Ok, I'm thinking of getting the 13" MBP retina with the 2.6 processor (comes with the 256 GB drive).
My question is how big of a jump is it from my 13" 2010 MBP (running a Core 2 Duo processor, I believe it was the last to use one)? I know that I end up taxing the RAM on my current one (I beach ball all the time, sometimes just for typing cause I like having a lot of programs open at once and I tend to have a lot of tabs in my web browser).
The apple guy said the graphics chip was pretty decent for gaming, is that true? I'm used to the 13" MB's (and MBP's) being pretty cruddy for gaming. Would it actually be able to run most today's games (like my 13" could do basic games that weren't too graphics intensive)? I'm not talking high settings, but at least at decent settings (like not the bottom of the barrel, or even for high graphics games could it at least run bottom of the barrel settings).
My biggest issue is I can't afford the one that has a bigger hard drive (already pushing it at the one that has the same size hard drive). And I'm maxed out on hard drive (so I'd probably have to figure out what I don't actually need on my computer and can just have stored on a seperate hard drive. Most of it is stuff I don't need access to all the time but I have saved over the years). I would love to have it all on my computer but at this point it's either that or go with the regular MBP and I really want the retina screen (for being able to fit more on the screen). And if I am going to spend that much money, I really want it to feel like a real upgrade and actually be noticeable (I'm not sure I'd notice much from this one to the current MBP <- is that one a good jump in performance from this one and how well would it do games?).
My question is how big of a jump is it from my 13" 2010 MBP (running a Core 2 Duo processor, I believe it was the last to use one)? I know that I end up taxing the RAM on my current one (I beach ball all the time, sometimes just for typing cause I like having a lot of programs open at once and I tend to have a lot of tabs in my web browser).
The apple guy said the graphics chip was pretty decent for gaming, is that true? I'm used to the 13" MB's (and MBP's) being pretty cruddy for gaming. Would it actually be able to run most today's games (like my 13" could do basic games that weren't too graphics intensive)? I'm not talking high settings, but at least at decent settings (like not the bottom of the barrel, or even for high graphics games could it at least run bottom of the barrel settings).
My biggest issue is I can't afford the one that has a bigger hard drive (already pushing it at the one that has the same size hard drive). And I'm maxed out on hard drive (so I'd probably have to figure out what I don't actually need on my computer and can just have stored on a seperate hard drive. Most of it is stuff I don't need access to all the time but I have saved over the years). I would love to have it all on my computer but at this point it's either that or go with the regular MBP and I really want the retina screen (for being able to fit more on the screen). And if I am going to spend that much money, I really want it to feel like a real upgrade and actually be noticeable (I'm not sure I'd notice much from this one to the current MBP <- is that one a good jump in performance from this one and how well would it do games?).