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The Sims 3 system requirements are out
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Brien
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Dec 17, 2008, 10:18 PM
 


Hopefully it'll run (even poorly) on the new unibody MB, but my MBP seems like it should handle it fine.

I'm a bit concerned on SecuROM as well as it spying on your online habits for targeted ingame advertising.
     
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Dec 18, 2008, 04:29 AM
 
Why are the laptop specs for RAM and graphics higher than the desktop specs??
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Dec 18, 2008, 10:03 AM
 
Silly me, I forgot there wouldn't be any specs to run it on a Mac.
     
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Dec 21, 2008, 10:50 PM
 
Originally Posted by ajprice View Post
Why are the laptop specs for RAM and graphics higher than the desktop specs??
Because a 2Ghz laptop chip is like a 1.5Ghz desktop chips. You get a lot more work done per cycle on desktop chips as they consume a lot more power.
     
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Dec 22, 2008, 05:20 PM
 
Originally Posted by alex_kac View Post
Because a 2Ghz laptop chip is like a 1.5Ghz desktop chips. You get a lot more work done per cycle on desktop chips as they consume a lot more power.
He asked about the RAM and graphic requirements, though, not the CPU. What you said does basically apply to the video card, but it's not like data suddenly takes up more space in RAM on a laptop..
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