I did play The Sims 2 on my GMA MacBook, and it was a fairly painful experience, IMHO. Mind you, I am not one to complain about frames rates too much, but when zooming/panning the camera stuff became really choppy, and this was at low quality graphics too. I have never played Life Stories but it is supposed to be a lot better for the GMA950. I may see if the Sims (original) plays well (since it may still run under Rosetta).