My son plays Minecraft frequently. Will the Air (13 inch), base model, run that well?
884471
This is amazing for minecraft. I tested it out at the Apple Store and there was no lag at all. That's one of reason I'm getting one.
613862
I would say yes. You don't require a lot of processing power to play Minecraft.
1930802
It's great. That is pretty much all my son uses his computer for; to play minecraft!
278540
Here is a video of the 2012 Macbook Air playing Borderlands 2 http://youtu.be/RhNrs5TxSCo. Keep in mind that this is the 2012 air with only the HD4000 graphics. Are you going to get 1080P graphics with anti-aliasing etc...? No, but you can certainly game on it, if you are ok with playing at low/medium settings.There is also a video of Diablo being played on last years Macbook Air at 1080P output to an HDTV http://youtu.be/IS4zmUULVwk. If you are a hardcore gamer opt for something else, but if you want a great little computer that can handle a reasonable gaming load, then the Air is it.
1996391
I'm not exactly a gamer, but I bought this several months ago as I wanted an "almost" desktop equiv. My kiddo recently download Minecraft (paid version) onto it, and it performs and handles the game 100% better than our old desktop. Quick, fluid, no freezing, crisp and clear, handles multiple screens open while Minecraft is playing. I have not been disappointed. I have some downloaded work applications and programs that have worked without issue. I am considering another for the kid. Good luck.
613861
My son uses this to play Minecraft as well as games with more advanced graphics
75769
I can play Minecraft on this laptop without it lagging, only if I install the mod "optifine" and turn all the settings to the lowest quality. So, no not really.
1927466
Easily. You could probably run a small Minecraft server on this machine with no problems.
1164577
My son is seven. He uses it to play mine craft. As long as you aren't looking for speed or large storage space than it is a good investment for the money especially because it has Google play.
531649
Minecraft will run just fine. It does not require super powerful computer though
1386025
I've loved my 8460p. The only thing I regret is not getting the the one with the separate AMD graphics card (I have the integrated Intel 3000 graphics). I think the separate graphics card would make a huge difference in any games/Minecraft. Other than that, it's a top notch laptop that has really done extremely well. I've used mine on average 6-10 hours a day for about 3 years now and haven't had any hiccups.
1388172
It can handle Minecraft. But its not the best out there. And Day Z I'm not sure.
1018781
I ended up purchasing an Acer Aspire V5-552P-X440 because it has a touchscreen and a slightly better graphics card. The laptop I purchased runs minecraft very well. I haven't tried it with mods though.
493411
Yes but it's not the best with minecraft it's more important to get a strong Cpu. 3.5 ghz and 4 cores c:
233815
probably great... I have this and 4gb ram, and it hasn't had any problems doing anything... I haven't set up an actual server on it, but it plays minecraft on full everything on win7 great. I have one of the cheapest radeon graphics cards with it, and I am completely blown away. This is way more power than I expected it to have. a definite buy...
2049505
My son plays minecraft he gets about 100 fps. Every game I have gotten him works. However the video card needs to be upgraded for performance and to do that I need a better power supply. Looking at 200 for video card and 80 for power supply. All in all this so far has been a good system for the money.
88146
YES! i have 12 gigs of ram now, thinking of upgrading again to 16. Also should be able to run modern games. Has no problem running minecraft!