i'm pretty close to buying the 17" mbp, but i was hoping to clear somethings up beforehand.
now, i know nothing about computers, so don't ask me stuff that i wouldn't know.![]()
how would the mpb cope with running counterstrike source, for say a couple of hours everynight.? i play on low settings and @ 1024x768 res. - read a little bit about bootcamping but that means nothing to me.
and about heating, i have read that the mbp overheats/gets hot quite easliy, so would it be worth getting a stand/cooling to help?
sorry that the questions are kind of dumb.
thanks, matt.
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Your new MBP 17" will eat CounterStrike Source. You can even play it on high settings on 1920x1200.
Don't worry about overheating, the fans will kick in, and also remember - when the computer is hot, the components inside are actually cool. It's aluminum. -
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Counterstrike source is an old game so most graphics cards can handle that game.
Bootcamp is something that Apple came up with so you can install and run windows on their Mac machines. But the drawback behind this is that it won't run as smoothly or as fast as a real windows machine.
Macbooks generally do get hotter than other laptops from my experience. I think this stems from the laptops being so thin. If you get a macbook, I recommend you use istat or some kind of temp monitoring software. -
if you really wanna play Counter Strike source without having to run Windows at all, with a minor performance penalty (usually unnoticeable on older games), look into getting Crossover Games, CS:Source supposedly runs fine with it. -
thank you all for your advice and knowledge.
looks like i'm going for it. -
It would run like a native windows machine, but will certainly have plenty of hiccups though. Like the backlight or the apple logo problem.
mbp question.
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by matt-, Aug 18, 2009.