Hi i recently purchased a 13" macbook air and i love it because it is very fast at loading. I really want to download the sims 4 and expansion packs/add ons which i had on my previous laptop that wasn't apple but I'm scared that the game won't work properly or be really slow or it might slow down my computer. Will that happen?
heres the specs:
MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015)
Processor: 1.6 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory: 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 6000 1536 MB
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I got a MacBook Air for Christmas and I am thinking of getting Sims 4 onto it... Has it cased you any trouble onto your MacBook or not?
@KassJessie @missmillyc I play the sims 4 on that same computer and runs pretty good on low quality. I would definitely say go ahead! Just a tip don't get to many mods and cc. This will slow down the game a lot. One mod i would recommend getting is the auto-save mod. Our macs aren't really designed to handle this type of game so it could crash.The Mod has saved my game a lot after i was playing for like 4 hours!! Anyways i would say sure get it. and when you run the game for the first time don't change the setting at all. Just so you know one day the mac won't be able to run the game but that won't happen for at least a year.
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Apple 13 Inch MacBook Pro / MD101LL/A / 2.5GHz Intel Core i5, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD, Intel HD 4000 Graphics, DVDRW, OSX Yosemite
I am just scared that MacBook pros are slow because my dad has one and it's super slow but that could be because it's really old and he has A BUNCH of files and other work related things on there.
Apple Macbook Retina Display 12 Inch (Full-HD LED Backlit IPS Display, Intel Core M-5Y31 1.1GHz up to 2.4GHz, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, Gray)
Both of those are terrible choices, sorry
13" MacBook Pro (mid 2012) - it has Intel HD 4000 graphics which barely manages to run the game these days given all the additional content added in patches and dependant on how many add on packs you have installed. It has also never really been powerful enough to properly run the game and has produced the opaque windows glitch from day one.
12" MacBook - absolutely NOT designed for gaming at all. The Intel CPU and integrated graphics are very low powered. It doesn't have a fan so is not capable of cooling itself which means the OS will severely throttle the power to avoid over heating.
A newer 13" would be a minimum choice but ideally you want a high end 15" MacBook Pro with dedicated NVIDIA (second hand) or AMD (current model) graphics.
Personally, yes, I think it would be a bad idea because they are simply not powerful enough to game on (as you've found out with your 11" MBA heating up and quitting). The more heat produced the more stress on hardware over time which potentially can shorten the lifespan of any computer. It doesn't matter how much stuff you have on your Mac, so long as you have at least 10Gb of storage space left at any given time so the OS can function without struggling (20Gb ideally).
All 13" MacBook Airs and Pros have dual core processors, a quad core is preferable which only the 15" have. And a dedicated GPU is always preferable too, which only the high spec. 15" has. City Living is also causing issues on older/underpowered machines as is the recent toddler update. It's like the Sims 3 - after several years of patches and packs the lower spec. machines really started to struggle.
Plenty of people do play on the newer 13" MBPs but the one you're looking at is 5 years old.
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And about the space on the laptop, I would definitely not use all of it, and I might not download my get to work pack. And also try to not play it as much as I used to. And I will put the graphs on low or medium low, and put it on laptop mode. This is of course if I get it.
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Bear in mind that even if you buy it brand new it's still a computer that has 2 year old technology in it, it's the early 2015 model that Apple has not refreshed.
Thr MacBook Pros come in two sizes - 13" and 15" and there is a massive difference performance wise between the two. The MacBook is 12".
The MacBook Pros are thin and light nowadays. You should definitely go for a MBP over a MBA if you want to game. Even though the 13" has integrated graphics and a dual core processor it will still perform better than the MBA.
MacBook Pros have been thinner since around 2012/2013 when Apple stopped adding in optical drives. Amazon really isn't the best place to buy them though as it is a marketplace and doesn't necessarily have 100% accurate descriptions of what you're buying. Buying from Apple directly is always the best way, followed by APRs (Apple Premium Resellers) then reputable high street stores. What country are you in? You can put your postcode/zip code into Apple's site and it will bring up the closest places to you to buy one from.
http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro
Do you have links? There will be a reason as to why they're cheaper - second hand/non-standard keyboard/different region charger/inaccurate description. Also, Apple no longer make the 13" MacBook Pro with the optical drive.
This one https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Laptops/Apple-MacBook-13-inch-Laptop-Intel-Core-Graphics/B00UY2U93W/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1487889082&sr=1-1&keywords=macbook+pro
But we bought ours here: http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/apple-macbook-pro-13-with-retina-display-2015-10118354-pdt.html
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I've only got one pack so far (Parenthood) and I don't use cc, so I don't know how the game/Macbook would react. I keep my game on mostly low settings with laptop mode (I keep long-distance and reflection on because I like them) and my game works fairly smoothly. It has crashed once or twice (I was messing around with graphics quality) but other than that it's been fantastic!
Also, I'm a student so I use my laptop for my schoolwork and I use office programs like Microsoft Word, OneNote, and PowerPoint. I've never had a Mac before, so it was a bit of a learning curve, but it's great! I hope you find the laptop that works for you :smile: