Would i be able to play most mac games on the macbook air? e.g portal 2 etc.

I am looking into buying a new laptop, which will mostly be used for work at school, e.g. word processing. photo editing. and possibly video editing. The macbook air seemed like the ideal choice for this as it is both small and powerful. however as this will be my only laptop i want to iknow if it will be able to run some of the native mac games like portal 2 and half life 2 etc. i know that the 2010 macbook air could play these games successfully, as it had a nvidia 320m graphics card in it, however the 2011 macbook air has intel 300hd graphics which are listed on the minimum specifications for portal 2, but are apparently not as good as the nvidia 320m chipset. i was wondering wether i should get a mba or save up for a macbook pro.

Yes, third party optical drives do work with the Air, sometimes better than the Superdrive itself, oddly enough. I have an iOmega SuperSlim optical drive and it retains functionality even when plugged into a USB hub, unlike the SuperDrive, which must be plugged directly in to one of the USB slots on the Air itself.

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