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[NRDL]

I'm talking stuff like Liberal Crime Squad. Games that never seem to have a Mac download.

Is there any other games ( especially rogue likes ) that are only playable on microsoft capable laptops that you can make me aware of, so I can justify such a purchase?

[wierd]

eugh-- I see darwine is defunct. How sad.

Well, personally-- I would repurpose a chromebook.
However, inexpensive "Cloudbooks" also exist that are basically the same thing as a hacked chromebook.

For the former:
locate a suitable chromebook for purchase (Walmart in my area is offering 4gb RAM versions of the Celes / Samsung chromebook 3, for 200$.)
Take it apart and locate the firmware write protect screw and temporarily remove it.
Put the chromebook into developer mode
Use the script at mrchromebox.tech to flash the full UEFI bios
Reinstall the write protect screw
Reassemble
Install windows
Profit

For the latter:
Walmart offers a limited selection of "Cloudbooks" from acer and pals. They have a similar pricepoint and similar hardware to a chromebook.
They come with windows 10 preinstalled.

PROs:
Very lightweight
Absurd battery life
Inexpensive
Tolerant of being dropped


CONs:
Often non-upgradeable in any capacity. (Storage is soldered on eMMC in most cases, RAM is soldered on DRAM chips in most cases. There are exceptions, especially in the chromebook lineup. The linked chromebook (Gandalf), has a socketted NGFF SSD instead of soldered on eMMC, and has RAM slots.)
Often have difficulties installing windows updates on win10 due to space constraints.
Vastly underpowered hardware to even entry level true-laptops.


Be an informed consumer. Research the subject matter, and go shopping with purpose.

[Trekkin]

I'm talking stuff like Liberal Crime Squad. Games that never seem to have a Mac download.

Is there any other games ( especially rogue likes ) that are only playable on microsoft capable laptops that you can make me aware of, so I can justify such a purchase?

Just to broaden your search parameters, I run LCS on Linux just fine, and most roguelikes I've tried run well in Wine. Maybe you can just dual boot your Mac?

[Shazbot]

Try Goodwill or pawn shops.

[wierd]

hard to beat my 200$ chromebook.

For real.