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Addius:
Two more issues might be adressed though.

Firstly we have the rather obvious fact that Apple is moving the Mac over to the x86 plattform, presumably to get a better DRM/TCPA support. While a year in the future might seem far away, there is always the question of wether the system will be fully supported when it comes to third party software after the switch. If you are planning on playing games and are expecting to use the same system for atleast three years, I'd say you might get a problem.

There is a would-be solution to this, which leads to the second topic though, the use of alternative Operative Systems like Linux instead of OS-X. I expect that third-party software support for the PowerPC, including games, will stay better for a bit longer, atleast within the Linux-community. Wether or not you'd want to use a linux-based system instead of OS-X is all up to you though, but the possibility (and risk) is there.

Both of these issues are rather uncertain for the time being though, seeing as how noone really knows how the market will change when Apple releases their x86-based systems.

Personally I wouldn't buy a Mac ever. PPC systems is a whole other discussion but there's a slight difference, I don't want OS-X.

Trying to be a bit more objective though, I'd say that I would probably have waited untill they had made their x86-switch if I really wanted a Mac (I'm guessing most people mean OS-X when they say this). If I couldn't wait that long I would have gone for a "normal" x86-system.

And just because I reacted to it.. No, UT2k4 is not what I'd call a hardware intensive program.

will: wanton sex god:

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WILLis right- it'll say on the game box whether it'll work on an Apple or not. I'm pretty sure Blizzard is the only game company that consistently dual-ports its stuff.
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Gryff:
Thanks guys!

Se7en:
To put it simply: Games require a very high performance computer to get the most out of them.

High performance macintoshes cost much much more than high performance PCs.

Mac gaming is always going to be compromised, even the mac evangelists will concede that. Personally, i have not yet found anything important to me that a mac can do better than a PC, but if you can, you may want to consider owning both systems. A desktop PC for example, could be complimented by a mac laptop.

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