Desktop vs laptop?

[judasrising2209]

Just wondering the % of y'all using desktops or laptops for gaming. And are you using dedicated pc rigs (HP, Dell, Acer etc) or Apple and bootcamp?
cheers

 

[Mackilroy]

I use a hackintosh when I play games. Before that I used a Mac Pro (still have the Mac Pro, the hackintosh is just much faster).

 

[Venkman90]

Macbook with bootcamp, will upgrade to a new Macbook Pro in the new year.

Don't game as much as I used to so it does just fine, online fps seem to be the exception right now but as they are usually console ports it's no suprise.

 

[Dr McKay]

I used to use a laptop because I was moving around a lot from training camp to training camp, now Im settled down on permanent deployment I bought a brilliant gaming rig.

http://www.packardbell.co.uk/pb/en/GB/content/model/PT.U5BE2.095

 

[AAPLaday]

iMac. Much better performance for your buck as long as you dont need portability

 

[txa1265]

I have been primarily laptop-based since the IBM ThinkPad 700C and Powerbook 170 ... yeah, since 1991/2! I got my last desktop in ~97 (a Dell), and have been exclusively laptop since.

It *is* more expensive, and hard to maintain anything close to 'desktop parity', but since I've been using them for most of the last 20 years I can't see doing things any other way.

 

[milbournosphere]

If you're going to be doing a lot of gaming, don't get a laptop. Their mobile chipsets just aren't as strong, cannot really be upgraded, and are quick to go out of date.

I myself game with bootcamp on my Mac Pro, but I've also used PC towers in the past. I gamed with my MBP when I bought it, but it just can't keep up with the games these days. Other than a little starcraft or civ (can't wait to get V, btw), I don't game on my laptop.