i am glad Apple did the right thing and came out with the only laptop update i care about (and makes sense). it simply doesn't make sense to give macbook pro a retina. it's completely different than what they did with iphone 4. there is only ONE iPhone so they need to have the best and greatest. there however are many laptop models so you can choose the one that suits your needs. you want retina? the MBP Retina 13 inch is exactly what u need! it's only 0.5lb heavier than mba. what is the point of having MBA and rMBP if they are exactly the same???????
second, yes the battery will take a hit because the higher cpu/gpu required to run it. iphone 4 is far far smaller than a laptop size retina....the impact to battery life is much greater.
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i dont get this, 13 inch retina mbp and 13 inch mbp are exactly the same device, same ssd, same memory, same design philosophy to make it as thin and light as possible. at the end rMBP is ONLY 0.5 lb heavier. that means, it's the tradeoff u take for having a retina screen. in other words, we already have a retina MBA! that's the rMBP PRO 13 inch!! So what are people complaining about??? it doesn't make any sense to me that they want a retina MBA when 13 rMBP is exactly what Apple would have made if they make a rMBA!! They are the same freaking computers just diff screen!
i am very happy that Apple continued the regular resolution MBA cuz I had absolutely no need for retina and would love to save all the power for my battery