Exactly: 2 virtual with MST as a single 4K with no daisy chaining @ 60 Hz.
About the rest: you're right, of course.
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2015 MacBook Air Can Drive 4K Displays at 60Hz
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Exactly: 2 virtual with MST as a single 4K with no daisy chaining @ 60 Hz.
About the rest: you're right, of course.
Quad core does twice as much under ideal conditions. Under non-ideal conditions, I think power users can really benefit from having 4 cores, especially those who run a VM or two.
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My mid-2012 Retina MacBook Pro with Intel Graphics 4000 and Nvidia GT 650M drives my Dell UP2414Q at a beautiful 3008 x1692 at 30HZ. The UP2414Q is a gorgeous, ultra-crisp display that will get even better when I buy the next-gen MacBook Pro. (I do not do games.)
I just got myself my new 13 inch rMBP, 16gb ram/512gb, and was wondering what u could power with this thing.
Since i have 2 tb2 ports, i should be able to run 2 external 4k screens at 60hz.
But what about 2560x1440 screens like the cinema display, could i run 4 of them via daisy chaining? Or whats whith those extra wide 1440p screens from LG, would i be able to run three of those and if yes, how would i connect them to the macbook pro?
In anycase it's a great laptop with an amazing ssd (blackmagic reported 1.4gb/s read/write)...
Since i have 2 tb2 ports, i should be able to run 2 external 4k screens at 60hz.
But what about 2560x1440 screens like the cinema display, could i run 4 of them via daisy chaining? Or whats whith those extra wide 1440p screens from LG, would i be able to run three of those and if yes, how would i connect them to the macbook pro?
In anycase it's a great laptop with an amazing ssd (blackmagic reported 1.4gb/s read/write)...
No no no.
You're supposed to spew hate on the MacBook for not having all the ports of the MacBoo Pro Retina!!
Once there's a second USB Type-C port added to next year's retina MacBook, all is forgiven.
In System Preferences > Accessibility >Display > Select 'Reduce transparency'. Makes a huge difference, for example when dragging windows.BTW, it is still laggy on Yosemite...
UHD @60 hz can only run on Display Port since the rMBP's HDMI is 1.4 and therefore limited to 24 Hz max.
They will probably have DP and / or HDMI 2.0, usually both. For example my Philips 40" 4K UHD monitor has both and that's one of the cheapest UHD monitors around.
I know about that, but I strongly believe, that there should be no lag in the UI, not to mention on a machine of that performance an price.
Sad direction Apple is moving along these days: from professional brand to "pro-fashionable" one...
I've been waffling all over the place about which laptop to get (I'm on a 2011 MBP, which, bless its heart, is still working, but isn't the lightest travel companion). I'm thinking that it makes sense, if the machine doesn't fail, to see what the next "generation" is. If I had to pick right now, I'd go for the 11 inch Air.
I'm still planning on getting to the store when the new machines are in, and compare the MBA, the new Macbook and the new 13" MBP, but all the confusion I'm experiencing is keeping me from making a buying decision, even though I likely have a year to wait for anything new on the MBA or Macbook front.