It's possible that they might have been talking about the PowerBook G4 and not the MacBook Pro. Heck I would even tell you to buy a Windows computer if you wanted it mainly for WC3 (since that's your main concern)! It just doesn't make sense to spend that amount of money and then complain about a game not working properly on it.Īs for those sites, please provide the links to backup your statement. I'm not being a zealot (and there's no need for profanity either). It's just a matter of common sense when you're spending that amount of money. Sorry, but I had to say something about it. Of course, at this point I don't know what to recommend to someone who's spent 3 Gs on a MacBook Pro for WarCraft 3 only. I wouldn't bother spending the money on an iBook G4. If you're not pleased with it, return it and by a PowerPC Mac and you'll be back to playing WarCraft 3 happily.īTW, the only PowerPC Macs you're going to find now are either used or the high-end Power Mac G5 Macs. The problem is that you didn't research before making the purchase.that's hardly Apple's fault. Be glad that the application is running at all since the Intel Core CPUs and PowerPC CPUs are totally different. There's nothing wrong with the 's running the app as advertised by Apple.through emulation in Rosetta. Think of it as playing an old DOS/Windows 95 game on a Windows XP computer. Also consider that you're playing an old game on a newer computer (despite the processor difference). Apple announced they were switching to Intel processors last year during WWDC. Umm.this has been in the news for about a year now (even mainstream news). I don't want to have to boot Windows just to get decent performance!Įdit: Is it possible/probably War3 won't run at full speed if it isn't compiled as a universal binary? I just checked via the Activity Monitor and it says Frozen Throne is a PowerPC (as opposed to Intel) binary. Hopefully I am just a confused new Mac user that who hasn't tweaked a driver just right or something. Not to mention everyone swearing WoW and other games work at full settings. I'm not saying these settings can't be tweaked downward but I would have thought the MacBook Pro would have *easily* handled Warcraft III due to the next generation of video card and (duo core) CPU.

1280x1024x16, model detail high, animation low, texture quality high, particles high, lights medium, shadows off, occlussion on, spell detail high.

My video settings are cloned from the PC. In other words, shouldn't the MacBook Pro kick ass all over something nearly two years older? My previous desktop is Windows XP on an AMD 2700+ w/ 1 gig ram and ATI 9800 Pro.

Hi, I recently purchased a Macbook Pro (2.0ghz, 2gig ram, 7200 rpm hd) and just finished playing a handful of sluggish 3v3 Warcraft III (Frozen Throne) games.

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