Mountain Lion UI Lag on rMBP !!! (Let's Make this thread serious and hope for a fix)

I personally think the UI lagging bug is a serious issue on rMBP because this machine cost $2000 and up and it lags on UI features such as Mission Control and Space Switching while classic Macbook pros don't. I do understand that the retina display models carries a high resolution display, but I think the quad core CPU should have the ability to handle it (please correct me if I am wrong)



I am hoping and asking anyone experiencing the issue to follow up with this thread and post your concerns. Let's hope for a fix soon and we can really enjoy the beauty a Retina Macbook Pro brings to us.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Jul 27, 2012 7:26 PM

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Feb 14, 2013 4:23 AM in response to Wizzra

are you kidding ? how it is possible ? you want to say that you can't see the same what I can ?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1CRU-YQfDk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHC-6bW0**4


try to open Mail.app and select many emails you will see animation and this animation is working fast on your laptop ?


Do you have smooth animation in expose, mission control, different desktop switching?

Feb 14, 2013 4:26 AM in response to Wizzra

That's redic.. I've tested over a dozen machines (5 of them mine) all of them have lag issues. The only time lag is reduced is when automatic graphics switching is turned off, meaning the intel graphics are not used - all machines have been set to best for retina display. Apparently you have the one lone computer that works properly in this forum.. Odd.

Feb 14, 2013 4:52 AM in response to dsciel

Seriously, this is like the 1000x times video's has been posted, also like the 100000000 non-constructive moaning post about how angry you are.. Just stop that nonsense, as this topic is becoming impossible to read anymore. If you have any new developments which could lead to solve this issue, please post. If your here just to let everyone know how angry or dissapointed you are, please stay away.

Feb 14, 2013 5:00 AM in response to EPO@

EPO,

yes I understand. But people has been frustrated for so long now about it.


Here is my 2cents anyway:

Ever since I owned Mac (A Mac Mini for few years), there used to be a real memory hog app: Dashboard.

Even if u swiped by mistake to the Dashboard (widget window) mac OS (X) would launch those widgets and take upto 500mb+- memory out of your system (more widgets, more memory). You can clearly see it in 'Activity Monitor' app.

Since I learned about it back than, everytime I got a new mac or reinstalled OS(X) I'd remove it (disable) completely.


In terminal:

defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES

killall Dock


Those who suffers the lags try it, I know that I did it and I don't have any issues with lags anyway.

Feb 14, 2013 5:36 AM in response to Wizzra

you really thinking that 2500 USD is not the reason to have good device without so many problems, mistakes, bugs etc .... ?


Now I see why quantity who complain is much more lesser than other 😟


I just make small video, you can see how much HiDPI mode slower than Usual mode


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTHk9_40J2I&feature=youtu.be


Yes they did it faster than it was at summer, but there are a lot of problems with sleeping mode, with perfomance in GUI, sometimes you can see so many bugs that you can't imagine how they released it ?


I'm developer and using that machine for 8-10 hours per day, I know what i'm saying.

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