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Just ordered new rMBP - few questions

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slo-climber

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I have just ordered 15'' rMBP 2.6 GHz, 16 GB, 512 GB SSD with NVIDIA GT 750M.
My main purpose is photo editing in Photoshop and Lightroom.

My current PC from 2008 is EXTREMELY slow in these two programs. It's lagging whenever I move some sliders. Its specs are: Intel core 2 duo 2.26 GHz, 3 GB RAM, hard drive with 5200 RPM, 32-bit operating system

Should I expect a big improvement with new rMBP? Hopefully yes. :)

I believe that someone here is using rMBP for photo editing and can tell how much it is lagging.

And 1 more question: Do I have to pay attention on the potential errors with display? Like image retention and yellow tint.

Thanks
 
I would say you will see a huge improvement! dual core to quad core, HDD to SSD, 3GB RAM to 16GB. Your new mac will purrrrrr

Since you have the NVIDEA GT 750M, this must be a 2012 model, which are prone to the IR problems. If it is refurbished, it wont be a problem because Apple checks that, but there is a way to find out.

Here is how to determine if its LG or Samsung: (the 1st gen LG's had the major IR issue)
https://discussions.apple.com/message/21863183#21863183

As for a test:
Marco.org has an IR test. Essentially its a checkerboard. Leave it on the screen for 10-15 minutes without changing the page or letting the computer go to sleep, then after that time frame click the 'switch to grey' link. If you still see the checkerboard, you have an IR issue. If you dont, your screen is good.
Link: http://www.marco.org/rmbp-irtest.html
 
Thanks.

No, its "late" 2013 model. The graphics is NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M with 2GB.
 
slo-climber said:
Thanks.

No, its "late" 2013 model. The graphics is NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M with 2GB.
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i just got the exact same model. I've previously had the late 2008 2.8ghz model, with the 2011 model in between. the 2011 quad core alone blew me away in terms of performance, so jumping straight to the current model should really be an amazing leap!

I have the samsung screen and it's a little on the warm side, but I went into the calibration settings and raised the colour temperature and it feels pretty reasonable now. and its more than made up for by the crispness and reduced glare.

enjoy it!
 
slo-climber said:
I have just ordered 15'' rMBP 2.6 GHz, 16 GB, 512 GB SSD with NVIDIA GT 750M.
My main purpose is photo editing in Photoshop and Lightroom.

My current PC from 2008 is EXTREMELY slow in these two programs. It's lagging whenever I move some sliders. Its specs are: Intel core 2 duo 2.26 GHz, 3 GB RAM, hard drive with 5200 RPM, 32-bit operating system

Should I expect a big improvement with new rMBP? Hopefully yes. :)

I believe that someone here is using rMBP for photo editing and can tell how much it is lagging.

And 1 more question: Do I have to pay attention on the potential errors with display? Like image retention and yellow tint.

Thanks
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Your new Mac will be very fast smooth and stable. There's nothing to watch for, just use it and enjoy :)
 
yjchua95 said:
Nope, his is a late-2013 model. Mid-2012 and early-2013 models use 1GB GT650M, while late-2013 models use 2GB GT750M.
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It appears to also use system memory as well for a total of 4GB. Maybe I'm thinking of when I'm running Win7?
 
slo-climber said:
I have just ordered 15'' rMBP 2.6 GHz, 16 GB, 512 GB SSD with NVIDIA GT 750M.
My main purpose is photo editing in Photoshop and Lightroom.

My current PC from 2008 is EXTREMELY slow in these two programs. It's lagging whenever I move some sliders. Its specs are: Intel core 2 duo 2.26 GHz, 3 GB RAM, hard drive with 5200 RPM, 32-bit operating system

Should I expect a big improvement with new rMBP? Hopefully yes. :)

Thanks
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What a great choise! I think you'll be blowned by the speed of your new rMBP :D I have the same model with 2.3 ghz and it work perfectly :apple:

Have fun :)
 
Thanks for all replies.

One more question. Is possible that "late 2013" rMBP will come with previous OS (Mountain Lion)? Or are they all with Mavericks?
 
slo-climber said:
Thanks for all replies.

One more question. Is possible that "late 2013" rMBP will come with previous OS (Mountain Lion)? Or are they all with Mavericks?
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Doesn't matter... Mavericks is a free upgrade!...

However, at this point...I'd say most should come with Mavericks installed.
 
slo-climber said:
Thanks for all replies.

One more question. Is possible that "late 2013" rMBP will come with previous OS (Mountain Lion)? Or are they all with Mavericks?
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Since that machine came out after the official release of Mavericks, it wouldn't come with any prior OS preinstalled.
 
yjchua95 said:
It'll only use system memory of up to 1024MB when on Iris Pro. When using the discrete 2GB GT750M, it won't use any system memory at all.
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Hey this is what I was thinking of.
 

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Hey this is what I was thinking of.
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Most modern GPUs are set up to use system RAM if needed, which is why you see 4GB listed there. However, the only situation they would use it in would be with software that treats the GPU as a normal processor (i.e. is using CUDA). Also, the GPU doesn't allocate that block of RAM and wall it off from other apps (something discrete graphics always does), so that RAM is still available to other applications.
 
dmccloud said:
Since that machine came out after the official release of Mavericks, it wouldn't come with any prior OS preinstalled.
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It won't even run an older OS. Mavericks is the lowest version which will run on it. Older version lack drivers for the rMBP late 2013!
 
It will be a lot faster, and you'll feel you don't need anything else.

Regarding errors: i don't you'll experience any.

The only drawback i can see is using a wacom tablet: for some reasons it might happen to you to experience some "lag" when scrolling/panning the image or using some tools (like the polygonal lass).

Other than this enjoy your new lil' monster!
 
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