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I am thinking of getting a macbook pro at some point because I want an OSX capable machine and long battery life.
However, I like to play PC games as well and I was wondering how well do they perform in this area, either under OSX or Windows 7.
Examples of games I play:
Source (e.g. HL2, Portal, L4D)
Crysis
Stalker
UT3
Obviously most of these only run under W7 (which I believe lacks GPU switching and therefore shorter battery) but for most the time I'll be under OS X but still need to know performance.
I am currently wondering whether the performance increase in the base 15" is worth it compared to the 13" so I am asking now considering the larger size and £500 difference.
For comparison, my current HP W7 laptop has a core 2 Duo T8100 2.1GHz, 4GB RAM and a nvidia 8400M GS.
thanks in advance

Hum, lets say it is very basic and the diode on it isn't very good (at least that is how my Lenovo mouse feels), you have to use a mouse pad and don't expect to play any shoot em up on it. I find the Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse V2.0 far better for that price, it is far more sensitive, you can use it on most surfaces and has better quality feel to it. However, the Lenovo laser mouse is a pretty good buy if you can afford it.
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