2013 Haswell Retina MacBook Pro...

[jonneymendoza]

The onboard graphics eats RAM so you won't have 8GB all to the OS itself

depends if all you do it surf the net and listen to music. If you do work stuff, then considering the RAM is soldered on and can't be upgraded, I'd advise anyone to get 16GB

You just don't know if you'll need it in the future. I'd rather have it and not need it, then need it, and not have it

pretty much this. if the memory wasnt soldered on, you cane vne get a 4gb machine, see how it goes and upgrade later when necessary

 

[FreeStream]

Can anyone with the 15" and nvidia gpu test if plugging in an external monitor forces the dGPU on? Theoretically given the non-nvidia gpu MBP can't turn it on it must be sufficiently fast...

Thanks!!

 

[Tunney]

Can anyone with the 15" and nvidia gpu test if plugging in an external monitor forces the dGPU on? Theoretically given the non-nvidia gpu MBP can't turn it on it must be sufficiently fast...

Thanks!!

Yes, it seems so. Plugging my 15" rMBP in an external 27" monitor puts it into high performance mode.

 

[MagicBoy]

Can anyone with the 15" and nvidia gpu test if plugging in an external monitor forces the dGPU on? Theoretically given the non-nvidia gpu MBP can't turn it on it must be sufficiently fast...

Thanks!!

It has done on all previous MBP with DisplayPort/Thunderbolt as the port was wired to the dGPU only.

 

[GTRacer]

Can confirm that that 750M kicks in when you connect to an external.

Also, has anyone managed to stop Safari from reloading pages when you swipe back? It's pretty much the only thing keeping me from switching to it from Chrome.

 

[ninja2000]

Guys, can anyone with the base 15" try BF4 or BF3 for me? I am trying to find out if it can manage a bit of multiplayer but there is hardly any info out there (only a couple of single player youtube videos).

I am not expecting 1080p high settings, but if it can manage 1050p low or 1440p medium with >40fps I would be happy.

 

[jonneymendoza]

GW2 ran like a champion on my 15inch 750m .

is there a mac version of bf4?

 

[ninja2000]

No I am talking about bootcamp. there is no osx BF.
I am interested in the iris pro instead of the 750m as I do not want to have to fork out an extra 400 plus to get the 750m (I am not bothered about 16gb or 512ssd for my purposes)

I may just pick up a 2012 refurb if I cannot get any data as that came with a 650m at 900mhz (about the same as the 750m)

 

[CharlieRich]

Is it possible to upgrade RAM and HDD on the retinas as easily as the non-retinas?

Only through Apple which costs an absolute tonne... There are plenty of How-Tos on YouTube if you're confident enough, but you will void your warranty by opening the back up

 

[Marky]

Just run Bioshock Infinite on my Macbook Pro 15" Retina and it run at full settings without a single hitch! Good times

(My previous 2011 Macbook wouldn't )

 

[Deyvy]

Guys, can anyone with the base 15" try BF4 or BF3 for me? I am trying to find out if it can manage a bit of multiplayer but there is hardly any info out there (only a couple of single player youtube videos).

I am not expecting 1080p high settings, but if it can manage 1050p low or 1440p medium with >40fps I would be happy.

I wouldve tried this out for you, but my new MBP 15' is knackered, then again I have the fx card.. Only had it a week. Because I've had it less than 14 days, I can get a new replacement. Although bit of a mission as I bought it online abroad, I have to call Apple Thailand to arrange the delivery and pickup.

Disappointing, was on the plane playing a very basic steam game, Space Pirates and Zombies and it started stuttering, then crashed. And since then having problems booting up. PITA. But I have to admit Apple service is very good.

 

[Marky]

Is it fairly easy to install Bootcamp on these machines? Any issues?

 

[Fallen god]

Been playing Batman Arkham City at High with everything on expect AA on my 13" rmbp, pretty impressive from such a tiny machine.

 

[momo56]

Is it fairly easy to install Bootcamp on these machines? Any issues?

Had a few issues with 8/8.1 in bootcamp assistant. Wouldn't install on mine. Had to create a partition through disk utility instead of bootcamp assistant and do it that way.

Windows 7 worked using bootcamp assistant though. Pretty straightforward.

 

[JonJ678]

What sort of battery life are people getting out of this laptop?

I'm looking for a high resolution, long battery life laptop for software development. Most of the time only running a few text editors, but periodically running at near 100% for compilation and testing.

Can anyone hazard a guess at runtime while number crunching? I'd guess a few people use one for image/video editing which would be loosely equivalent.

Thank you

 

[Tweaker]

Are there any good guides for SSD based Macbooks and Bootcamp?

 

[ninja2000]

What sort of battery life are people getting out of this laptop?

I'm looking for a high resolution, long battery life laptop for software development. Most of the time only running a few text editors, but periodically running at near 100% for compilation and testing.

Can anyone hazard a guess at runtime while number crunching? I'd guess a few people use one for image/video editing which would be loosely equivalent.

Thank you

on my 13" 2.4/8/256 I have been getting 10+ hours with a mix of surfing (no flash), iTunes, sublime, office and a bit of Xcode.

 

[glenimp617]

I'm getting about 3 hours battery life.

Hey, I spent over 2k on a laptop....im working it hard sure didn't buy it to surf the net and look at photos lol

 

[GTRacer]

About 6 hours editing a set of roughly 1000 16MP XTRANS RAW files at 70% battery with the iGPU only forced on. I get about half that when the 750M kicks in. Doing a final export (two batches at once - full sized TIFFs and 1500px JPEGs) cuts down the life a bit too, the fans also kick in.

 

[Logsi]

I find Netflix the most taxing of things to do on my Air! Can only squeeze 3-4 hour out while doing anything else i get 12+ hours!