Windows gamer considering a macbook pro

[Arbiter]

5 lbs is a very heavy and large laptop and a real slog to be hauling around all day.

I mean I can understand wanting as light as possible (as long as you're not sacrificing much on the battery life and performance side), but how in the world is 5lbs very heavy? Do you honestly have trouble carrying 5lbs?

Hell the Razer Blade 2016 is known as a pretty thin and portable laptop and even that's 4.16lb.

[Cows For Life]

I mean I can understand wanting as light as possible (as long as you're not sacrificing much on the battery life and performance side), but how in the world is 5lbs very heavy? Do you honestly have trouble carrying 5lbs?

Hell the Razer Blade 2016 is known as a pretty thin and portable laptop and even that's 4.16lb.

The difference between 2.5lbs and 5lbs is quite noticeable if you have to carry it on your back all day.

[Arbiter]

The difference between 2.5lbs and 5lbs is quite noticeable if you have to carry it on your back all day.

I can't say I agree, but who am I to assume your physical capabilities.

[Alcsaar]

But....why?

[Lathais]

The difference between 2.5lbs and 5lbs is quite noticeable if you have to carry it on your back all day.

If 2.5 lbs makes that huge of a difference, I don't know what to say. I am reminded of my wife's key chain though, "Suck it up pussy." It's 2.5 lbs, yeah, it's a noticeable difference, but carry that thing around for a week or 2 and you won't even notice it anymore. It's a mere 2.5 lbs. Like I said, I could understand if the laptop was 20-30 lbs or something, and the lighter ones were like 5-10. That would be a pain in the ass, but still easily possible. My 6 year old daughters overnight bag weighs more that and she carries that around with her all the time, just in case she gets the spend the night somewhere, she always has it ready and always carries it with her. Thing must weigh 20-25 lbs or so. You are literally saying that you are weaker than a 6-year old girl when complaining about carrying an extra 2.5 lbs.

[Deleted]

Buying Mac for gaming is like buying a Porshe 911 to have Offroad trips. or using a screw as a hammer :P

[Cows For Life]

If 2.5 lbs makes that huge of a difference, I don't know what to say. I am reminded of my wife's key chain though, "Suck it up pussy." It's 2.5 lbs, yeah, it's a noticeable difference, but carry that thing around for a week or 2 and you won't even notice it anymore. It's a mere 2.5 lbs. Like I said, I could understand if the laptop was 20-30 lbs or something, and the lighter ones were like 5-10. That would be a pain in the ass, but still easily possible. My 6 year old daughters overnight bag weighs more that and she carries that around with her all the time, just in case she gets the spend the night somewhere, she always has it ready and always carries it with her. Thing must weigh 20-25 lbs or so. You are literally saying that you are weaker than a 6-year old girl when complaining about carrying an extra 2.5 lbs.

You're projecting too much. Who said I'm not capable of carrying more than 2.5lbs? For me it is about the threshold between 'can't notice it's there' and I'm carrying a set of tools to work.

[Lathais]

You're projecting too much. Who said I'm not capable of carrying more than 2.5lbs? For me it is about the threshold between 'can't notice it's there' and I'm carrying a set of tools to work.

and as I said, carry it around for a week or two and you won't even notice it's there anymore.

[Deleted]

Ok so in the interests of full disclosure...

The lenovo didnt arrive from amazon and i got a refund.

I am weak. I bought a macbook pro.

Ive not had long with it but here's some initial impressions.

Its lovely. It feels like it hasbeen hewn from a block of unobtanium

I have a acer 271hu and the macbook screen looks really nice

Only ran around a bit in valajar but on settings 1 and no adfons installed i get 55-60 fps. I locked frame rate in game options to 60.

Load times seem as fast, if not faster than my desktop 850 pro evo.

Macos ui compared to windows seems immensely clunky, but ill give it and ser how i get on. Bootcamp is included within the os so i might give it a go in the not too distant future.

[ldev]

Macos ui compared to windows seems immensely clunky

Ladies and gentlemen - this is what a good UX looks like, not clunky, just perfect, according to OP:



triggered

[Deleted]

Ladies and gentlemen - this is what a good UX looks like, not clunky, just perfect, according to OP:



triggered

I just need some time to get used to mac os.

Touch pad on the new mbp is very nice and getting 80+ fps on low settings is better than i was expecting.

[Arkura]

So basically, you're asking us if you should pay more money to buy a macbook pro for your casual gaming when you could pay waaay less and have the same performance?

[Arbiter]

I just need some time to get used to mac os.

Touch pad on the new mbp is very nice and getting 80+ fps on low settings is better than i was expecting.

Wait. You're actually justifying spending $1500+ (I'm guessing a lot more unless you went for the 13" model) just to be satisfied with low setting?

Those costs could've gotten you a better laptop that would've played any game out right now at much higher settings. I'm basically just reading "yea the gaming performance sucks but I get to say I own a Mac so I think it's worth the high cost".

[Deleted]

Wait. You're actually justifying spending $1500+ (I'm guessing a lot more unless you went for the 13" model) just to be satisfied with low setting?

Those costs could've gotten you a better laptop that would've played any game out right now at much higher settings. I'm basically just reading "yea the gaming performance sucks but I get to say I own a Mac so I think it's worth the high cost".

pretty much yes. its a very nice piece of kit for commuting on cramped british trains

[Sorshen]

"Should I throw money in the thrash? I'm gonna anyway" - the thread.

[Lathais]

"Should I throw money in the thrash? I'm gonna anyway" - the thread.

Yup. At this point, I really have to question why he made a post anyway. He wanted to buy a MBP, was told it's a waste of money, and did it anyway. Why waste our time asking our opinion if it's just going to be completely ignored anyway.

[Fascinate]

Meh some people will pay extra for fitting in with strangers, to each their own. Personally i woulda grabbed a razer blade or xps 13 with a 1060.

[Vash The Stampede]

He got the MacBook, so what's the point of continuing?

[Shahad]

Meh some people will pay extra for fitting in with strangers, to each their own. Personally i woulda grabbed a razer blade or xps 13 with a 1060.

Razer Blade is also a waste of money. The XPS 13 doesn't have a dGPU. What you on about?

[Fascinate]

Razer Blade is also a waste of money. The XPS 13 doesn't have a dGPU. What you on about?

Ya i wasn't sure the xps 13 shipped with a 1060 yet, and i never said the macbook was a waste of money. I dont think either the macbook or razer blade are a waste of money, you pay for the build quality mostly in both cases i just personally woulda went with the blade for the 1060. He just values social status over performance, and there is nothing wrong with that.