Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

MacBook Pro gets Retina Display; MacBook Air updated with Ivy Bridge

arstechnica.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

141–150 of 541 posts

Re: MacBook Pro gets Retina Display; MacBook Air updated with Ivy Bridge

#141

Post by wahnfrieden »

ropiku wrote: post #43
phamilton wrote: post #21

I'm curious about Magsafe2. As a student, knowing that 20% of students on campus (those with Apple computers) use the same charger as me, I find it really easy to borrow a cable for 20 minutes to get charged up for class. I'm guessing Magsafe2 isn't compatible with traditional magsafe.

Update: It's not but they sell a $9.99 adapter "The MagSafe to MagSafe 2 Converter allows you to use the MagSafe connector on your LED Cinema Display, Thunderbolt Display, or MagSafe Power Adapter to charge your MagSafe 2-equipped Mac computer." It looks and I would guess it would be magsafe 1 compatible. Maybe it has extra features or power to it. Pretty much any MB* can be charged on any power adapter albeit slower…

It's thinner than Magsafe1, so no. Time to buy all new power adapters!

Re: MacBook Pro gets Retina Display; MacBook Air updated with Ivy Bridge

#142

Post by r00fus »

petedoyle wrote: post #37

I'm really hoping it can drive three external monitors... Looks somewhat promising: * Two Thunderbolt[/DisplayPort?] ports * One HDMI port * A Geforce 650M (capable of driving 4 active displays [1]). [1] http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-650M.71887.0.... EDIT: "Up to two external displays" (thanks dsirijus)

If you are hacking or doing office work (and not gaming), you can easily support an additional 1080p monitor over USB2 using DisplayLink tech. I did it in a former life using a 13" MBP and over a Belkin USB2 hub, even with no glitches.

With USB3 now, you could probably run several. I bet you could get 4 HD monitors easy.

Re: MacBook Pro gets Retina Display; MacBook Air updated with Ivy Bridge

#143

Post by jcurbo »

LaSombra wrote: post #10

I don't want a "Retina display", I want a true 1920x1080 on my 15" MBP. Apple is trying to impose that density is the same thing as resolution, which is not. A "Retina display" of 2880x1800 is just a "better" 1440x900. Give me the option to choose between double pixels and real pixels and I'll buy thee.

I just noticed this on Apple's page: http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/specs/

"Supported resolutions: 2880 by 1800 pixels (Retina); scaled resolutions: 1920 by 1200, 1680 by 1050, 1280 by 800, and 1024 by 640 pixels"

Re: MacBook Pro gets Retina Display; MacBook Air updated with Ivy Bridge

#144

Post by calinet6 »

neutronicus wrote: post #131
calinet6 wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

IMHO Apple fanboyism is not a problem in the hacker community. It's a well-built solid metal portable development workstation. With BSD UNIX. And a pretty layer on top. Among programmers, I never need to explain why we would buy these things. It's outside the programming groups that the conversation gets hostile. I find most programmers avoid this completely, knowing that they're simply using the best tool available…

I wish people would refrain from using the word "fanboy" on HN.

I wish people would refrain from using the word "rockstar" too, but whatdyagonnado?

Re: MacBook Pro gets Retina Display; MacBook Air updated with Ivy Bridge

#145

Post by its_so_on »

goatslacker wrote: post #91

Was anyone else expecting a Macbook Air 15" with Retina display?

by removing the hard-drive in lieu of flash and removing the media drive, that's exactly what they've just given you, wouldn't you say? (but with real graphics card so you can actually do something with that beautiful display other than watch HD content stutter. and quad core i7.)

granted its not an air, but - are you sure you want one?

Re: MacBook Pro gets Retina Display; MacBook Air updated with Ivy Bridge

#146

Post by morsch »

jmsduran wrote: post #116
natural219 wrote: post #8

I have been a Windows user my whole life. As a hacker who has recently moved to San Francisco, I've continuously battled Apple fanboys and Linux fanatics alike on why I love Windows and absolutely do not understand why people want to switch platforms. Then I watched this keynote. I'm buying a Macbook Pro.

