CuppaManga

It's all that snow they're getting in Seattle. I piles up on the keyboards and stuff, and they can't get any work done.

Don't turn them ALL the way down, if you turn them below "recommended", then Cider switches to software rendering which is even more CPU intensive.


I have people send me Word and Excel documents all the time, and I haven't had one fail to open yet. There's a first for everything, though.

MS Office is about as sluggish and obnoxious as it is on Windows.

I use Pages and Numbers myself just because they start up quickly and don't clog up the screen with unnecessary crap just to write a one-page thing.

What brand of VPN is it? Some of them have their own clients for download. (tell me via PM if you'd rather the whole world didn't know)


You can also download Pages, Numbers, and Keynote from the Mac App Store without actually going to a store. It's not a perfect match, but it will import/export Microsoft formats pretty well and they aren't expensive. But really, it depends what you're used to and what you're comfortable with.

Post here or PM me if you have any questions about the compatibility issues. I'll do my best to answer them.

The Windows and Apple drivers behave a lot differently, so a lot of the AMD bugs in CoH don't appear on the Mac. Then again, some of the nVidia bugs appear in CoH for the Mac on AMD.


Exactly. The reason I don't recommend to just anyone to build a PC is the headaches involved with ordering, assembling, and a couple of rounds of RMA and re-order and re-assemble. Or sometimes simply getting pieces on different days from the rest of the stuff. Happens to me every time, but I'm used to it.


You're not offending me, and I mostly ignore the trolls because I get tired of repeating myself.

I always tell people to use whatever makes them happy. If you aren't happy, that's when I would suggest a change. And if you want to try a change, go for it and don't let the trolls sway you.

If you want to know how it makes me happy, that's a better question. The model I selected, a Macbook Pro, really takes the place of 3 computers. 1) I'm an iOS developer so I need the Mac for that; 2) but rather than also buy a Windows laptop for dual-box gaming, I chose a model that can handle that too. And 3), if I travel or my gaming PC dies, I have one single lightweight laptop that can take its place for a while.

SSD would be faster, but also cost around ten times as much as a 7200 RPM laptop drive. There are also two Seagate models that are 7200 RPM and also have a small SSD on board called Hybrid drives. Not as fast as SSD but faster than hard drives.

FYI, 7200 RPM uses more power and generates more heat than both SSD and 4200 RPM also.

If you mean system RAM, that is upgradeable, as well as the hard drive (there are guides online at places like ifixit.com). The video and video RAM are not upgradeable. Still, a Radeon HD 6770 should give pretty good performance.


AMD now performs pretty much the same as Nvidia on Mac, except for a few instances where AMD's didn't work at all for a while until there was a fix.


I usually try to avoid telling people that - and I *have* a custom built gaming PC - only because it's so difficult to find reliable 100% hardware these days. When something goes wrong, you don't know if it's the hardware or the person assembling it, and lots of banging the head against the wall can result.

Aside from those comments, though, you pretty much hit the nail on the head.

I now have a 2011 Macbook Pro model with ATI video and high-res graphics (I needed the extra room on the display for work). It actually runs CoH about as well as the desktop does. As for priciness...yes, I probably would have thought twice about the cost if I didn't use it for a lot more than gaming. It's great to have one small, lightweight laptop that can do it all, though - reliable gaming, work, and a little bit of impressing flash for meetings with clients.