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

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

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Post by phamilton »

marquis wrote: post #19
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.

Could you be specific about what swayed you? I'm not sure what is so new, announced today, that you couldn't have bought yesterday: Retina? Will you continue to run Windows?

It's an Air-like laptop with real performance. It has a real graphics card, can support 16 GB of ram and has a rockin Ivy Bridge processor. The retina display is very impressive as well.

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

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Post by huggyface »

marquis wrote: post #19
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.

Could you be specific about what swayed you? I'm not sure what is so new, announced today, that you couldn't have bought yesterday: Retina? Will you continue to run Windows?

Could you be specific about what swayed you?

Such announcements provide opportunity for a pivot point. It isn't so much the announcement itself as that the announcement provides a claimed justification for changing positions.

I bought my first Apple product ever a few months back (an iPad 3rd generation). Then I added an Apple TV (ridiculously good value).

I still use Android for my smartphone (and have no plans on changing that anytime soon, considering iOS a serious downgrade on the smartphone side), however I have to confess that this release provides me such a pivot point for my desktop/laptop use. I'd long considered getting a Mac but could never justify it. Microsoft is so rudderless and ill-directed now, and Apple is so large and in charge, this product such a technical powerhouse, that I will likely grab a new MBP "Air".

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

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Post by megablast »

icegreentea wrote: post #4

Should clear this up. There is an updated MacBook Air line (11" and 13"). There is an updated MacBook Pro line (13" and 15" with 'normal' screen, same chassis and updated internals). And then there is a new 15" MacBook Pro with a 2880 x 1800 screen and is 0.71" thick. I like to dub this one the MacBook Pro Air.

So the Air do not have the retina display? The 15" pro would be good, but can not go back to a mechanical hdd.

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

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Post by reustle »

icegreentea wrote: post #4

Should clear this up. There is an updated MacBook Air line (11" and 13"). There is an updated MacBook Pro line (13" and 15" with 'normal' screen, same chassis and updated internals). And then there is a new 15" MacBook Pro with a 2880 x 1800 screen and is 0.71" thick. I like to dub this one the MacBook Pro Air.

I'm waiting for them to rename the MacBook Air to MacBook.

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

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Post by petedoyle »

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)

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

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Post by tcox »

jonknee wrote: post #20
tcox wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Presumably you'll have that option? Can't see why not. I'm guessing there'll be an option in the Display control panel.

Being a non-native resolution, it would look awful.

Using it at its native 2880x1800 resolution would be great though. Possibly hard to read, but I'd love to see it.

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

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Post by barrkel »

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.

I run Windows on my MBA for when I'm travelling. Apple make fantastic hardware; but their saccharine UIs make me retch.

One constant, though: over the past 10 years, I've moved my life further and further into the Cygwin command line, so that I'm insulated from the frippery going on at the edges; with my setup, I'm approximately as at home on Linux, Solaris, Mac and Windows. I'm not optimistic based on what I've seen of Windows 8's direction.

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

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Post by rcgs »

jonknee wrote: post #20
tcox wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Presumably you'll have that option? Can't see why not. I'm guessing there'll be an option in the Display control panel.

Being a non-native resolution, it would look awful.

It would be native, it'd be 1:1.
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