CameronSmith13

@nobel I said they use the exact same hardware just not as higher up the tier as other laptops at the same price. I know that Linux and Mac are both based on Unix and in my opinion Linux is way better then windows. For me it goes Linux > Windows > Mac. For what mac is, its not worth the price when you are basically paying 2-3 times the price for the operating system which you could say it is better then windows but not better then linux(which is free). It is way better to get a good PC laptop for half the price of a Macbook and duelboot linux and windows. Anyways most colleges now teach some sort of dumb engine like Unity which runs on all operating systems instead of teaching them the basics like opengl or directx, so it really doesnt matter what OS he gets but if you read his whole post, at the bottom he says he wants to PLAY and make games on it so it would be better to get a nice gaming laptop such as Sager, MSI, or alienware.

@ben_h I dont know what kind of crappy gaming laptops that you buy but the Sager that I bought is way better then my last macbook pro. The Screen quality is the best i have ever seen and the keyboard is a customizable backlit keyboard which feels really nice. The battery power does suck(3-4 hours on windows, way more on linux) but it doesnt weigh all the much(6-7ish pounds maybe). Some people do complain about the weight but I think its very light. If you think 7 pounds is heavy, maybe you should be hitting the gym a little bit more often then playing on your computer.

@daedelus Jazzycola is right. There is nothing magical about the hardware that apple uses. It doesn't have some kind of special Intel processor or specially built graphics card(which most dont even have). They use the same generic hardware as everyone else with the exception of the motherboard in which almost every laptop company has their own and their retina displays. Other then that they sell the same hardware for 2-3 times the price.

Ha apple. There overpriced hardware that sucks. A $1,700 macbook pro doesnt even have a graphics card and the best macbook pro which costs $2700 only has a 650m. For that price, you should almost be getting two 680m's and running SLI. I dont know why everyone suddenly thinks that mac is some incredible gift from god. The OS isnt even all that good. I much prefer linux over mac and then of course windows for gaming. I bought a $3000 imac 2-3 years ago and its the worst decision I have ever made. I run bootcamp 24/7 and havent touched mac for a year. Macbooks are un-upgradeable like sager, msi, and alienware so when you buy a $2000 macbook pro with a 650m(which isnt all that good), you are stuck with it. If you are interested in game programming, windows will always be the main OS. The only reason you should get a macbook is if you want to do any sort of IOS programming and you should check to see what your college uses if you want to test out the programs you make in class on your laptop.

Do not buy a HP! They suck. The best gaming laptops or laptops in general are sager, msi, and alienware. I just received my Sager NP9150 Special edition a few days ago and I highly recommend it to anyone. It comes with a 2.4(3.4 Turbo boost) I7 3rd gen Intel CPU, a GTX 680m GPU, and 16 GB of ram. The GTX 680m is the fastest laptop graphics card and that thing is amazing. I have maxed out every game I have tried so far(GTA IV, Bioshock Infinite, Dead Island: Riptide, Dishonored) and that's without even overclocking in which this thing is supposed to overclock like a beast. It costed $1857 total but its well worth the price. It doesnt even get hot while playing games. Sager is known for there build and cooling quality and it is spectacular. I got windows 8 on it and it runs pretty good. I haven't ran into any problems playing games and it actually seems faster then windows 7 and there are benchmarks out there to prove it.