Testing The 12-inch MacBook's Performance with Windows 10

19 May 2015 • alexvking.com

Here’s the real kicker: it’s fast. It’s smooth. It renders at 60FPS unless you have a lot going on. It’s unequivocally better than performance on OS X, further leading me to believe that Apple really needs to overhaul how animations are done. Even when I turn Transparency off in OS X, Mission Control isn’t completely smooth. Here, even after some Aero Glass transparency has been added in, everything is smooth. It’s remarkable, and it makes me believe in the 12-inch MacBook more than ever before.

Sad… and scary. I have a 2012 13” Retina Macbook Pro and Expose always disappoints me when I have quite a few windows open. Forget 60 FPS, I’m not even sure we’re talking 5 FPS. I recently played with a 2015 version of the same hardware at the Apple Store and was disappointed to find Expose didn’t seem much better.

After reading about the author’s turning on “Reduce transparency” I decided to give that a shot myself. It was hard to see if it made any difference. Then I turned on “Increase contrast”. Huge difference. I still wouldn’t call it 60 FPS, but it’s much, much smoother and now I can see all the windows sliding into place.

Give it a try yourself, it might surprise you.