Got a refurbished MBPr figuring it would be less prone to problems and I must say...this computer is a beast! I've thrown everything I can at it, and it doesn't slow down a bit. No dead pixels, no IR (LG display, so who knows down the line?) no lag when browsing, etc. When upping the resolution to 1200p I do see a little lag when goin to full screen quicktime movie, but thats not enough to return it. I honestly didn't think i'd be using the "Best for Retina" settings as much as I am either, but I feel like I have all the space I need right now. I have an external I was goin to use when editing, but the screen is such a joy to work on, I don't know if i'll even be using that as much as I previously thought.
Tested the computer with some gaming yesterday too and was impressed by that as well. WoW can be run maxed out at around 1080-1200p with no issues, and at 1800p its playable on good settings. I usually back it off a lil anyways cuz i'll sacrifice settings for lower heat/fan noise, but you can barely hear the fans when they're cranking up anyways, and the heat stayed around 70-80 altho the top of the keyboard was extremely hot. I even hooked up my external Asus and played around those settings on 1080p as well
1 thing I wanted to know about tho is this EFI bug I keep hearing about. Is there a way to dodge that, or test for it. No idea what that even is.
Also should I be updating drivers or anything like that? Or should I just not touch anything cuz it's working so well right now lol
Tested the computer with some gaming yesterday too and was impressed by that as well. WoW can be run maxed out at around 1080-1200p with no issues, and at 1800p its playable on good settings. I usually back it off a lil anyways cuz i'll sacrifice settings for lower heat/fan noise, but you can barely hear the fans when they're cranking up anyways, and the heat stayed around 70-80 altho the top of the keyboard was extremely hot. I even hooked up my external Asus and played around those settings on 1080p as well
1 thing I wanted to know about tho is this EFI bug I keep hearing about. Is there a way to dodge that, or test for it. No idea what that even is.
Also should I be updating drivers or anything like that? Or should I just not touch anything cuz it's working so well right now lol
