[siberwolf]

I've been waiting for Leopard to come out to buy a new Macbook, and now that it finally is, one of my considerations is whether or not I'll be able to play The Sims 2 on it. I'm thinking about going with a MacBook 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo / 2GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM. Would this be okay for playing The Sims 2? Also, would I need to upgrade the graphics card?

If these Macbooks specs aren't going to work for The Sims 2, how about the Macbook Pro - and what upgrades, if any, might I need for the game to work best on Pro? Thanks for any help.

Edit: I also plan on playing the Windows version of The Sims, since I already bought PC versions of the game (am currently playing them on a family member's PC instead). Would changing to Windows on the Mac and running the PC versions make any difference in terms of game play quality being lesser?

[mduell]

You can't upgrade the graphics card in the MacBook. Sims 2 should run fine on the new MacBook, since it ran ok on the old one. I believe the Sims 2 Pets expansion adds multithreaded OpenGL support, which should further help performance. Sims 2 would fly on the base MacBook Pro.

The Windows versions of games generally have better performance than the Mac versions; typically about 30% faster, but the difference can be up to 10x.

[zerock]

considering the macbook just got a new updated graphics chipset, it should be fine.

[siberwolf]

Thanks for the info/advice. I think I'll be going with the MB Pro.

[abeato6]

the sims 2 in the MBP runs at full resolution and graphics... sweet performance... better can't be

I tell you from hours and hours of gameplay