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I think I would prefer the laptop actually, plays DVDs and stuff too.

When you say you don't think i'll be ok with how Storm 3 plays on a Mac do you mean even WITH Windows 7 installed on the Mac it'll have issues?

School always comes first, so I do think it's best to get the laptop.

I'm talking about the hardware. Since you mentioned you wanted to keep it under $1 000, you're not getting a Macbook Pro. Even then I'm not sure if a Pro would run Storm 3 well. From what I've heard, Storm 3 is a pretty high-end game.
 

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School always comes first, so I do think it's best to get the laptop.

I'm talking about the hardware. Since you mentioned you wanted to keep it under $1 000, you're not getting a Macbook Pro. Even then I'm not sure if a Pro would run Storm 3 well. From what I've heard, Storm 3 is a pretty high-end game.
Damn okay. Back to the drawing board.

It comes down to one thing for me really, can a PC use Final Cut Pro? The mac I guess can be sidelined as Unis do have Mac suites and it can't take that long to get to grips with using one but it really comes down to FCP and i'm really not too keen on what i've seen of Sony Vegas.
 

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Damn okay. Back to the drawing board.

It comes down to one thing for me really, can a PC use Final Cut Pro? The mac I guess can be sidelined as Unis do have Mac suites and it can't take that long to get to grips with using one but it really comes down to FCP and i'm really not too keen on what i've seen of Sony Vegas.

Nope, it seems like Final Cut Pro only runs on Mac.

So all in all, Storm 3 is a high-end game that may not run as desired on a Macbook... Although I've been looking a little further and maybe the more expensive Macbook Pro's can run it.
Mac for gaming has never really been a good option, simply since they were not optimized for it and you'll end up spending a lot of money on a Macbook that will run games...

A windows laptop, however, should you get one for the price that you would have otherwise paid for the Macbook, can run it without a doubt... But it can't run Final Cut Pro, which puts you in a bind...
 

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Nope, it seems like Final Cut Pro only runs on Mac.

So all in all, Storm 3 is a high-end game that may not run as desired on a Macbook... Although I've been looking a little further and maybe the more expensive Macbook Pro's can run it.
Mac for gaming has never really been a good option, simply since they were not optimized for it and you'll end up spending a lot of money on a Macbook that will run games...

A windows laptop, however, should you get one for the price that you would have otherwise paid for the Macbook, can run it without a doubt... But it can't run Final Cut Pro, which puts you in a bind...

Got my final idea for it. I'm not sure how much it'll cost but...

PC Laptop with Windows 7 that can run:
-Steam & those 2 games
-Adobe Premier Pro (final cut equivalent)
-After Effects & Photoshop which work with Adobe Premier Pro.

Sound good? I bet the package of all 3 of those editing software will cost f*ckloads though :\
 

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Just buy it off newegg/tigerdirect.
Also, you can get a laptop and run hackintosh to put mac onto it. The best choice for gaming isn't mac because macs have an intel based gpu which is very shitty for gaming. You'll want a laptop for gaming.
 

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Just buy it off newegg/tigerdirect.
Also, you can get a laptop and run hackintosh to put mac onto it. The best choice for gaming isn't mac because macs have an intel based gpu which is very shitty for gaming. You'll want a laptop for gaming.

Yeah i've decided to scrap the Mac and Hackintosh seems way too risky/complicated for me. Getting the Adobe triple package seems much easier. How expensive are they? Do they come preinstalled in any computer?
 

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Yeah i've decided to scrap the Mac and Hackintosh seems way too risky/complicated for me. Getting the Adobe triple package seems much easier. How expensive are they? Do they come preinstalled in any computer?

The Adobe Triple package alone costs more than £1000.

Sony Vegas Pro is about the only choice if you want to use a windows machine.
 

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The Adobe Triple package alone costs more than £1000.

Sony Vegas Pro is about the only choice if you want to use a windows machine.

oh god. How does anybody buy these?!

ok um um so I kinda refuse to use Sony Vegas (personal thing) my only options are to only get Abode Premiere on it's own which is still like £500 or hire somebody to download them all illegally (I don't think i'm smart enough to understand torrents and all that)
 

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Yeah i've decided to scrap the Mac and Hackintosh seems way too risky/complicated for me. Getting the Adobe triple package seems much easier. How expensive are they? Do they come preinstalled in any computer?

Tbh, you could just get the adobe trial which is 30 days then keep reinstalling your computer every 30 days. Just get a flash drive to back your stuff up.
 

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Tbh, you could just get the adobe trial which is 30 days then keep reinstalling your computer every 30 days. Just get a flash drive to back your stuff up.

This is smart. Seems like a lot of effort though.

I'm going to have my friend run through how to torrent stuff and hopefully i'll be smart enough to catch on.
 

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For University, if you have the money. Get A Upgraded 15in Macbook Pro. :cool: (I tested My Macbook Pro on this website, and it said my Macbook Pro can run Storm 3 w/o any issues on Max). :cool:
 

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For University, if you have the money. Get A Upgraded 15in Macbook Pro. :cool: (I tested My Macbook Pro on this website, and it said my Macbook Pro can run Storm 3 w/o any issues on Max). :cool:

That DOES sound awesome, but i'd have to really look into it, sounds like quite a risk.
 

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For University, if you have the money. Get A Upgraded 15in Macbook Pro. :cool: (I tested My Macbook Pro on this website, and it said my Macbook Pro can run Storm 3 w/o any issues on Max). :cool:

Those sites are terrible for info. Especially for a game that just came out and is completely ported from console to PC so the game's engine isn't exactly coded completely for pc, actually, even the HUD was just up-scaled. I have storm 3, I also have two ATI radeon 7850's in crossfire with an overclocked AMD 6 core cpu that's a 6350 at 4.7ghz and 8gb of ram. It is locked to 30fps because it's been ported, it also has sudden slow down due to the fact that it's new and hasn't had enough time for a lot of patches to clean up the shitty coding bandai did for it. It'll be a while too because Bandai is apparently ignoring a lot of the complaints they're getting. So to get this game actually running well you'll need to out perform it's standard requirements. Also, online it doesn't say the type of video card needed as a standard basic card, just says which dx version and a card with a 4.0 shader. It says nothing about actual hardware, like the streaming cpu's/cuda cores and frequency of those cores along with the Vram, or even just a refference card like saying "ATI 7770 will do well, recommended is an ati 7870" or something. That's why you shouldn't trust those sites that say you can run it when all the info they mostly have is just what they have gotten from the distributor and haven't done any research themselves besides that. Might as well just google it. Also to the OP, you do not want a mac for gaming unless it has dedicated graphics, an intel graphics module will do you no justice, even if you have a kick ass cpu and loads of ram, there is such thing as a bottle neck which most laptops will have unless you get one with dedicated graphics like from nvidia/ati, not shitty integrated intel graphics that are barely even acceptable for 3d modeling let alone gaming. The cpu can only work as fast as your gpu in a sense when it comes to gaming. Imagine a bottle of water, imagine pouring it out, now think of the bottle having a small opening, now that's how it will be with integrated graphics, make the hole bigger (adding dedicated graphics to the laptop), more water can come out, more power is given, you see more frames per second.
 
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