Please help settle an argument. Which laptop is better for gaming?

[Renox]

First column
https/support.apple.com/kb/SP12?locale=en_US

or

http/www.amazon.com/Sony-VGN-FZ240E-15-4-inch-Processor-Premium/dp/B000UTICZQ

Thank you, i'm not purchasing, just want to see which one is better.

 

[jaguarskx]

I would say that the Intel X3100 is having problems running WoW using DirectX 9 / 10. The Macbook does not have that problem because DirectX is strictly for Windows therefore it is running the game using OpenGL.

On a Windows laptop you can enter a command (Google "WoW OpenGL") so that the game uses OpenGL instead of DirectX which will likely solve the problem.

 

[DasHotShot]

Better in what way?

Can you give us 3 tasks to compare them on?

 

[jimhood82]

Both run the same Intel X3100, the same processor (on the base end of the mac anyhow - anything else, the mac had a better cpu), and both too old to be useful. In the world of gaming which is better? Neither. Had the Sony included Expresscard 54, I could have granted it a technicality, but no - they used the 34.

 

[Renox]

Better in what way?

Can you give us 3 tasks to compare them on?

playing world of warcraft

 

[Renox]

Between a 7 year old mac with a 13 inch screen or a 7 yr old laptop?
What are you playing;Doom?
Neither of those machines are sensible propositions any more.
I doubt you could buy a battery or charger for either of them.
Neither had a graphics card,and both ran 2 or 2.2 gig core 2 duo's, just in case you were wondering.
The answer to your question is they are both
EQUALLY PANTS.
Mind you;if I had to receive a used one as a gift I would take the Mac..
I have a vaio of that era sat in the corner with a blown onboard graphics chip.It was a common factory defect which cost Sony a packet.

I have this guy telling me he tried running WoW on the sony and simply didn't run, then he tells me he ran it on the mac and it ran like a dream. His argument is that the mac is better even though "the sony has better specs" so therefore apple is better. Is he talking out of his ass?

 

[jimhood82]

Not entirely. On the Mac it would be using OpenGL instead of Direct X. It probably ended up running at lower quality settings.

 

[jaguarskx]

I would say that the Intel X3100 is having problems running WoW using DirectX 9 / 10. The Macbook does not have that problem because DirectX is strictly for Windows therefore it is running the game using OpenGL.

On a Windows laptop you can enter a command (Google "WoW OpenGL") so that the game uses OpenGL instead of DirectX which will likely solve the problem.