Financial constraints hold me back,
having a choice cuts the slack,
Choose between a windows and a mac
pity me for the cash i lack.

Besides the graphics are much better on a dedicated gaming box. My computer is for my work, media, web surfing and photos. I don’t need to make a buying decision on which OS to go for just to play games. I think that’s sort of anal.

“Isn’t this attitude what gives Macs such a bad reputation? There’s such a martyr attitude out here that if you don’t kiss Apple’s backside then you must be a “stupid windows user”. The topic is Macs and gaming yet because you are offended by the lack of Mac-praise then you immediately go attack the actual person rather than their point”

Me? offended by lack of Mac praise? I use a Mac everyday of my life and I don’t need pomp and circumstance from you or anyone. You pick and choose what I write instead of commenting on my last posting.
No one seems deny the good Mac games mentioned here actually exist but every chance a PC user has they show ignorance by stating “Macs don’t play games”. If there’s any reason to be offended it’s that type of repeated ignorance. That was the gist of the whole article. Do once again get over yourself dude, if you don’t like my comments ignore them and reply to someone else’s post.

Paranoia to the MAX!

Thats all I have to say, be being a stupid PC User who somehow owns an iBook G4, *Wonders how that got there*

“To Tom: Statements made by you saying ” I Mean Not Get A Mac”. What’s that suppose to mean, sounds like another attack on the platform. See those type of comments make me ask why would a stupid Windows user be here?”

*Sigh* If you actually read my above post then you wouldn’t have brought that one up…

Isn’t this attitude what gives Macs such a bad reputation? There’s such a martyr attitude out here that if you don’t kiss Apple’s backside then you must be a “stupid windows user”. The topic is Macs and gaming yet because you are offended by the lack of Mac-praise then you immediately go attack the actual person rather than their point.

Since security has always been a problem PC users get defensive since Macs are strong in that area.
Some of the comments here mentioned about the Macbooks having shared graphics which ruins any chance of playing a good 3D game on them but I brought up the fact that other manufacturers do the same thing so again there’s no reason to attack the platform.
Other comments mentioned that the games are simply ports, I know that comment comes from a Windows user because the 3D games I play are not so again, another unruly attack against the platform.

To Tom: Statements made by you saying ” I Mean Not Get A Mac”. What’s that suppose to mean, sounds like another attack on the platform. See those type of comments make me ask why would a stupid Windows user be here?

BTW I visit Windows Vista forums as well and the comments PC users say about the Mac and Mac users would bring this forum to tears. I never seen such rudeness and most likely those forums are full of people whom have never used a Mac.

I have not once attacked the Windows platform for it’s shortcomings and if the biggest complaint a person can make about a Mac is about gaming then that’s really not an argument against Macs, it’s best to buy a game console.

~J

As a “Stupid” PC user I hesitate to respond to your flame bait post but for the sake of any others that might be following this topic.

Please check facts. If you are going to make off the cuff comments like PC people should not be here and have probably never used a Mac then at least take the time to read the posted information. I am currently writing this on my Macbook Pro and as I previously stated it is just one of 4 macs I currently own and use. It is important to learn the good and the bad about all the computer platforms. If more people would take the time to do that there would be a LOT more Mac users in my opinion.

Adam’s tone on the MacCast has always been friendly to switchers / sliders and those investigating the Mac for the first time. In fact I have recomended that several of my friends listen to the show to get a feel for the Mac community. It is a shame that you feel the need to be so insular that you lash out at any perceived “threat” to your chosen computer. If you are going to lecture PC users about who should be here and who shouldn’t please look to the standards set by the host of the show that we all listen to.

Thanks for your time.

Mr Hldan:
“Again stupid argument because Dell and Sony (incidentally Sony’s are WAY overpriced) and HP all use shared graphics on some of their models so gaming wouldn’t be any better so what’s your point? There is no point.”

On SOME of their models. Jeez, do you think they would put one on a 499 system? No, but they do give you the option on Dell. So, all you would have to do would be to buy one for 1299 with a dedicated card and it will THEN outperform the Mac

But Mr Hldan,

“Wow, what are all these stupid Windows users doing on a “Mac” Cast website”

That is the exact reason PC users hate people with Macs… I mean it is those kind of snobbish remarks that get us our stereotype.

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“Think about it this way, the game you are purchasing may be two years old, but it’s has had patches and has had bug fixes that were not done at the very beginning, so in most cases you are getting the best product and not worrying if the program will crash. Because our PC friends have done all the beta testing for the Mac version for us.”
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This kind of unwarrented snobbery is part of the reason PC users are adverse to trying out Macs in the first place. There are many ways in which Macs are superior to Windows PC’s, but gaming isn’t one of them.

However, the reason why people using the Mac platform are so dedicated and act like commissioned sales people for Apple is because we actually love our computers and we love the platform. I will speak for most Mac users that we have USED Windows which is why we are using Macs now. I have yet to see a PC user really love Windows so much that they become evangelists and sell the platform for Microsoft.

Mac users are dedicated for very good reasons, people just don’t feel that way about a Wintel PC.

I play Doom3, Unreal, Quake 4 and Call of Duty 2 on my dual G5 desktop and use the Radeon X800 GPU and I play online perfectly at high settings. These are not some games from back in the day, they are some of the current titles. This myth needs to come to an end that Macs CAN’T play games. That’s BS. Windows users say that because they have never owned and used a Mac OS X computer.
Someone mentioned earlier that the MacBook GPU won’t play games because it’s using shared graphics and they decided not to use a Mac because of that?
Again stupid argument because Dell and Sony (incidentally Sony’s are WAY overpriced) and HP all use shared graphics on some of their models so gaming wouldn’t be any better so what’s your point? There is no point.
It’s Apple’s fault that Macs have this non-gaming rep but don’t knock the platform for all the great things it’s capable of.

Don’t forget every movie you watch in the theater and every CD mastered in the studio was most likely made on a Mac because PC’s just aren’t used for pro stuff like that.

Now if you don’t care about playing games on the Mac, fine, that is your choice, and everyone has a valid and appreciated opinion. Just don’t knock someone who feels differently.

Another two cents of mine lol