I have run WoW for endless hours on the last generation of the MacBook Pro and this latest one too. Never had an issue other than the system gets warm/hot and so does the Power Brick. I always make sure the ventilation ports are not blocked so the system can 'breath' as it's working and I am Raiding. Macbook arrow keys.
My PC broke down and I bought a Mac, here is how World Of Warcraft looks like with the settings ULTRA on a MacBook Pro 15'. It really is awesome and very smooth. It looks way better ingame than on. Oct 15, 2017 Macbook pro 2016-17. WOW running on external Hard drive! 2019 Macbook Air i5, 16G - World of Warcraft gaming review - Duration: 9:31. Eden Clone 22,041 views.
Best free apps for macbook pro retina. As it was already stated, under the hood, the MacBooks have a thermal shutdown to prevent damage if the unit does actually overheat. Also as the system gets hot it will 'throttle' back to reduce the amount of power consumed, this will also reduce the amount of heat generated; and the system will find a balance between it's processing power and how much heat it is under.
Like you said - the only complaint I had was reloading add-ons after patch day..