Quote Originally Posted by Neptune View Post
I would go with a MacBook or MacBook Pro in that price range. One of the best values for the money although not the best gaming performance for the money.
Gaming =/= Mac. Macs are great for productivity, media creation, web browsing, etc. Macs have to 'emulate' windows just to be able to run a lot of gaming software. A decent Mac is also very expensive.

Windows is the only viable option for the largest base of users for gaming.

Linux can be great, but there's a lot of extra footwork to get everything working right.