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I'm starting this thread to see how viable it is to merge a gaming laptop with OS X capability. As a gamer I love gaming on the go and as an OS X enthusiast I love my OS X, especially for work and school. But it's hard to game and have OS X together! So I'm putting this thread out there to see where the Quest takes us.
As for me I've been on a Hackintosh desktop since 2010. I'm looking at getting a laptop since I will have to travel to school this semester for a few days a week. Currently I'm looking at the Haswell Macbook Air which is actually looking very nice for gaming. I play Final Fantasy XIV and I did a test on HD 4000 graphics on my work Hackintosh and it runs great on standard settings, which means it'll probably be even nice with the fast SSD and the HD 5000 in the MBA. This is sounding like such a sweet option to me go be able to do some occassional FFXIV online gaming and Star Craft 2 with one of the best laptops in the world. But the fact that it's under-specced compared to other, thicker laptops does make me a little sad! Definite tradeoff between sexiness and specs, unfortunately. As a gamer I don't know if I should give in to the temptation to go for the thickest, higher-specced beast or give in to my Apple loving side and just get the MBA, higher gaming settings be damned!
So currently the sexiest gaming laptops are:
Lenovo IdeaPad Y510/w SLI! 750Ms ~$1000
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/y-series/y510p/index.html
Note: (If anybody on there is interested in this one I can get a substantial discount through an online gaming network I'm a part of
Razer Blade w/ 765M ~$1800
http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-systems/razer-blade
MSI GS70 w/765M ~$1700
http://www.msi.com/product/nb/GS70-STEALTH.html#overview
I'm going to go ahead and hit post for now to roundup some first impressions but I'll change this OP later to reflect our findings as we go! May the sexiest gaming laptop win!
As for me I've been on a Hackintosh desktop since 2010. I'm looking at getting a laptop since I will have to travel to school this semester for a few days a week. Currently I'm looking at the Haswell Macbook Air which is actually looking very nice for gaming. I play Final Fantasy XIV and I did a test on HD 4000 graphics on my work Hackintosh and it runs great on standard settings, which means it'll probably be even nice with the fast SSD and the HD 5000 in the MBA. This is sounding like such a sweet option to me go be able to do some occassional FFXIV online gaming and Star Craft 2 with one of the best laptops in the world. But the fact that it's under-specced compared to other, thicker laptops does make me a little sad! Definite tradeoff between sexiness and specs, unfortunately. As a gamer I don't know if I should give in to the temptation to go for the thickest, higher-specced beast or give in to my Apple loving side and just get the MBA, higher gaming settings be damned!
So currently the sexiest gaming laptops are:
Lenovo IdeaPad Y510/w SLI! 750Ms ~$1000
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/y-series/y510p/index.html
Note: (If anybody on there is interested in this one I can get a substantial discount through an online gaming network I'm a part of
Razer Blade w/ 765M ~$1800
http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-systems/razer-blade
MSI GS70 w/765M ~$1700
http://www.msi.com/product/nb/GS70-STEALTH.html#overview
I'm going to go ahead and hit post for now to roundup some first impressions but I'll change this OP later to reflect our findings as we go! May the sexiest gaming laptop win!