Originally Posted by
Peter Cohen World of Warcraft's graphics quality scales across a wide variety of systems; obviously the better your graphics subsystem the better you can make it look, but its system requirements are quite mild. The 13-inch rMBP should be fine.
Same with programming. Some programmers opt for quad-core systems to improve compile times, but even the dual-core system will be a nice little development machine.
In the case of WoW, I'd also recommend considering an external mouse. Your mileage may vary, of course, but I find playing WoW with a trackpad to be more trouble than it's worth.
Indeed it is, I even bought a WoW mouse...it was terrible. Next time I'm saving $20 and getting a mouse with a number pad on the side. Much more efficient.
Thanks for the help again everyone. I'm almost there.
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