December 8, 200817 yr Commercial Member Fellow enthusiasts,I am in the process of getting a laptop but I am looking specifically at the MAC BOOK PRO 17" since it has the capability of running both operating systems and it appears to have the necessary hardware to FS9 and FSX (http://store.apple.com/us/configure/MB766LL/A?mco=MTkzOTI1MA). Are there any users in the forum who have gone this route, and what are the expected results/thoughts if any.Simeon KROSWYND a.k.a KILO_WHISKEYMajestic Software Development/Support Sys 1: AMD 7950X3D, NOCTUA D15S, Gigabyte Elite B650, MSI 4090, 64Gb Ram, Corsair 850 Power Supply, 2x2TB M.2 Samsung 980s, 1x4TB WDD M.2, 6xNoctua 120mm case fans, LG C2 55" OLED running at 120Hz for the monitor, Win11. Sys 2: i7 8700k, MSI GAMING MBoard, 32Gigs RAM, MSI 4070Ti & EVGA 1080Ti. Hardware: Brunner CLS-E-NG Yoke, Fulcrum One yoke, TM TPR Rudder Pedals, Yoko TQ6+ NEO, StreamDeck, Tobii Eye Tracker, Virpil VPC MongoosT-50CM3 Base with a TM gripSIMULATORS: MSFS2020/XP12/P3D v5.4 & v6: YouTube Videos
December 9, 200817 yr Fellow enthusiasts,I am in the process of getting a laptop but I am looking specifically at the MAC BOOK PRO 17" since it has the capability of running both operating systems and it appears to have the necessary hardware to FS9 and FSX (http://store.apple.com/us/configure/MB766LL/A?mco=MTkzOTI1MA). Are there any users in the forum who have gone this route, and what are the expected results/thoughts if any.SimeonIf you do go the Mac route, know this:All your drivers have to come from Apple, even the Windows drivers. This means compatibility first, performance a distant second.You will pay significantly more than a "gaming" laptop from a Windows-exclusive OEM. Gateway was selling mobile Geforce 8800/Core 2 Duo-powered laptops earlier this year for little over a thousand dollars. You can't even get that kind of graphics performance in a Mac, let alone for that kind of money.
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