Teaser from Anandtech rMBP review

Cool. Anands tech reviews are the only tech reviews I actually read and care about

Really looking forward to that review!

Their reviews are always full with bonus information.

I await the review with bated breath.

I would love to know the technical details of what Apple is doing with the resolution scaling, etc.

nice to see its chugging along. You have no idea how many times I refresh the Mac tag in AnandTech and still see the Windows 8 as the latest article. But it's definitely worth the wait as they are so detailed. I hope Anand includes his observations on the (temporary) lag issues as well as the resolution and scaling comparisons, pros and cons that are pleaguing the forums these days. Can't frreakin wait!

So I was seriously just about to click the Buy button. Guess I can wait a few more days. They aren't shipping for a few weeks anyway. I'm such a fickle consumer when it comes to computers...sigh. I hope Anand has good news.

Dat word count. Two thirds of the words in my Bachelor’s thesis.

Also, pretty awesome to see one of the questions I had answered just like that. (How does scaling actually work exactly?) No other review I read answered that, they just got hand-wavey at that point.

His reviews are truly amazing. The technical knowledge he has, combined with a smooth and readable writing style make for a great read. I can't want until he releases this.

No one does a review quite like that guy.

They're like a good meal.

CUsurfer said:

So I was seriously just about to click the Buy button. Guess I can wait a few more days. They aren't shipping for a few weeks anyway.

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Do what I did: Order now. If the review is one in which it makes you want it even more, it's already in the queue for you. If the review makes you want to stick with your current laptop (or buy something different), cancel the order.

AnthonyCM said:

Do what I did: Order now. If the review is one in which it makes you want it even more, it's already in the queue for you. If the review makes you want to stick with your current laptop (or buy something different), cancel the order.

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Good plan

CUsurfer said:

So I was seriously just about to click the Buy button. Guess I can wait a few more days. They aren't shipping for a few weeks anyway. I'm such a fickle consumer when it comes to computers...sigh. I hope Anand has good news.

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I suggest you buy now... you've got 3-4 weeks to decide if you want to cancel before the computer ships. That way you'll get it a week or two sooner should you actually want to buy one. I was on the fence, but then shipping times hit 2-3 weeks and I caved in, haha. I suspect people are still buying the machines faster then Apple can make them. Perhaps I'm just impatient, but it certainly can't do any harm to order now and cancel in 2 weeks if you change your mind.

There are no UI lag issues once you do the updates.

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24 hours later and still now review.

Curiosity level reaching critical mass... I don't really trust any other reviewers.

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Did he give an estimate as to when it would be out?

Ahhhh, can't wait any longer!

To whet your appetite... not as thorough as Anandtech. But Arstechnica are excellent too.

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/06/pixelpalooza-ars-reviews-the-15-retina-macbook-pro/

Just a heads up, Anand posted his full review just a few minutes ago

Link for the lazy:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6023/the-nextgen-macbook-pro-with-retina-display-review

His section about the poor scrolling on the rMBP has convinced me to wait it out for ML before making the rmbp plunge. If ML doesn't really fix the scrolling issue, it will take haswell rmbp before the UI is as smooth as the cmbp.

magbarn said:

His section about the poor scrolling on the rMBP has convinced me to wait it out for ML before making the rmbp plunge. If ML doesn't really fix the scrolling issue, it will take haswell rmbp before the UI is as smooth as the cmbp.

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Great review and I agree. I hope this stuff gets fixed soon as it shouldn't even be an issue!

magbarn said:

His section about the poor scrolling on the rMBP has convinced me to wait it out for ML before making the rmbp plunge. If ML doesn't really fix the scrolling issue, it will take haswell rmbp before the UI is as smooth as the cmbp.

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Unlike in the review, I don't have a Narcissusbook... I mean Facebook account,
but the vast majority of sites I visit that combine a lot of images with text do not have a lag issue.

Websites, such as:

• http://arstechnica.com/
• http://www.wired.com
• http://www.dpreview.com
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/

And many others all scroll smoothly.

corvus32 said:

Unlike in the review, I don't have a Narcissusbook... I mean Facebook account,
but the vast majority of sites I visit that combine a lot of images with text do not have a lag issue.

Websites, such as:

• http://arstechnica.com/
• http://www.wired.com
• http://www.dpreview.com
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/

And many others all scroll smoothly.

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My worry is for how long? If the current GPU is being pushed to the limit with rMBP, then as websites become more retina aware, they'll increase in complexity making it get worse. Even with ML hardware accelerated scrolling, Anand was only getting 20-30 fps vs the cmbp hires getting a solid 60 fps. Many of us here got burned with the underpowered gpu of the 1st gen MBA.

corvus32 said:

Unlike in the review, I don't have a Narcissusbook... I mean Facebook account,
but the vast majority of sites I visit that combine a lot of images with text do not have a lag issue.

Websites, such as:

• http://arstechnica.com/
• http://www.wired.com
• http://www.dpreview.com
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/

And many others all scroll smoothly.

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the fact that you actually have to list websites that 'scroll smoothly' is already a huge backwards step and is definitely not a convincing way to tell someone else the RMBP is ready for today.