Your ideal gaming Mac

[Lenny M]

But an M4 Max AND a gaming laptop is infinitely more expensive and leans directly into diminishing returns.

But a console to supplements your Mac which you’ll own anyway. Makes far more sense.

Gaming is the side gig here, it’s the nice to have. Not the main event.

agreed,

I think there are 2 different audiences. If you're buying a computer purely for gaming, I'd absolutely recommend a Windows gaming PC.

But if you already own a Mac or you're buying one mainly for work or study, gaming on Apple Silicon isn't nearly as bad as people make it out to be. There are plenty of native games, plus CrossOver and cloud gaming if you're a casual player.

No, it won't outperform an RTX gaming laptop, but if you just want to relax with a few games after work, a Mac does the job just fine.

 

[SauRoNZA]

agreed,

I think there are 2 different audiences. If you're buying a computer purely for gaming, I'd absolutely recommend a Windows gaming PC.

But if you already own a Mac or you're buying one mainly for work or study, gaming on Apple Silicon isn't nearly as bad as people make it out to be. There are plenty of native games, plus CrossOver and cloud gaming if you're a casual player.

No, it won't outperform an RTX gaming laptop, but if you just want to relax with a few games after work, a Mac does the job just fine.

EXACTLY!

I'm never going to buy a gaming PC, but now having the ability to play some games on my Mac I'll venture there while I never really had the choice previously. It's about already having the Mac and stretching its use case further....the fact that windows gaming laptops exist is as irrelevant and Androids to iPhones.

It's an entire untapped market. Not everyone wants to go hardcore.

We'll just ignore the fact that I only end up playing Magic The Gathering anyway.