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jhogarty · Aug 17, 2005, 04:29 PM

Just wondering if anyone has played WoW on one of the new iBooks. If so, does it play/run well or not. 32MB VRAM just doesn't seem enough.

J.

ChasingApple · Aug 17, 2005, 04:55 PM

I have played WoW on a G4 933Mhz ibook with a Radeon 9200 32MB videocard in it. Runs great even in 1024x768. My buddy (just to see what happened) installed it on an older ibook clamshell 366mhz SE indigo with a Rage 128 8MB card. IT RAN! Of course we are talking 3 FPS at its peak, but hell it ran! So as for the new iBooks I would think it will run great.

Hope that helps.

jhogarty · Aug 17, 2005, 08:25 PM

Thanks for the input. I'm kinda going back and forth in my head on whether to save some cash with an iBook or go for broke with a PowerBook. The price tag on the iBook is so appealing. I'm so sick of my Windows XP laptop. I got called into work last night due to that virus issue and spent hours today updating servers and my laptop.

J.

DeathMan · Aug 18, 2005, 01:20 AM

I don't think the current powerbooks are worth the money. get the ibook. if in a year, you're still not happy, look at powerbooks then. Maybe they'll have centrino by then.

ChasingApple · Aug 18, 2005, 03:52 AM

Go with the iBooks, the Powerbooks are just plain overpriced right now for what you get.

anim8ing · Aug 25, 2005, 10:09 PM

Has anyone actually played WoW on the current generation iBooks (one's with the ATI 9550)? My TiBook has the 64mb Radeon 9000, and it's not too bad. I know the 9550 is a much better card, but it only has 32mb of VRAM, and that really, really worries me. I saw some benchmarks with UT2004 and the iBook turned a whopping 13FPS... So, if anyone actually PLAYS WoW on this machine, I would be greatly interested in finding out how it runs.

Thanks!!

production_coordinator · Aug 25, 2005, 10:13 PM

You should check out the benchmarks. The 12" iBook is within 5% of the 12" PB.

Enigmatic · Aug 26, 2005, 01:00 AM

right now I wouldn't go with a 12" pb over the 12" ibook, wait until they refresh the powerbooks, the 12" definately needs a video upgrade(my guess is still 64mb but with the ati 9550 or 9600)

sieb · Aug 26, 2005, 02:26 AM

I got my 1.2Ghz PB on ebay for half the cost of a new one. Works great, runs great. You could probably find some good deals on ibooks too. No sense in paying full price for something thats going to change platform a year from now..

aasmund · Sep 2, 2005, 02:07 AM

I tried WoW on my spanking new 12" iBook 1.33Ghz with stock config. WoW was totally unplayable. Even with all eyecandy turned off it was unbareably slow.

I would not buy an new iBook for gaming. For all other purposes, however

jhogarty · Sep 2, 2005, 10:38 AM

Thanks for the input. I wouldn't play all the time just when on trips or check stuff while at work (via dial-up). But I think I'm going to wait for next Power Book release. I have other tools I use like Photoshop and Lightwave.

Thanks again,

J.

ChasingApple · Sep 15, 2006, 06:45 AM

Originally Posted by aasmund

I tried WoW on my spanking new 12" iBook 1.33Ghz with stock config. WoW was totally unplayable. Even with all eyecandy turned off it was unbareably slow.

I would not buy an new iBook for gaming. For all other purposes, however

That's funny, I was just playing it 2 weeks ago and I got 30+ FPS in ironforge and 50+ outside and in the instances. I hardly call that unplayable.

urzsite · Sep 15, 2006, 07:18 AM

Perhaps WoW and Mac OS X (open GL), has been updated a zillion times, since the Aasmundo wrote here 1 year ago.

Just a thought though.

ChasingApple · Sep 15, 2006, 03:47 PM

Originally Posted by urzsite

Perhaps WoW and Mac OS X (open GL), has been updated a zillion times, since the Aasmundo wrote here 1 year ago.

Just a thought though.

Still had to be said, just think if anyone else read this with it unsaid they would think the game was unplayable

urzsite · Sep 15, 2006, 07:39 PM

hehe sure thing!

It is only unplayable to the point of view of the person who plays it

I just have to say my oppinion about Mac´s and Games, and that is that they don´t tag along well, since the market is so small for the mac, that the developers dosen´t give a horse a$$ about how "well" and how "optimized" it is for mac. Beside Blizzard though, bless you! (And give us a freakin´ Warcraft III UB patch

).

So if anyone is listening! GET A PC NOTEBOOK if you want to be portable and have a muuuch greater experience with games, at a lower cost. If you want a cool toy, and use the awesome Mac OS X, make the sacrifice with low low low FPS, and few few few games.

I could have bought a Mac Pro, with X1900xt and the works, but I know how I can´t resist to install Windows XP, and then im back on track game-a-holic "must complete" the last games I have missed for the last 3 years I have had a Mac and not PC.

The Lure of games! Im glad I can´t play anything (compared to the PC world) on my Macbook