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Are iMac's good for gaming ?
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Title says it all
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A little depend what Ram and memory you have.
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Hello, well the answer to your question is yes they are. Not sure about the anti-virus, but Macs don't get many viruses anyway.

You can't play any Windows game on a Mac unless you install Windows through Boot Camp, or use some sort of emulation or virtualization technology.

My feeling is that Macs can be "okay" for gaming, though I think they are not designed with gaming in mind. Gaming seems to rank very low on Apple's list of business priorities. I hope this helped!
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TTGhelp wrote Hello, well the answer to your question is yes they are. Not sure about the anti-virus, but Macs don't get many viruses anyway.

You can't play any Windows game on a Mac unless you install Windows through Boot Camp, or use some sort of emulation or virtualization technology.

My feeling is that Macs can be "okay" for gaming, though I think they are not designed with gaming in mind. Gaming seems to rank very low on Apple's list of business priorities. I hope this helped!
Thanks for the reply.I will be using some of it for business and work priorities.
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There not the best. Plus some games don't come on Macs (Its mostly Indy games, so don't sweat that.).
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For the price of an imac you could get a custom Gaming PC like a boss
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No, get an AlienWare for cheaper.

-Ice ;)
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My answer would be no because some games don't run on mac and depending on there ram and memory they aren't the best i would suggest a alien ware pc
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Yes they are, look up BF3, MW3, and skyrim gameplays on a iMac and it runs full settings and perfect framerate.
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I would fully advise you to get a good gaming PC.

Sure, the iMac has a great exterior fashion, but I wouldn't call it a gaming machine.

Alienware is a good choice.
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