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TexasChemE

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Oct 28, 2011
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Had an interesting thought today. I've had my 13'' rMBP for a year now, and I really love it. But sometimes, I find myself wanting the 15'' (I came from a 201l 15'' MBP) for the added power, especially due to the interface lag with running at 1440x900 HiDPI. Does anyone else find this to be true? Or do you have a 15'' and wish you had a 13''?
 

sonicrobby

macrumors 68020
Apr 24, 2013
2,482
526
New Orleans
Kind of, I bought my 15" for the power, and I want the 13" for the form factor. I just love the look and feel of the 13" without the speaker grills. I just wish it had quad core and a dGPU, then it would be perrrfect! I may just get a 13" as my main one and use my 15" only where needed.
 

ABC5S

Suspended
Sep 10, 2013
3,395
1,646
Florida
I will have to wait until Skylake for my next upgrade but it will be the 15 inch. Reason is worsening eye site, not to mention quad core is offered. ;) 13 inch is OK but now I have learned my lesson.
 

jimyo

macrumors newbie
Jul 19, 2008
24
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I had the same dilemma..I have a year old Macbook Pro 13" 8 GB ram 256 SSD..but was looking and wanted to treat myself...I don't need a 15"...since it doesn't leave my desk but I wanted it with the quad core i7 processor and 16 GB of ram...so I had been saving some money and I went out and bout it just for the screen if anything..I love it..it boots in 7 seconds and looks gorgeous...I`m happy I did...I got the entry model since its over kill for me anyways..I do my work on my 27" iMac...but this is just for fun..you only live once..good luck
 

jerirat

macrumors newbie
Jul 30, 2013
13
0
My DH one of the original 13" rMBP and my college age son has am 11" Macbook Air. I knew that both of those screens are too small for me. Even so, I looked at the 13" rMBP long and hard but I went with the 15" for the extra screen real estate and more robust hardware.
 

Allograft

macrumors 6502
Oct 19, 2014
334
238
I love the 15" . Wife had a 13" and it was really lap-able but just not nice enough screen for me.

What I really like is actually the 13" MBA's keys. I prefer them to the MBP's.
 
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