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<blockquote data-quote="Mallus" data-source="post: 6750773" data-attributes="member: 3887">Game-wise, remember that Steam purchases are for all supported platforms. So any PC game you bought that has a Mac version can be downloaded as soon as you install the client. Also game-wise, Macs are fine for all less graphics-intensive titles, like Civilization &amp; all the great Paradox strategy series. And most of the hot new indie games are released simultaneously for OSX. Though older games like the earlier Arkham/Batman titles, Tomb Raider, Borderlands, &amp; the Bioshocks run well on OSX if you've got a discreet graphics card (and Steam sales can make these titles ridiculously cheap). Speaking of older, don't forget the spate of recent remasters of classic PC games; Baldur's Gate II, the fixed-up Knights of the Old Republic II, and Homeworld.When I feel like shooting the hell out of moon-wizards &amp; robots, I fire up my PS4. But for whiling away an entire Sunday with coffee and world conquest, my Macbook is perfect.Re: hardware quality - my Macbook is hands-down the best computer I've owned, though to be fair I've never had a high-end business class laptop or expensive gaming rig. Re: software - my experience has been all the software I need for OSX is either part of the OS (the Office-analogs) or free (Handbrake for video conversion, Xcode for messing around w/Obj-C dev, the Microsoft Remote Desktop app for accessing my work PC). The few pieces of software I bought were all really cheap, like sub-$20 (US); Scrivener for writing, Pixelmator for Photoshopping, etc.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mallus, post: 6750773, member: 3887"] Game-wise, remember that Steam purchases are for all supported platforms. So any PC game you bought that has a Mac version can be downloaded as soon as you install the client. Also game-wise, Macs are fine for all less graphics-intensive titles, like Civilization & all the great Paradox strategy series. And most of the hot new indie games are released simultaneously for OSX. Though older games like the earlier Arkham/Batman titles, Tomb Raider, Borderlands, & the Bioshocks run well on OSX if you've got a discreet graphics card (and Steam sales can make these titles ridiculously cheap). Speaking of older, don't forget the spate of recent remasters of classic PC games; Baldur's Gate II, the fixed-up Knights of the Old Republic II, and Homeworld. When I feel like shooting the hell out of moon-wizards & robots, I fire up my PS4. But for whiling away an entire Sunday with coffee and world conquest, my Macbook is perfect. Re: hardware quality - my Macbook is hands-down the best computer I've owned, though to be fair I've never had a high-end business class laptop or expensive gaming rig. Re: software - my experience has been all the software I need for OSX is either part of the OS (the Office-analogs) or free (Handbrake for video conversion, Xcode for messing around w/Obj-C dev, the Microsoft Remote Desktop app for accessing my work PC). The few pieces of software I bought were all really cheap, like sub-$20 (US); Scrivener for writing, Pixelmator for Photoshopping, etc. [/QUOTE]

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