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So far my Macbook Pro 13" fully loaded has done a great job of replacing my Macbook Air.

What does bug me though after spending over $2.5k (sales tax) for a brand new 'state of the art machine' I can't even play the new Civilization 6 on 1024x768 resolution and lowest possible settings without the computer fan on full blast to stop it from basically melting. It's utterly pathetic.

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Why did you get a 13" when they have no dedicated graphics card? Assuming you have the best on-board graphics for the 13" MBP it isn't much better than the minimum requirements for Civ 6: http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Iris-550-Mobile-S...

Portability, mainly. I didn't buy it to play civ on, and it's a good thing too-it's basically unplayable. Graphically, there's not much thats special or impressive about the game so its quite surprising it can't even run it without having a heart attack.

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