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    Wanting to switch to Mac, few questions.

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by smalss, Jun 5, 2007.

  1. smalss

    smalss Notebook Consultant

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    I was wondering what people get for their battery life for a macbook??

    Also, how crappy is the integrated graphics?? i am not a gamer, but i do play cs and occasional need for speed, something that like.. I have heard it is really bad. What are your guys take on it??

    How well will the macbook hook up to my 26 inch lcd tv??

    last one, Black or White?? :p

    thnx
     
    smalss, Jun 5, 2007
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  2. CanadianDude

    CanadianDude Notebook Deity

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    when i used to have the base macbook i got around 3.5-4 hours on regular usage with wifi on, 75% screen brightness.

    integrated graphics are baaaaad. cs will work, dont think need for speed will work though.

    i say go for black. the white one looks like a toy.
     
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  3. mattireland

    mattireland It used to be the iLand..

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    Black definitely if you want to be stylish because white has gone RIGHT out of fashion and black looks more computer geekish so I'd go black every time.

    I don't know about the hooking up to the tv as I don't actually own one but I've used them quite abit and the integrated graphics aren't THAT bad - I mean for cs:s they'd definitely be fine.

    About 3 hours I think. Pretty cool actually. I'm not sure if you can throttle a Mac or not though - sorry.

    EDIT: Oh the dude above says the graphics are bad: I've played CS:S on it with no major problems but I haven't got Need for Speed and neither has my friend with the MacBook so I wouldn't know. Are the graphics bad? I've never had any trouble.
     
    mattireland, Jun 5, 2007
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