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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
Gaming - Macbook Air 11' mid-2013 vs Macbook Pro 13' Retina late-2013
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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 1564348" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>The main problem you're experiencing is that your MacBook Air is equipped with integrated graphics, as opposed to a discrete, dedicated GPU. Most games, even older ones, do not play as well as they can on integrated graphics, period.</p><p></p><p>Mac laptops are pretty expensive to be used as gaming boxes. For what it's worth, personally, I maintain a Windows desktop for gaming purposes and use my Mac laptop for just about everything else. Gaming sucks on a laptop anyway, so I find this gives me the best of both worlds.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>To put it simply, for your application, not really. The Iris was specifically designed to be better than the integrated graphics chipsets that preceded it, but that's like saying a Fiesta is better than a Yugo for drag racing.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If you're going to buy a MBP, make sure you go with the 15" so that you can get a discrete GPU. That said, you might be better served to take the $2300 you're likely to spend on it, and either build or buy yourself a top of the line gaming desktop. Just my opinion.</p><p></p><p>Honestly though, Apple is one of the most secretive companies in the world in terms of their release schedule, so anything you read here is merely rumor or speculation. Regardless, I don't expect to see any major shifts in these platforms in terms of GPU any time soon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1564348, member: 24098"] The main problem you're experiencing is that your MacBook Air is equipped with integrated graphics, as opposed to a discrete, dedicated GPU. Most games, even older ones, do not play as well as they can on integrated graphics, period. Mac laptops are pretty expensive to be used as gaming boxes. For what it's worth, personally, I maintain a Windows desktop for gaming purposes and use my Mac laptop for just about everything else. Gaming sucks on a laptop anyway, so I find this gives me the best of both worlds. To put it simply, for your application, not really. The Iris was specifically designed to be better than the integrated graphics chipsets that preceded it, but that's like saying a Fiesta is better than a Yugo for drag racing. If you're going to buy a MBP, make sure you go with the 15" so that you can get a discrete GPU. That said, you might be better served to take the $2300 you're likely to spend on it, and either build or buy yourself a top of the line gaming desktop. Just my opinion. Honestly though, Apple is one of the most secretive companies in the world in terms of their release schedule, so anything you read here is merely rumor or speculation. Regardless, I don't expect to see any major shifts in these platforms in terms of GPU any time soon. [/QUOTE]
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