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Lazeran

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Original poster
Jun 8, 2015
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Quick upgrade try from 10.12.6 to 10.13.6 on external storage. Results and more information bellow.
Nvidia 650m

Settings used:
  1. Location services off
  2. Adaptive Screen brightness off
  3. Shake to find cursor off
  4. Skipped iCloud log in
  5. LCD font smoothing disabled
  6. Dark menu bar enabled
  7. Wallpaper changed to something darker
  8. Siri Disabled
  9. Hadoff Disabled
Tested Things and Apps
  1. All default apps
  2. Microsoft Office Suit
  3. System Power draw out in W
  4. 150 different tab on Saffari
  5. Video playback on mpv
  6. Video playback on firefox and safari
  7. Switching GPUs while videoplayback
  8. 3 hour leak test of window server on discrete gpu
  9. Wifi speedtest and connection stability
Results:
  1. All tested apps worked normally no crash
  2. System power draw 1-2 Watts higher needs further testing
  3. 150 tab does not overload window server. purges memory when tabs closed
  4. Mpv video playback normal
  5. Firefox and safari videoplayback normal
  6. Switching GPUs while video playback does not results in crash or abnormal behaviour
  7. No leak in window server. works normal on both discrete and integrated GPU
  8. No problem with speedtest or connection stability
 

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