MBA doesnt have a GPU either, main difference is down to the SSD on an MMO.
The game does look better on the MBA, that is a fact and I'm not biased: I have them both on my desk right now, I noticed it right away and I've been using both alternatively for 10 days trying to decide which one I'll keep.
Pushing up the settings (the game defaults to "good" on the MBA, and "fair" on the MBP that has a lower res) doesn't change that fact. By the way on the MBP the slider thing is red above "fair", which I understand like "no use, not registered!".
This made me realize that all those benchmarks and reviews you see on the web only focus on framerate, not even looking at the rendering itself.
Anyway...
Now to OP:
the vertical sync is in the wow options or in the mac os somewhere?
In the game's options.
also the command i insert it in the wow chat just like /wave?
That's it.
/console maxfps 30
(you decide the number, I figured half the screen's natural rate was nice).
Do you think i could play 5-6 hours straight without it overheating or crash?
No problem at all. It won't overheat since that command you entered will prevent the machine from rendering all the frames it can. Actually it will get just a bit warm, nothing close to "hot". And as a consequence the fans will remain pretty quiet...
(don't forget to turn down the water and shadow effects though)
Would you say I could do arena on it? or it is lagging while playing?
Well I actually haven't done any PVP yet since I'm still leveling: my former account was banned (I had been buying gold from the chinese, quit the game for 2 years, and didn't see Blizzard's emails concerning the issue because I had changed email in the meantime so I couldn't explain myself... oh well...) so I'm starting fresh and playing casual for the time being.
However I'm getting a stable 30fps flying in open areas with view distance on "good" and during dungeons, so I don't see why that would change in very small zones like arenas. Haven't tried BGs.
Would you regret your purchase of macbook pro 13inch i5 at all? or for some reason?
And one more question would you recommend I upgrade the ram from 4gig to 8gigs? Would it help at all?
I once read on the Blizz forums that the game doesn't make use of that much RAM so I don't think 8gb would make a difference.
Do I regret the purchase? Well, this is my first MBP and I love it, I'm just a bit frustrated that WoW doesn't look nearly as good as it does on the MBA (again: I'm not talking about framerate which anyway should be limited in both cases for heat and fan noise issues).
Now I have 4 days left to make up my mind and return it or not (and maybe get the base 15"? but spending 50% more just to casually play WoW in better conditions makes me scared of buyer's remorse... oh but there's gonna be Diablo 3 some day... gahh what to do...).
However I'm a casual player now since I finally got a life so I might get on with it...
Thank you for your responses
Much obliged, hope that will be helpful
