and your thoughts on the iMac?
Still on the desk at the moment, it has made the first cut. A screen improvement at this stage would have been nice though and TB2 seeing as how we're only weeks off of the MBP launch, but it's not like I need it anyways. Was thinking about a MacPro but I really am not "Pro" enough to truly need it. If there was a more gaming friendly GPU unit option for the MacPro I would definitely have waited.
Anyhow, this latest iMac gen is pretty darn powerful, and as I've stated before, the Fusion drive performance is pretty solid.
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So were the "best for retina" resolutions just as smooth in terms of framerate as the MBA? Or worse?
The default resolutions seemed to work ok, I didn't notice anything major in those aside from the fact my $2k and near $3k 15" are running absurdly low resolutions (horrible). It looks fantastic, with enough size for my IM window, that's about it.
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Really want to get the 13" Retina, but these lag comments are really making me hold off. As Phero asked, is it OK on standard, best for Retina resolution? And what does the lag feel like? Is it everywhere or specific software features, i.e Mission Control? Thanks.
Seems ok on standard for the most part but some people have noticed some minor lag in certain screens like Mission Control. Not really noticeable on standard but it gets very noticeable on any scaled resolution which it shouldn't.
A lot of reports do tend to make me think it's more Mavericks related than hardware, but still not sure the HD5100 or HD5200 are up to pushing the scaled resolutions all that great. Maybe third gen will do the trick, darn
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I so hope it's a software thing. I think if I were to get a 13" Retina I would like to be able to run it in a resolution that gives more usable space, so default res is one thing but I really want it to be smooth across a few different resolutions too... Here's hoping!
Exactly, and this is where the problems are very noticeable. Could certainly be Mavericks but we won't know for sure until the first few updates come out. Think I'll wait until then.
I will say this, the 13" RMBP in the highest scaled resolution was PERFECT. Wishing this was actually the default. Next gen perhaps.
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I got the 13 for my wife. Both her and I have been playing with it while I wait for my 15. I don't see any lag on it at all. I got her the mid range one with 8 gigs of ram and 256 ssd.
If you're in the native "retina" resolution you'll probably be fine. I'm referring to any scaled up resolutions.
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They care that their sales number that month is of a certain level, on top of the generosity and customer-focused care. Never confuse salesmanship with generosity.
Of course not, but if they want to offer for me to take several to try I won't feel bad about returning what doesn't work out. I buy far more from Apple than I ever return anyways so I don't mind.
