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MacBook Pro Retina for Gaming
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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 1482449" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>I don't see how that would be true with identical specs - especially since the Retina MacBook Pro is pushing around a whole lot more pixels. Pound-for-pound, the standard MacBook Pro should be faster. Maybe they're comparing an SSD-only Retina MacBook Pro with a standard HDD equipped MacBook Pro.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, to be honest, gaming sucks on a laptop - the formfactor just doesn't lend itself well to gaming. So, if that's a priority, you may want to rethink the formfactor. You can build a pretty ripping gaming rig for that kind of money - and it will be consistently upgradeable.</p><p></p><p>The Retina MacBook Pro is the antithesis of a gaming machine. It's not that it's 'more difficult' to upgrade, it's next to impossible. Again, the RAM is soldered fast, so the configuration you buy, is the configuration you'll always have. Same goes for the CPU and GPU (though this is true of the standard MacBook Pro as well). What's worse is that the SSD is semi-proprietary - it doesn't even match the design of the MacBook Air - and so there are currently no upgrades available.</p><p></p><p>Need more space internally? Too bad! You're stuck because Apple would rather have you recycle the machine and spend out another $2K every other year, unless some third party starts making model-specific upgrades. And of course, since that's a boutique part, you can pretty much expect double the price of a standard 2.5" SSD. Worse, is that since Apple now has a track record of redesigning their proprietary formfactor, 3rd parties like OWC will be less likely to spend the engineering and manufacturing dollars on these boutique parts.</p><p></p><p>So, if by some miracle the rose-colored fanboy press is correct (which I have my doubts about), I would trade a couple of FPS in the odd event I'd choose to game on my laptop (which I almost never do), rather than compromise on a disposable, ill-conceived, but very pretty Retina MacBook Pro.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1482449, member: 24098"] I don't see how that would be true with identical specs - especially since the Retina MacBook Pro is pushing around a whole lot more pixels. Pound-for-pound, the standard MacBook Pro should be faster. Maybe they're comparing an SSD-only Retina MacBook Pro with a standard HDD equipped MacBook Pro. Well, to be honest, gaming sucks on a laptop - the formfactor just doesn't lend itself well to gaming. So, if that's a priority, you may want to rethink the formfactor. You can build a pretty ripping gaming rig for that kind of money - and it will be consistently upgradeable. The Retina MacBook Pro is the antithesis of a gaming machine. It's not that it's 'more difficult' to upgrade, it's next to impossible. Again, the RAM is soldered fast, so the configuration you buy, is the configuration you'll always have. Same goes for the CPU and GPU (though this is true of the standard MacBook Pro as well). What's worse is that the SSD is semi-proprietary - it doesn't even match the design of the MacBook Air - and so there are currently no upgrades available. Need more space internally? Too bad! You're stuck because Apple would rather have you recycle the machine and spend out another $2K every other year, unless some third party starts making model-specific upgrades. And of course, since that's a boutique part, you can pretty much expect double the price of a standard 2.5" SSD. Worse, is that since Apple now has a track record of redesigning their proprietary formfactor, 3rd parties like OWC will be less likely to spend the engineering and manufacturing dollars on these boutique parts. So, if by some miracle the rose-colored fanboy press is correct (which I have my doubts about), I would trade a couple of FPS in the odd event I'd choose to game on my laptop (which I almost never do), rather than compromise on a disposable, ill-conceived, but very pretty Retina MacBook Pro. [/QUOTE]
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