Screenshot from Retina Display MacBook Pro Shows 5.1 Million Pixels of Dashboard

Wow! 2880 by 1880! That's amazing! Better resolution that a Thunderbolt display! Just wow!

Here are the specs for Apple's 27-inch Thunderbolt Display for comparison:

Question: Is this machine good enough to replace my 24" 2.4 GHz Al iMac?

Or am I going to miss those 9" of desktop I'll lose?

As pretty as it is, I just don't think I can justify purchasing it...

It's.... So.... Beautiful....

A very small and insignificant thing I noticed: the little dots on the background are pushed out. My dashboard background dots are pushed in.

The widgets are so nice and clear though. It's amazing.

ArtOfWarfare said:

Question: Is this machine good enough to replace my 24" 2.4 GHz Al iMac?

Or am I going to miss those 9" of desktop I'll lose?

As pretty as it is, I just don't think I can justify purchasing it...

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This machine is actually faster than the small iMac, plus the fact that it has SSD standard makes it a really reactive system.

The GPU is an improvement, while still being a mobile GPU, you won't be playing games at native resolution (but even top of the line single GPU cards would barely manage it), but for the rest it's fine.

I want a retina iMac now!!

Nice, but is it necessary?

pezj said:

I want a retina iMac now!!

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I wanted one too!! (Or a mac mini with a gt650M ^^)

But seeing the meager update to the MacPro, the iMac upgrade might be a little beefier in order to offer an alternative to the pro line... Retina iMac? Anyone?

Watabou said:

A very small and insignificant thing I noticed: the little dots on the background are pushed out. My dashboard background dots are pushed in.

The widgets are so nice and clear though. It's amazing.

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i think its just the brain playing tricks on you

Nice. However, I won't be getting a retina display capable computer until they release retina Cinema Displays - since getting my iPad I only use my MacBook Pro once a week for meetings.

Does anyone know if there is anyway to disable the pixel doubling?

I have great eyesight and my work requires a lot of desktop space. If I could use the existing applications at the full res it would greatly increase my productivity on laptops where I typically find it very difficult to work.

I plan on buying one in the next few days, after deciding against an iMac -- which I was hoping would get to 4k+ -- but this would be a big influence in which I purchase.

Ordered this guy today. Best case scenario it will be here in 9 days. Worst case is 13. BTO 2.6 512 16. Can't wait! This is going to be great for design and photography. Excited that CS6 and Coda 2 will support retina out of the gate.

Spanky Deluxe said:

Nice. However, I won't be getting a retina display capable computer until they release retina Cinema Displays - since getting my iPad I only use my MacBook Pro once a week for meetings.

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Same here. I will wait for a 27" retina display.

Got mine too late. Already 7-10 days till shipping...arhhh if they come out in store I am gonna return the one I ordered online and buy from store!!

Watabou said:

A very small and insignificant thing I noticed: the little dots on the background are pushed out. My dashboard background dots are pushed in.

The widgets are so nice and clear though. It's amazing.

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On 10.8 it looks the same, light up top and dark on the bottom of the circles...

My God, it's full of pixels...

tokyorose said:

Does anyone know if there is anyway to disable the pixel doubling?

I have great eyesight and my work requires a lot of desktop space. If I could use the existing applications at the full res it would greatly increase my productivity on laptops where I typically find it very difficult to work.

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Apps like video and photo editing should use 1:1 pixels by default (once they are Retina-enabled). For text, just choose a smaller font size for the editor/browser/terminal. About the only thing that cannot be easily un-doubled are UI elements like buttons and palettes.

Carlanga said:

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Aww thanks. You're beautiful too!

For anyone still even using Dashboard on default as a space is crazy, you can revert it back to Snow Leopard-styled sitting on-top of the desktop in your Preferences > Mission Control lol

macduke said:

Ordered this guy today. Best case scenario it will be here in 9 days. Worst case is 13. BTO 2.6 512 16. Can't wait! This is going to be great for design and photography. Excited that CS6 and Coda 2 will support retina out of the gate.

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Great for design?

I think it's going to be painful to design with unless it's print work. Web is going to be tough to get used to.

Read more here
http://d.pr/n/I7Wt/91DPmWQz

Torrijos said:

This machine is actually faster than the small iMac, plus the fact that it has SSD standard makes it a really reactive system.

The GPU is an improvement, while still being a mobile GPU, you won't be playing games at native resolution (but even top of the line single GPU cards would barely manage it), but for the rest it's fine.

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That's fine and all, but I didn't say I needed a faster computer. Until SCII:HoTS or HL2:E3 come out and require a faster computer, I'm just fine with this one speed wise.

What I'm asking about is the screen. How noticeable will it be if I swap out my iMac's 24" for this thing's 15"? I suspect that, pretty as it is, I'll definitely miss the real estate I'll lose. I enjoy having two Xcode projects + documentation + Safari with a bunch of tabs open all visible at once and not overlapping. This is doable without having the screen feel too cramped on my iMac. On this new MacBook Pro, I suspect it'll feel very cramped.

hazmatzak said:

Apps like video and photo editing should use 1:1 pixels by default (once they are Retina-enabled). For text, just choose a smaller font size for the editor/browser/terminal. About the only thing that cannot be easily un-doubled are UI elements like buttons and palettes.

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I think you misunderstood my question. I want to use OLD apps - without Retina-enabled functionality - specifically for the advantage of having all of the ui elements at half the size and a very large desktop. These are not apple apps.

Simply I just don't want apple to double the pixels for non retina enabled apps -- optionally of course as most people will want the pixels doubled. I want the buttons and interface tiny as if it were just a regular hi res screen.

Once the are Retina-enabled the whole point is lost and the screen adds no functionality for my uses just aesthetic eye candy which I can do with out.

Is that possible?

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I want the buttons and interface tiny as if it were just a regular hi res screen.

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No, I understood your question. There might be a developer/unofficial tool/hack to turn off HiDPI support, but I haven't heard of one yet. Give it a week.