I think the unrealistic dream would be having AAA gaming ambitions but expecting people to buy an MBP or Studio to achieve mid-level graphics performance. For the same price as an MBP you can get an MBA and a 4060 laptop right now, nobody who wants to game on Mac is going to pay $1000 - $3000 extra just for mid-to-lower-upper level graphics capacity. Baseline model has to be much better or games just won’t get enough sales to make Macs an attractive platform.
Good comment, especially on the unrealistic re-framing.
Personally I want game support on Mac but I don’t really care about top of the line, I just want 60fps 1080p in games currently only playable on Windows.
Math on MBP = MBA ($1000) + 4060 ($~1,200?) laptop seems off though, based on my recent shopping of a 4060 laptop. MBP 14 starts at $1,200 doesn’t it? I recently surrendered and bought a Windows laptop because I really wanted to play Elden Ring, after only using Mac happily for 20 years. (CONFIRMED: Windows is still garbage, though the gaming is good.)
I think the unrealistic dream would be having AAA gaming ambitions but expecting people to buy an MBP or Studio to achieve mid-level graphics performance. For the same price as an MBP you can get an MBA and a 4060 laptop right now, nobody who wants to game on Mac is going to pay $1000 - $3000 extra just for mid-to-lower-upper level graphics capacity. Baseline model has to be much better or games just won’t get enough sales to make Macs an attractive platform.
Good comment, especially on the unrealistic re-framing.
Personally I want game support on Mac but I don’t really care about top of the line, I just want 60fps 1080p in games currently only playable on Windows.
Math on MBP = MBA ($1000) + 4060 ($~1,200?) laptop seems off though, based on my recent shopping of a 4060 laptop. MBP 14 starts at $1,200 doesn’t it? I recently surrendered and bought a Windows laptop because I really wanted to play Elden Ring, after only using Mac happily for 20 years. (CONFIRMED: Windows is still garbage, though the gaming is good.)