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13" rMBP's FaceTime camera lagging

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GP20

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I just bought both a 13" rMBP and a 13" MacBook Air to test them out and see which one I like more to keep and I'll return the other one. I noticed that on the rMBP, the FaceTime camera seems to lag a bit compared to the MBA and the color seems a bit worse, too.

Is the lag normal on the rMBP? If it is, could future software updates fix this issue or is it a hardware limitation? My job requires me to use video conference everyday for at least half an hour, so the camera is actually a big factor which machine I end up keeping.

Thanks! Really appreciate your help!
 
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GP20 said:
I just bought both a 13" rMBP and a 13" MacBook Air to test them out and see which one I like more to keep and I'll return the other one. I noticed that on the rMBP, the FaceTime camera seems to lag a bit compared to the MBA and the color seems a bit worse, too.

Is the lag normal on the rMBP? If it is, could future software updates fix this issue or is it a hardware limitation? My job requires me to use video conference everyday for at least half an hour, so the camera is actually a big factor which machine I end up keeping.

Thanks! Really appreciate your help!
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Considering they both have the same camera and similar processing power it should be the same on both I would imagine.
 
jvpython said:
Considering they both have the same camera and similar processing power it should be the same on both I would imagine.
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In theory, yes. But I have 2 computers side by side and the rMBP's FaceTime camera's FPS is very apparently lower. I restarted both machines and went straight to FaceTime so no other program is running.
 
Has anyone experienced the same thing? Or does anyone own both a rMBP and MBA and doesn't mind testing the camera?
 
GP20 said:
I just bought both a 13" rMBP and a 13" MacBook Air to test them out and see which one I like more to keep and I'll return the other one. I noticed that on the rMBP, the FaceTime camera seems to lag a bit compared to the MBA and the color seems a bit worse, too.

Is the lag normal on the rMBP? If it is, could future software updates fix this issue or is it a hardware limitation? My job requires me to use video conference everyday for at least half an hour, so the camera is actually a big factor which machine I end up keeping.

Thanks! Really appreciate your help!
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They have the same camera and similar processing power it is exactly the same. No differents.
 
Prmise said:
They have the same camera and similar processing power it is exactly the same. No differents.
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Nope. This can't be it. I just exchanged the rMBP yesterday. The new one is still doing the same thing. The one I returned, when it was under the bright lights in the apple store, had no lags. But once the genius brought it back to their back-room under more normal lighting, he was able to see the lags compared to the MBA so he exchanged it for me. After I took the new rMBP home, it was still visibly lagging when I put it next to the MBA.:confused:
 
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