DarkGizmo Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 (edited) Hi guys, I'm currently the owner of a 13 inch macbook from late 2008, early 2009. I believe it's generation 6. The aluminum unibody one. It's NOT a Pro model, but a regular macbook and it's more or less maxed out....I paid about $2k for it back in April of 2009. It's starting to show it's age....here is the specs: 320GB HDD 5400 2.4ghz intel core 2 duo 4GB DDR3 Memory I also have an HP touchsmart all-in-one desktop running Windows 7 64-bit with the following specs: 2.8ghz AMD Athlon X2 II processor 4GB DDR3 memory 500GB HDD (not sure about the speed) both aren't the greatest at playing games......so I would like a laptop that would be able to handle newer computer games with no problem. I can't run Diablo 3 on either machine..... I can't upgrade the memory any higher nor put in a faster processor. So I'm thinking soon i'll be shopping for a new computer. My question is, should I go for a macbook pro? or should I get something from HP"s high performance line? I feel like if I go with HP I'll be getting more for my buck.....my problem is I have adobe web premium suite for OSX and not Windows so if I go with another brand other then apple I'll have to purchase that again......What would you guys do? Edited June 25, 2012 by DarkGizmo
CHiLL Posted June 26, 2012 Posted June 26, 2012 Does it need to be a laptop to play games? I only ask because they're much more expensive in comparison to desktops.
Ram8349 Posted June 26, 2012 Posted June 26, 2012 (edited) I paid about $2k for it back in April of 2009. It's starting to show it's age....here is the specs: 320GB HDD 5400 2.4ghz intel core 2 duo 4GB DDR3 Memory What a huge rip off. I have bought much better hardware than this back in 2007 or 2008 and it cost me like $600. I bought the hardware and put them together into a PC myself. It took me no more than 20 minutes. If your main goal is to play video games, then you should get a desktop PC. You can build a budget but decent PC several times better what you have now for under $500 given that you already have a monitor. Laptops are not good for gaming. I have a laptop with dedicated video card, but it's just suck compare to much cheaper desktop. Edited June 26, 2012 by Ram8349
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