Hey all,
So I'm torn between two computers, one being the basic white (unibody 2009) MacBook, and the Asus G60.
The Asus has the advantage of a larger, faster hard drive,
twice the RAM at 4GB,
a larger 16" display, over a 13",
a back-lit macbook style keyboard (the Macbook isn't back-lit),
the Nvidea Geforce GTX 260M Graphics processor, which is amazing.
and most importantly, the fact its $800.
The Macbook has the advantage of a larger trackpad, a 7 hour battery, compared to the Asus having only 2 hours, the OS with all the great editing software, a slightly faster processor, a much smaller, lighter body, and the fact its a Mac, something sturdy, fast, and reliable, yet stylish. Although its $200 more.
The MacBook does however have the Nvidea 9400M, which is an integrated graphics card, which is alright, but not as great as the Asus's. Id just be happy to play my favorite games at mid settings, and I would obviously be using Bootcamp to run them through XP on the other half of the mac.
My main purpose is to find an all purpose computer. Something I can play all my favorite games on like Modern Warfare 2, and F.E.A.R 2, at a good framerate. Something with lots of cool features, and most importantly, will last
I have seen a Mac running MW2 natively, and pretty well, but not phenomenally like the G60 would.
Im also coming from an HP zd8000, a very hot, noisy computer that only has about five minutes of battery because the battery died, so its more of a desktop, and im really looking for a more quiet, movable computer with better graphics than a Radeon X600, which actually sucks, but works.
So what to do?
So I'm torn between two computers, one being the basic white (unibody 2009) MacBook, and the Asus G60.
The Asus has the advantage of a larger, faster hard drive,
twice the RAM at 4GB,
a larger 16" display, over a 13",
a back-lit macbook style keyboard (the Macbook isn't back-lit),
the Nvidea Geforce GTX 260M Graphics processor, which is amazing.
and most importantly, the fact its $800.
The Macbook has the advantage of a larger trackpad, a 7 hour battery, compared to the Asus having only 2 hours, the OS with all the great editing software, a slightly faster processor, a much smaller, lighter body, and the fact its a Mac, something sturdy, fast, and reliable, yet stylish. Although its $200 more.
The MacBook does however have the Nvidea 9400M, which is an integrated graphics card, which is alright, but not as great as the Asus's. Id just be happy to play my favorite games at mid settings, and I would obviously be using Bootcamp to run them through XP on the other half of the mac.
My main purpose is to find an all purpose computer. Something I can play all my favorite games on like Modern Warfare 2, and F.E.A.R 2, at a good framerate. Something with lots of cool features, and most importantly, will last
I have seen a Mac running MW2 natively, and pretty well, but not phenomenally like the G60 would.
Im also coming from an HP zd8000, a very hot, noisy computer that only has about five minutes of battery because the battery died, so its more of a desktop, and im really looking for a more quiet, movable computer with better graphics than a Radeon X600, which actually sucks, but works.
So what to do?