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Gaming on rMB 1.3 Processor
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Unless we are talking "indie" type games or something like Hearthstone it will prob be ok or older source engine type games like CS GO. Other than that, a Xbox One and PS4 are CHEAP compared to a MBR and serve you MUCH MUCH better gaming wise. 
Great little media centers too if you have one in the living room.
Best part you can still USE your MBR while you game on your lap or next to you
Great little media centers too if you have one in the living room.Best part you can still USE your MBR while you game on your lap or next to you
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I was able to play team fortress 2 on my old Macbook Air that had an HD 5000. I know the CPU is probably not the same but I would think a 1.3 with 5300 might play TF2 pretty well. Left 4 Dead and maybe other steam games might work.
Yup, that is what I was referring to when I said source games. Like Left 4 Dead and TF2. Just didn't feel like listing them all lol.
Unless we are talking "indie" type games or something like Hearthstone it will prob be ok or older source engine type games like CS GO. Other than that, a Xbox One and PS4 are CHEAP compared to a MBR and serve you MUCH MUCH better gaming wise.
Best part you can still USE your MBR while you game on your lap or next to you
The problem is not all games are available on consoles and some people just prefer a mouse.
The Core M 5Y71 and Intel HD 5300 were around in 2011?
The level of performance of the Core M and HD 5300 were pretty much what Sandy/Ivy Bridge chips offered back in 2011-12 (the beauty of the Core M is the 5W TDP and not needing a fan).
Overall, the HD 5300 is about as powerful as the old HD 4000.
I played bioshock 2 on a 2009 13" air using boot camp. Low fidelity options of course
This laptop specialty as you say is the impressive 5w. It will game ok but not a gamers machine.
The Core M 5Y71 and Intel HD 5300 were around in 2011?
I wouldn't worry about this guy. His only comments in bailouts threads is his 2011 comment. He has nothing intelligent to say other than this one statement
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Turn off the cheater lines! You'll get better without them anyway, and you'll be able to pressure better as you will know your braking points (albeit 1 car length further back when tailgating)
Just to add I played Sid Meyers spaceships a few hours last night at 50% battery (no wall charging). Game never stuttered and laptop got a little warm at the end. Still had 15% battery. Admittedly starships is no halo 4 but this laptop will rock casual and strategy games due to their typical lower fix fidelity.
Civ v plays fine but I'm not yet used to trackpad on that.
Price bitching aside damn good laptop.
Civ v plays fine but I'm not yet used to trackpad on that.
Price bitching aside damn good laptop.
I play with medium settings the Sims 4 and LoL. Generally my Macbook doesn't heating up so much (from intel power gadget the temperature is between 79 and 82 °C, less than my old surface Pro 2 with the same settings). It's clear I can't play with high settings or high resolution ingame, but it must deal with it. For me it's not a problem, other maybe yes...but there are a lot of notebooks out there for pure gaming, not the new Macbook.
I've been playing StarCraft 2 on medium settings on the 1.2ghz MacBook, and so far it is running very well. Occasionally I'll notice a brief (1-4 seconds) slowdown and frame rate drop when it gets a little hot and the CPU throttles, but for the most part it is barely noticeable. I play most of my games on my iPad or PlayStations, but StarCraft was the one "must have" for this baby and I'm not dissappointed!
The Core M 5Y71 and Intel HD 5300 were around in 2011?
You missed all the threads where the performance has been stated many times to be that of a 2011 MBA?
You should probably wiki what a core M is