Late 2013 15 MBP Win 7 Bootcamp, user feedback?

Hey.
Im considering getting a new 15 Macbook Pro, and need some serious feedback on Bootcamp. I currently have a mid 2010 MBP i5, 2.53 ghz 4 gb ram, running Win 7 64 bit, and have been experiencing alot of overheating and graphics kernel problems (screen blacks out for a short amount of time when im browsing). Im using both the OSX and Win 7 platform for music making, running some DAW´s alot of Vst´s. What im worried about is how bootcamp runs on the new machines? My external soundcard is firewire, does firewire to thunderbolt work properly under bootcamp? Is overheating in bootcamp still a major problem (been reading alot of threads with users having the same probs as me)? Any feedback highly appreciated:-)
Thanks

Your original configuration is an HDD. Have you considered replacing it with an SSD. It helps quite a bit.
The current 2013 (and now the 2014) MBPs are excellent machines, and can run Bootcamp via native EFI (Win 8/8.1 - Win7 has some driver challenges), rather than the CSM-BIOS layer and you will get very good performance. I would recommend a 16GB MBP. If you do a lot of external display work, dual GPUs may work better for you.
I use the TB-to-FW for accessing external disks, not sound cards, but the storage works fine. This machine can support 8GB RAM, which may also be worth considering.

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