StarCraft 2 Gameplay on a Macbook Pro 2.4 Ghz 15"

Kinda late but this is a video that demo's StarCraft 2 on my MacBook Pro. I don't try to show of my skills, which aren't present (never played StarCraft 1). It runs pretty well on low/medium at 1280x800 as you can see. Love Blizzard for making this game run on older computers as well, it still looks awesome.

Compare with your MacBook (Pro):
GPU's compared to the 8600M;

9400M 35-50% slower
9600M 10-25% faster

320M 10-15% slower
330M 50-75% faster

The specs of the machine are:
2.4 Ghz Core 2 Duo (santa rosa - merom)
15.4 inch
4GB ram DDR2 667Mhz
160 GB 7200 RPM HD
GeForce 8600M 256 DDR3 VRAM
Windows XP Pro SP3
Average FPS 45
Drops FPS 30
Peaks FPS 65

Music by Armin van Buren - "Mirage" is the copyrighted property of it's owner(s).

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[faanosoccerr]

how much is a computer like this??

[strigani]

@faanosoccerr Well about 3.5 years ago it costed about €2500, but now the €1749 15" MacBook Pro is a much faster and cheaper notebook. That's what you get with technology. Early adapters pay premium price for primium hardware..

[h3adshotdemon]

does this game run on osx, or do u have to install windows through bootcamp?

[strigani]

@h3adshotdemon You don't need bootcamp, this game runs native in Mac OS X. But you get a better performance and more FPS in Windows.

[strigani]

All 15 inch MacBook pro's and even the older powerbooks have backlit keyboards

[mobin11]

you have the best music on all your vids ;)

[AppleBlogger]

all the MBP santa rosa comes with backlight keyboard? i wanna a MBP 2.2 15,4 LED display santarosa version... you know if have the backlight keyboard?

[strigani]

@WheresTheAnyKey1 Hey dude the new computer I'm getting is a 'Mac Pro', which is a big box ;-) Noway all that stuff would fit into a <1" housing lol.

[WheresTheAnyKey1]

@strigani dang nice laptop you will get! i will try running it under windows 7 with my macbook. thanks :D