IMac, MacBook Pro or custom pc?

I need a good machine, since I'm starting 6th form soon, I was wondering should I go with a MacBook Pro 13 inch retina, an iMac 21.5 inch or a custom pc, plus it will be useful if I could take it on flights etc but that's not essential, also it may need a lot of memory, and I was wondering, what gaming can you do on a mac?
-Thanks, Scott

bootcamp will let you install windows which will run just as it was a normal windows computer
one deside at bootup if one wish to start windows or osx
read more here
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

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