Sorry for barging in on your thread, but I am trying to decide between the same models so I didn't want to start a new thread. 😱
I'm going to be using the machine for school everyday for avg ~5-7 hrs per day(studying CS).
At home it'll be plugged into a 2560x1440 monitor.
I'm replacing a 15" Thinkpad t60 from 2007 which weighs ~2.7-3kg(I think) which I'm getting pretty tired of lugging around 😱
The thinkpad has a resolution of 1400x1050, and that's too small for me so I wouldn't even considering running the rMBP on anything smaller than 1680x1050.
What I've read about the 13" it seems to generate some UI lag at that res and I'm pretty sure it would get on my nerves..
So, any advice on which model I should go for? Keep in mind that I won't be using it on the move, but I will be moving it from point a to point b every day.
Btw, I thought I'd settle this by checking to see if the 13" had substantially better battery, checked through every review listed on here of both of the models and took down the average battery time for both the models. The 13" came out on top, by 10 minutes.. Which doesn't really help my decision. 🙁
I'm going to be using the machine for school everyday for avg ~5-7 hrs per day(studying CS).
At home it'll be plugged into a 2560x1440 monitor.
I'm replacing a 15" Thinkpad t60 from 2007 which weighs ~2.7-3kg(I think) which I'm getting pretty tired of lugging around 😱
The thinkpad has a resolution of 1400x1050, and that's too small for me so I wouldn't even considering running the rMBP on anything smaller than 1680x1050.
What I've read about the 13" it seems to generate some UI lag at that res and I'm pretty sure it would get on my nerves..
So, any advice on which model I should go for? Keep in mind that I won't be using it on the move, but I will be moving it from point a to point b every day.
Btw, I thought I'd settle this by checking to see if the 13" had substantially better battery, checked through every review listed on here of both of the models and took down the average battery time for both the models. The 13" came out on top, by 10 minutes.. Which doesn't really help my decision. 🙁