Will it play The Sims 2?

I've got a 2GHz MacBook with 1GB Ram.
I know about integrated graphics, and so far the GFX performance of this computer are much better than the Radeon 9200 in my previous iBook.
Will i get playable FPS in The Sims 2 with Low/Med quality settings (and perhaps 800x600 res)?
Does anyone here use The Sims 2 with their MacBook - can you tell me what its like?
Thanks, Joe.

If you install the rev. E patch (this will take you directly to the download, BTW) it works pretty well. Right now I have it on medium settings with 1152x720 res, and it is just a little worse than the iBook... but when its on 1024x780 its better than the iBook at medium settings. This what I can tell from what I remember on the iBook... but I don't play often enough to know for sure.
Zeb

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Izzy118,
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Have a look at this thread on the Sims forum about a patch for Lion.
The long answer is that you can try to install Fusion and Snow Leopard Server, but at a cost.
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It will be less expensive to buy an old Mac just for your games.
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Starflyer59 wrote:
The only two laptops that BB carries right now that will run the SIMs 3 would be the
Asus G50VT
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9173262&type=product&id=1218044029168
or the
Gateway FX model
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9172511&type=product&id=1218043606827
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