009 7:00am PDT

My American adventure is drawing to a close and I must say I'm going to miss you, young man. You're the progeny I shall never understand but you're alright in my book. We should see more of each other.

Having received a dose of the Virginia suburb experience, I would rather like to take similar jaunts to other parts of your mahoosive and diverse land. Downtown Salt Lake City, a tiny apartment in San Francisco, a bungalow in a one-stoplight Minnesota town, out in the New Mexico sticks... not chasing sights and attractions but simply enjoying a snifter of life. Take care, have fun, be good and don't be a stranger.

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Thinking of buying a 13'' MacBook Pro. Is there any reason to pay extra to get the 2.53GHz? Pretty big price difference...

Also, what do people play on their macs? Does it hold up as a gaming platform?

Sep 10, 2009 11:22am PDT

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Thinking of buying a 13'' MacBook Pro. Is there any reason to pay extra to get the 2.53GHz? Pretty big pr... : cruel dem
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- A 13" isn't going to be a gaming powerhouse by any means, but it will get the job done for things like TF... : boarder2
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  I have the 2.4ghz unibody and it plays tf2 just fine in boot camp. : festivalman
  - Although not at full res if I remember correctly. : festivalman
- Plant's vs Zombies and WC3/WoW, you can bootcamp it, but support especially mouse, is flaky although most... : devi| dog
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  No reason to wait for a upgrade of the system as they just had the conference the other day right? : cruel dem
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  i don't think it's worth it. i upgraded to 4GB and 250GB HDD instead for my MBP 13". i have windows 7 installed via bootcamp for games. 9400 is not too bad for games. you won't be able to run max settings, but low to mid settings should be OK.
  
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  i don't think it's worth it. i upgraded to 4GB and 250GB HDD instead for my MBP 13". i have windows 7 ins... : gdestiny
- Get the 2.4GHz machine and upgrade the memory yourself. Perhaps consider getting a solid state drive onc... : DrWaffles
- either go for the base 13-inch or go to the base 15-inch -- there's not much reason to go for the in-betw... : Postal
- If you can afford the higher CPU and don't plan on selling the laptop in the next couple of years, I'd sa... : not work safe
- For gaming, not really. If that's its primary use I'd recommend a Sager. : Sapiens
- not worth it. considering that most games are gpu dpendent and that the 9400m blows and has only 256mb sh... : Hoax
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  I play(ed) NWN2, TF2, WoW, WC3, SC, Diablo 2, all natively on OSX and it ran fine. Medium to High setting... : Modica Sol Solis
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    tf2 natively on osx? also wc3,starcraft and diablo are anchient. diablo runs at 800x600... also farcry... : Hoax
    - tf2 runs natively using crossover. : datoo
- gaming won't be great. it's not all that hot on my 15" with the 9600, but it depends on what you are used... : Mansmells

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