Although I didn't watch the keynote, I tuned in to the live tweeting CNN gave. Don't get me wrong, Apple's Macbook Pro is a nice piece of hardware, but I failed to see anything earth-shattering in their recent announcements. At a high level, they're really just upgrading to Ivy Bridge, USB 3.0, and Retina displays across their notebook line. Nothing mind-blowing really.

I think 2880x1800 is pretty mind-blowing. Steady improvements have been the norm in most areas. But display resolutions have been stagnant at best.

Re: MacBook Pro gets Retina Display; MacBook Air updated with Ivy Bridge

#147

Post by astrodust »

w1ntermute wrote: post #79
huggyface wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have no interest in such a discussion in this thread, but no, clearly I'm not joking and that rhetorical intro has no place on HN. Microsoft is a disaster currently, their navigation being "react to where Apple was two years ago". It is telling that every Microsoft defense extrapolates some fantastic future of what will be in the world of Microsoft, never using what actually is. But yes, I'm sure your imagination o…

> Microsoft is a walking disaster currently. The problem is perspective. The types of people that spend time on HN don't spend time in the real world, where the current state of affairs is very different from what we think it is. Apple gets a lot of hype, and no doubt the iPhone is very successful (because it was a new type of product), but the iPad is no more than than a glorified toy. Once Windows 8 tablets are rel…

> iPad is no more than than a glorified toy.

If you think this is the case, you really don't get it. You may as well be living under a rock.

Windows 8 is going to go over like a fart at the opera. It's Vista all over again. They're pissing off developers and consumers at the same time. They really don't know how to pick their battles.

Re: MacBook Pro gets Retina Display; MacBook Air updated with Ivy Bridge

#148

Post by barmstrong »

hack_edu wrote: post #13

Do any employees know whether or not the new MacBooks are available at retail locations today? edit: Apple Store Berkeley says no.

Palo Alto store says no, and no idea when they will be getting in. You can buy them online though.

Re: MacBook Pro gets Retina Display; MacBook Air updated with Ivy Bridge

#149

Post by alexanderh »

cheatercheater wrote: post #99
natural219 wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Honestly, it's a culmination of things. Up until this point, a friend of mine have been comparing the top-of-the-line ultrabook offerings to the Mac lineups. I thought the Zenbooks looked really sexy and had the performance and construction that I wanted. The new Zenbook Prime announcement has had me salivating; 1080p IPS displays, new Ivy Bridge processors, etc. After this announcement, though; the Retina display, a…

I'm probably missing something: why have a HDMI port if you have two Thunderbolt ports? In fact, why not just have three Thunderbolt ports - even if one is only going to carry DP and not PCI?

Because people hate dongles. Especially when they're $30-$50 from apple. Might as well have native HDMI since a majority of consumer electronic still have them, and just about nothing has Thunderbolt yet.

And again. People HATE buying, carying, and remembering dongles.

Re: MacBook Pro gets Retina Display; MacBook Air updated with Ivy Bridge

#150

Post by Jtsummers »

swah wrote: post #135
Jtsummers wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you mean, "No ctrl-C?" As in no keyboard shortcut to copy? That's "command-c", just like pasting is "command-v" and cutting is "command-x". And if you mean ctrl-c, to kill tasks on the command line, that works just fine. And delightfully doesn't create confusion when you wanted to copy something out of the terminal instead of killing the program that was running.

Sorry I mean't no "Ctrl-X" (is there Cut on OSX?) [edit: I've only used Snow Leopard]

Yes, "Command-X" handles that case. Pretty much every editing shortcut from Windows converts over by using command in place of ctrl. Though I couldn't state that that's always been true, it has been as long as I have used Macs (late '06).
Post reply on HN