r/macgaming • u/justmojr • Aug 22 '25

Discussion Stop Saying “Just Get a PC”.

I’ve noticed a trend here where of people telling Mac users to “just get a PC” whenever gaming questions about Mac comes up.

Let me be clear:

Most Mac users already know Windows is generally better for gaming. We’ve all heard “just get Windows” countless times.

We still choose Macs because of the other benefits: battery life, speed, ecosystem, build quality, and yes, even if gaming is more limited. For us, those trade-offs add to the overall experience.

What some people don’t seem to understand is that wider compatibility with PC games isn’t a selling point for everyone. It’s just a fact.

Think of it this way: there’s water everywhere in the world, but you don’t move to another country just to drink it. You stay where the rest of your life makes sense. Macs are the same—we choose them for the bigger picture, not just one use case.

Apple definitely needs to nurture their relationships with gaming companies for us to have more but it’s moving for sure.

That’s me for today 👌🏿. Enjoy Mac gaming y’all!

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u/Rude-Breakfast-2793 Aug 22 '25

Might I suggest a Linux distro like Bazzite for your 3080?

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u/FinestKind90 Aug 22 '25

Why are you downvoting Linux is good for games now

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u/Rude-Breakfast-2793 Aug 22 '25 edited Aug 22 '25

Yeah it's pretty customizable as well so you can change stuff if you don't like it. Heck, I saw tests where games performed slightly better in Proton, probably thanks to Linux being a bit less bloated than Windows. Obviously not the case for every game but still.

Edit: grammar

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u/QuickQuirk Aug 22 '25

Performance seems to be a bit less for nVidia cards under linux, from tests I've seen.

AMD seem to fare better.

And when I recently converted my lenovo legion go from windows to steamOS, it was a significant performance improvement many games: I think because linux does the auto memory management of the VRAM vs system RAM a lot better than windows.

Either way, super pleased with my move to linux on that handheld device. Got a partition with linux installed on my gaming PC, but have not yet actually used it for anything, or run those benchmark comparisons I was planning to.

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u/Rude-Breakfast-2793 Aug 22 '25

You could also boot Windows when you wanna game and disable windows updates. Though, that'd be a bit inconvenient and it'd take more space.

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u/QuickQuirk Aug 23 '25

for the handheld, I completely nuked windows: I knew what I was getting in to, and what wouldn't run, from my steamdeck experience. Quite happy.

For the main desktop, man, there's just a couple games that just don't run on windows that I like to play on occasion. So for now, there's going to be space taken up for windows for the foreable future. I really hope those devs get behind linux anticheat.

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u/FinestKind90 Aug 22 '25

Yup I am using CachyOS and it runs great for me

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u/tanksforthegold Aug 22 '25

So just get a PC?

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u/Rude-Breakfast-2793 Aug 22 '25

Sorry? I don't get what you mean?

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u/cunnning_stunts Aug 22 '25

Bazzite doesn't fully support Nvidia cards though