Good Evening All,
Rather than revive my original thread http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/apple-notebooks/292245-macbook-pro-retina-gaming.html I thought it would best to start a new one as after much research I have decided to migrate and join the Apple forces although I need some last minute advice.
I've viewed and read countless more reviews and also spoken to a few Apple representatives and have decided for many reasons that its best for me to stick to the MacBook Pro 2012 (Non Retina) for my first purchase instead of going all out on the retina.
What I need some clarity on is;
1) How much roughly in £/$ does it cost to upgrade RAM and Hard drives on the MacBook Pro (Non Retinas)?
2) How hot do the Laptops get while sitting on a desk during normal use and also for higher use (Video/Music Processing & Gaming etc)? My current laptop gets too hot and shuts down after browsing the internet and watching youtube for anymore than 10-20 minutes.
3) I'm not expecting them to be amazing for gaming and the reason I'm going to give a MacBook Pro a go is that I'd like to try and get more into music and video production however can the 2012 systems handle games like Diablo 3, League of Legends and some Steam titles at medium settings without much fps lag etc?
4) While I know the Mac Pro's are going to be much much stronger all around, can the MacBook Pro's handle the music and video production side of things well?
I'll probably get a fan/cooler for the system initially just in case but these are the main other concerns that I have.
Thanks for all of your help and advice so far in my other post, you've all been extremely helpful;
Rather than revive my original thread http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/apple-notebooks/292245-macbook-pro-retina-gaming.html I thought it would best to start a new one as after much research I have decided to migrate and join the Apple forces although I need some last minute advice.
I've viewed and read countless more reviews and also spoken to a few Apple representatives and have decided for many reasons that its best for me to stick to the MacBook Pro 2012 (Non Retina) for my first purchase instead of going all out on the retina.
What I need some clarity on is;
1) How much roughly in £/$ does it cost to upgrade RAM and Hard drives on the MacBook Pro (Non Retinas)?
2) How hot do the Laptops get while sitting on a desk during normal use and also for higher use (Video/Music Processing & Gaming etc)? My current laptop gets too hot and shuts down after browsing the internet and watching youtube for anymore than 10-20 minutes.
3) I'm not expecting them to be amazing for gaming and the reason I'm going to give a MacBook Pro a go is that I'd like to try and get more into music and video production however can the 2012 systems handle games like Diablo 3, League of Legends and some Steam titles at medium settings without much fps lag etc?
4) While I know the Mac Pro's are going to be much much stronger all around, can the MacBook Pro's handle the music and video production side of things well?
I'll probably get a fan/cooler for the system initially just in case but these are the main other concerns that I have.
Thanks for all of your help and advice so far in my other post, you've all been extremely helpful;