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[Valsharess]

Thanks, what about performance though:

Imagine that I get a Dell laptop with similar components as a 15' MBP and launch up one instance of WoW on both - Would you expect the Mac to perform better? (using wow as it's an example we are all familiar with).

For gaming, PC > Mac.

With "similar components" it should still run faster on PC because game companies optimize first the Windows version (eg: Blizzard adding multithreaded opengl in WoW 2.0). And if the game is a port (eg: call of duty) you can expect worst graphics because implementing DirectX features that don't have a counterpart in OpenGL (eg: D3DFMT_R32F) results in more memory/less quality.

For general use and disregarding the price, a macbook pro is an excellent choice. I remember reading it was the fastest vista laptop or something like that. But if your goal is gaming, or to get the lowest price with the highest speed -which I doubt it's going to make you happier on other departments- you should stick with PC.