I play a game that uses Java, not minecraft. I've heard that Apple makes their own version of Java for awhile now but why is it so bad. I have always wanted to buy a Macbook but not so sure now. I have a hackintosh and playing the game is terrible on it and the graphics are not as good as playing on Windows. It uses Java + OpenGL to play since only Windows has DirectX. Is the problem because its a hackintosh or would a real Mac have the same bad performance playing this game as the Hackintosh? Btw the hackintosh runs very fast other than that and it's not graphic drivers or anything.
It could help if we knew what the game was. I'd like to test it out. As a Mac user, I don't find myself complaining about Java, but then again, I only use it for Minecraft. Also, don't be so down on buying a Mac solely on the fact that your Hackintosh may not be giving 110% performance. Remember, it wasn't made to be that way!
On both my MacBook Pro and Hackintosh, Minecraft runs twice as better (or more, no joke) in Windows than Mac. Java doesn't support DirectX, only OpenGL. OpenGL is outdated on Lion, a lot.
Runescape. I've been wanting to test it out on a display mac in store but it requires plugin installs, cache download, ect.
Oh dear. I remember playing Runescape. Well, I just logged into my account. I had the game default to the settings that it felt were the best for my computer, and I made the window resizable. All in all, the only times I had significant lag were when I first moved the arrow keys, and when I logged in. All my animations are fluid and the game is totally playable. Then again, I don't have any way to test it, and I don't know what you'd consider bad graphics. From what I see, mine looks fine. I'll upload a screenshot of my game. You tell me.
Wow thanks for showing me this. When I have lighting detail on high all the shadows glitch and turn everything black. Btw if you press ~ in the game and type 'displayfps' it will give you nerd stats. What kind of mac are you running on?
Get ready for copy+paste info! Code: iMac 27-inch, Late 2009 Processor 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Memory 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 Graphics ATI Radeon HD 4670 256 MB Software Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4 (11E53) By the way, I noticed I forgot to complete a sentence in my big paragraph. It should say, "Then again, I don't have any way to test it on Windows..." EDIT: I'll give you my FPS in a minute. EDIT 2: I average around 32 FPS with the settings I gave in the screenshot. Occasionally when it needed to load more of the world, it would drop to 19, but back up to 32.
