Macbook Pro

[SCWolf]

Was looking to get one and was wondering if anyone here has one, and how Stepmania runs on one, as well as Flash, among other things. I assume that the OS on these computers are optimized for the hardware they use, but I'd like more opinions on how it handles things.

I have no intentions of using this as anything but a MEDIA (video editing, photo editing, music, movies, etc) machine with Stepmania. I have my desktop for gaming, and I'm looking to get a cleaner, different laptop that's not running Windows or Linux.

Thanks in advance.

[mi40]

leonid uses a macbook pro and it has served him nicely for a few years iirc

however, i heard the keys are prone to wearing out rather quickly but i'm assuming you won't be mashing files every day so you should be fine

[SCWolf]

Yeah, chances are I won't be. If I'm home I'd probably be playing on my desktop anyway.

[Xiz]

I use a macbook pro.

Stepmania works flawlessly... however I have noticed a (Little) bit of lag and delay issues with Flash in relation to JUST the R^3 engine on FFR.
(In other words, Quads count the 4th arrow to be late always... gg forever D2)

I can go over more with you about that if you want, but otherwise there is no problem with it at all.

[Fission]

Originally Posted by Xiz

Quads count the 4th arrow to be late always... gg forever D2

have you tried an external keyboard?

[Xiz]

Originally Posted by Fission

have you tried an external keyboard?

yes. with a Razor. No luck.

I have been trying to find other FFR users with mac's to see if they have this problem... It seems like I am the only one.

[SCWolf]

I appreciate the input Xiz. Really looking into it.

Sounds more like an anti-ghosting incompatibility more than something related to the actual notebook. Not all Razer keyboards have anti-ghosting by the way.

[Xiz]

Originally Posted by SCWolf

I appreciate the input Xiz. Really looking into it.

Sounds more like an anti-ghosting incompatibility more than something related to the actual notebook. Not all Razer keyboards have anti-ghosting by the way.

I feel like that might be the issue.

HOWEVER: I don't know why this slipped my mind till right now:

On R^3, 60FPS will not work. It will have a delay, and even if you set the offset it will still be off. Hell, I can record it and show you what I experience on my end. But nobody in the world seems to own a mac who plays on this site on R^3 so I have nobody to compare to hahaha.

But, I play on 30FPS and it works fine.



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But overall, If you are buying a macbook JUST for stepmania, then I would absolutely go for it.

EDIT: ....if you really wanna spend all that money just for it.

[Zyphoror]

a macbook just for stepmania? lol uhh err umm :L

[SCWolf]

Originally Posted by Zyphoror

a macbook just for stepmania? lol uhh err umm :L

It's not for just Stepmania. Read the OP.

[Razor]

I just got my MBP 15" w/ retina display not that long ago, it's definitely worth getting. (Only got one cause I work at Apple) Not recommended for gaming, but any other task you throw at it, gets it done quickly and efficiently.

[Fission]

Originally Posted by Razor

retina display

stop referring to high resolution IPS as retina pls. this is basically the same as saying that all mp3 players are ipods; it's fucking stupid.

Originally Posted by Razor

Not recommended for gaming

just use boot camp.....?? the hardware is more than powerful enough for gaming.

[mi40]

man this walkman sure is nice

[kommisar]

it's no better than any pc laptops aside from doing work stuff. if you're going into animation that'd be great.

only difference is that shit is gold plated and will probably last you longer

otherwise waste of money for brand

[Choofers]

"i want to buy a proprietary version of unix when i can buy a laptop for half the price and put whatever operating system i want on it"

[Gundam-Dude]

macs are great for the graphic design field mainly because it has much more accurate colour correctional output between screen and print, and it renders typefaces way better than PCs do—PCs give rasterized mush in comparison to seamlessly smooth lines, regardless of what kind of fancy monitor you have unfortunately. and at least macs use mainly opentype and postscript fonts, which aren't any of the truetype PC bullshit—for the record, whatever fonts that came on your PC aren't actually the real typefaces, they're just poor alternate renditions microsoft throws in. and of course they're great for video editing, and other media related work.

other than that, I'd just buy a PC for your reasons because you can further upgrade it yourself later if you need a better machine and you'd save money in the long run with maintenance costs if anything should happen to your mac zzz

[SCWolf]

Originally Posted by Gundam-Dude

macs are great for the graphic design field mainly because it has much more accurate colour correctional output between screen and print, and it renders typefaces way better than PCs do—PCs give rasterized mush in comparison to seamlessly smooth lines, regardless of what kind of fancy monitor you have unfortunately. and at least macs use mainly opentype and postscript fonts, which aren't any of the truetype PC bullshit—for the record, whatever fonts that came on your PC aren't actually the real typefaces, they're just poor alternate renditions microsoft throws in. and of course they're great for video editing, and other media related work.

other than that, I'd just buy a PC for your reasons because you can further upgrade it yourself later if you need a better machine and you'd save money in the long run with maintenance costs if anything should happen to your mac zzz

This was helpful. I made my decision yesterday to not bother. I'll be fine without one.

[leonid]

MBP keyboard nearly doubled my stepmania skill, it just blew my mind.

I also recommend QPAD brown if you aren't getting a mac.

[rCaliberGX]

Originally Posted by leonid

MBP keyboard nearly doubled my stepmania skill, it just blew my mind.

I also recommend QPAD brown if you aren't getting a mac.

or basically any mechanical keyboard

scissor switches in the slim apple keyboards are nice too, also the logitech k800 backlit is pretty similar to the xflat which i believe was used by many players in the past.

[SCWolf]

Originally Posted by leonid

MBP keyboard nearly doubled my stepmania skill, it just blew my mind.

I also recommend QPAD brown if you aren't getting a mac.

I'm using a Razer Blackwidow 2013 edition right now, and it seems to be solid. I do really like the Mac Pro keyboard though. To be honest I like any slim/flat keyboard.