So I just used parallels to run outer worlds surprisingly well, albeit with low graphics settings, in Windows 11 on my base model m1 mini. That intrigued me to think about maybe picking up an m2 (maybe m3? seems like they may leapfrog 2 at this point) studio next refresh and using it as both my mac desktop and a gaming machine running windows under parallels, wondering what folks experiences have been there?
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Ran a test on my mini, gaming on Studio?
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I personally made the decision to keep my studio seperate and keep the seperate games machine on windows.
my games rig is a hades canyon nuc, that orphan child of intel cpu wih amd vega integrated graphics so hardly high end.
I just find it easier to keep them seperate though sure could run fast enough even with an M1 Max studio.
my games rig is a hades canyon nuc, that orphan child of intel cpu wih amd vega integrated graphics so hardly high end.
I just find it easier to keep them seperate though sure could run fast enough even with an M1 Max studio.
My son has a Mac from his workplace but games on his own Windows laptop. Daughter has a personal Mac and Windows gaming desktop. They tell me that Windows is just a better gaming experience.
My gaming is online Chess and any computer is fine for that.
My gaming is online Chess and any computer is fine for that.
I've been tempted to try gaming on my work MBP to get a better idea of the performance of the studio but I keep too much stuff all the time on the machine that, you know, I actually need for work to get to it
I've been tempted to try gaming on my work MBP to get a better idea of the performance of the studio but I keep too much stuff all the time on the machine that, you know, I actually need for work to get to it
I've always preferred keeping them separate myself. Our work computers were monitored and locked down. Space issues can be solved with an external SSD.