MacBook Pro retina haswell

I bought a MacBook Pro retina 512g 2013 late, and it's show only have 500g,anyone same as me? Anyone know what problem here?

Sorry for the double post, but I can't find an edit button and I recently found a solution to this issue in a discussion on the Photoshop forums.
http://www.versluis.com/2013/08/how-to-fix-brush-lag-in-photoshop-cc/
Basically, Photoshop CC has a setting for how it uses the on board graphics for drawing.
Preferences->Performance->Advanced Settings
Set drawing mode to Basic (the default is Advanced)
Close Photoshop (like really close it -> Command+Q it!)  As a new Mac user, I was confused by this step...  I thought the little red X would close the program.  Luckily a co-worker who was helping me with this issue pointed out that I wasn't actually closing the program.
Restart Photoshop.  This fixed the lag I was experiencing.

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    Sorry for the double post, but I can't find an edit button and I recently found a solution to this issue in a discussion on the Photoshop forums.
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    Okay...I thought deeply about this issue.
    Even looking into ways to maybe fixing this on the software side. But it occured to me that this is to deeply embedded into the system that it won't be possbile to come up with a sufficient third-party solution.taht
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    1920x1200 @ 2x = 3840x2400 (the surplus of 4032000px = ~4MP can't be handled sufficiently by the Iris Pro IGP)
    NEW 1920x1200 @ 1.5x = 2800x1800 (nu surplus, native screen resolution, no border needed!)
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    Middle: "@1.5x.png" suggestions for the "MidDPI" mode; easily scaled down from the lovely HiDPI graphics.
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    LaptopMag (13") - http://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/lap...play-2013.aspx
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    Hi! 
    For gaming MB is better with Nvidia GT 650 GPU. Here are these 2 GPU's comparision link
    I have early 2013 Macbook Pro Retina and I am totally happy about GPU and CPU performance.
    But in your way i'll choose newest model, because you have desktop computer for gaming (IMHO gaming is always better on desktop).
    New Haswell cpu is good for battery life!
    In this computer age new is always better

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