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Re:OpenCore bootloader – open-sourced Apple UEFI drivers, en... by phone8675309 on Thursday August 06, 2020 @09:15AM (#24070568)
> Finally, some might say; just buy a Mac Pro! Well, I cannot motivate $6000 Just because I want to game every now and then.. :)

Depending on how much gaming computer you need for the games you want to play, it sounds like the better solution is to just build a gaming computer that runs Windows. That's my setup - a Linux desktop machine (small form factor, running on a machine from two generations ago, it's sufficient for the things that I need to do locally, and if I need to spin off a big compile I have cloud resources to do that) and a six month old gaming rig that runs Windows.

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Re:OpenCore bootloader – open-sourced Apple UEFI drivers, en... by distances on Thursday August 06, 2020 @11:13AM (#24071639)
Why wouldn't you dual boot with the more powerful computer? Or alternatively just use Linux, with Proton the number of games available is already quite impressive.
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Re:OpenCore bootloader – open-sourced Apple UEFI drivers, en... by phone8675309 on Thursday August 06, 2020 @09:39PM (#24077166)
Separate computers removes a single point of failure. If my gaming rig goes down it doesn't keep my work from progressing, and if my work computer goes down, I can swap out drives into the gaming rig to keep working.
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