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We’ve come a long way since the days of Oregon Trail on the Apple II.

In the ’90s, games like Marathon and Myth made you feel like Macs were viable gaming machines.

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Modern hits like Baldur’s Gate 3 run remarkably well on today’s MacBooks, showing they’ve quietly become great gaming machines.

That seemed to remain true for a long time.

Since then it feels like there’s quietly been a seismic shift in the Mac gaming landscape.

What will M4 MacBooks be capable of?

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Modern hits like Baldur’s Gate 3 run remarkably well on today’s MacBooks, showing they’ve quietly become great gaming machines.

Of course, I’m writing all this on the cusp of new MacBooks arriving with theApple M4 chipinside.

The only question that remains is: how well will Cyberpunk 2077 run on these new Macs?

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