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Apple Introduces “Next Generation MacBook Pro” with 15.4″ Retina Display, Starts at $2199

ralphthemagi said:
It's going to work the same way it technically works on the iPad. UI elements are pixel doubled. Photo and video assets are rendered doubled unless they are told to render at 50%, although on the desktop this will probably be a bit "smarter". You get the real estate where you need it, but not at the cost of usability.

That's what actually happens on an iPad. A 200x200 image shows up in 400x400 pixel space unless you tell it to render at 50%.

On the desktop you have the luxury of just "zooming out". If you are in a browser for example, you can just zoom out. If you do that right now, you'll notice that it becomes unreadable pretty fast. But on a higher DPI display you can zoom out further and still have everything be legible.
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That's all I needed to know. I know how Apple's current retina displays work, I was asking based on the "rumors" that were leaked earlier on in the year, that suggested you could change the resolution to provide more (non-retina) screen space, or choose a crisper, pixel doubled resolution (with less physical space). I have my answer.
 
daneoni said:
Not my cup of tea just yet. Everything is soldered in which means paying Apple's premium for any BTO £2000+.

Also majority of apps won't be compatible for a while...and its a Rev A product. Will wait for design to be tweaked of any quirks and more compatible apps to be available and maybe even a price drop.
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Agree here. Never buy rev A.
 
My ONLY complaint is that the Nvidia 650 is only 1GB of RAM

It should have been 2GB. 2GB cards are pretty standard now.
 
under Mac Pro Application Performance tab, it says this:

"Testing conducted by Apple in May 2012 using preproduction Mac Pro 12-core 3.06GHz units and shipping Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units, all configured with 12GB of RAM. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro"

is that new?
 
daneoni said:
Not my cup of tea just yet. Everything is soldered in which means paying Apple's premium for any BTO £2000+.
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I noticed this too. Amazing looking machine, but this glorious device just became the least upgradable mac ever.
 
I'm leaning towards a 15 inch macbook. I don't know if I should get the retina display one or the original one. Decisions decisions
 
would love to see this screen in the store, im sure its quite something. sad to see no 17" version, although i could imagine the price to be quite something also.

still overall a great keynote. im sure there will be the usual "fail fail fail" nonesense. so they didnt get you everything that was on your "want list", so what. they really have some good things here, and I for one am looking forward to using them
 
Atlantico said:
The MBP is a MacBookAirPro.

Fine, but actually the older MBP with the flash storage options (to 512GB) and a retina display would have been considerably better.

Now one can choose to see this as progress, but then one needs to step out. This is regress.
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Gee, it's too bad they're not still selling the old Macbook Pros alongside this new machine.

What a great idea that would have been. You nailed it.
 
On another note: the Mac Pro (workstation) had "new" written on it when I checked in the store a minute ago! Store's down again though.
 
Nice machine, though its going to be expensive. Shame they didn't include the retina display with the regular macbook pro - though i'm sure its coming in the next few iterations.

I noticed the HDMI port.. again, so much for Thunderbolt and Apple's claim of "One cable to rule them all".... a bit disappointing TBH.
 
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This image shows that the RAM is not user-upgradeable.
 
Stock is down over $6 since keynote ended. Wall Street obviously not impressed. But all Wall Street cares about the iPhone so short of announcing a new iPhone today thy were going to be disappointed. :rolleyes:
 
Looking forward to the future of the MacBook Pro! In a few years when I'm ready to upgrade my 2011 model, I'm expecting the entire line to be this way. And it's awesome!
 
Pleasantly surprised at the video card. I was expecting something as thin as the Air but also with the integrated graphics. This is much nicer. Not sure if I'll get this one as my 2010 is still getting it done, but definitely plan to get one in 2013 at the latest.
 
paulvee said:
under Mac Pro Application Performance tab, it says this:

"Testing conducted by Apple in May 2012 using preproduction Mac Pro 12-core 3.06GHz units and shipping Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units, all configured with 12GB of RAM. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro"

is that new?
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I'm confused - are they saying the NEW 12 core is only a bit faster than the 2 year old 8 core?!
 
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