Apple Finishing Up Work on an Ultra-Thin 15" Mac Notebook

Post by rdl » Wed, Jul 27, 2011, 8:11 PM UTC

jarek wrote: post #39

rdl wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Remember, the 13" MBA has the same res as the regular 15" MBP (although it doesn't match the MBP 15 HD or the MBP 17). I'd go with a MBP15HD as my only laptop, but instead I do mba13 + mbp17.

Apparently the quality (colour reproduction, etc) of the Macbook Air screens is significantly worse than that of the Macbook Pro.

There's also the tragic lack of an antiglare option (rather, the mandatory presence of a glare-inducing piece) on the mba vs. mbp15hd/mbp17.

I wish they'd fix that for the ACD 27 and iMac, too. I've been using Dell U-series IPS panels (U2410, U2711, U3011) for everything due to being matte and cheap ($400, 750, 1k!), but the new Apple display with the docking is pretty awesome, so I ordered one. Sadly, the glossiness means never using it in a room with external lighting :(

Post by jodrellblank » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 4:59 AM UTC

xentronium wrote: post #42

econgeeker wrote: post #18

This is what I've been expecting. I used to think I was unique, but looking at the forums, I realize there's a whole cadre of people who buy MacBook Pros, take out the optical drive, and replace it with an SSD, so they run with both an SSD and a hard drive. The SSD runs the OS and has your code and apps on it, the hard drive has your Big Media. I hope, when Apple gives up the optical media drive, they will still cont…

> they will still continue to have a hard drive slot. Not gonna happen. Even if they decide to save the current form-factor, they will fill the empty space with something actually useful, like battery.

Like the way they filled the original iPad with batteries and didn't leave empty space?

http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp43/zuo_2008/07393211888...

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