So we all should settle and be content with less. . More than 50% of humanity is also below the poverty line, so what?You do realize about 99% of humanity manages to get real work done every day with "a display of that resolution"?
So we all should settle and be content with less. . More than 50% of humanity is also below the poverty line, so what?You do realize about 99% of humanity manages to get real work done every day with "a display of that resolution"?
Of course the Air doesn't have a retina display. But the hyperbole and melodrama that you use to describe the quality of the Air's screen is worthy of a hyperbolic response.The Air does not have a Retina display. The Air looks terrible compared to a Retina display. In this day and age, buying a laptop with a display of that resolution is silly and you're bound to be sick of it in less than a year. It's an eye sore.
Did someone say that YOU must settle? If you don't like the Macbook Air, then don't buy it. Why dissuade others who want one from buying one?So we all should settle and be content with less. . More than 50% of humanity is also below the poverty line, so what?
There are people on this forum who claim to be able spot individual pixels on a retina display. When Steve Jobs first presented the retina display he said that it was called "retina" because it contained a pixel density that was GREATER than the human eye's ability to discern individual pixels. If a person CAN discern individual pixels on that display then, by definition, they must have superhuman (or extra-human) vision.
so what?
I don't have a problem with the MBA display and if I didn't give my MBA to my son, I'd still be using it.So the MBA's display is hardly a piece of garbage by current standards, and I'd guess it's mostly you who have an actual problem with it, whereas OP should be able to be productive with it.
I don't have a problem with the MBA display and if I didn't give my MBA to my son, I'd still be using it.
However, after using the rMB for a while, when I went back to use my old MBA, the display really looked bad. It is not just the pixel density but the washed out colours, the colour gamut (or lack of it) and the colour balance. I've always calibrated the display on all my 3 MBAs that I've owned over the years but there is so much you can do with it.
You have very nicely summarized my exact sentiments and opinion about my rMB. Just out of curiosity what are the specs of your rMB?Just an opinion, and happy to answer any questions.
You have very nicely summarized my exact sentiments and opinion about my rMB. Just out of curiosity what are the specs of your rMB?
I have the 2016, 1.3GHz m7, this is the maxed out model. I don't know if there is a tangible difference compared to a lower spec'd model, say a 1.1GHz m3.
He he he, coming from the 11" MBA, I felt the opposite. 12" seemed nice and large. The new 13" MPP is also very nice and weighs less compared to the previous generation.Yeah, don't disagree that screen size takes some getting used to. The resolution helps, but there's no denying that it's small. That was kind of the idea for me - ultralight portable fully-functional computer. Personally, dollars for donuts - if the choice is the same $ - I'd be choosing the MBP all day (and this is coming from a guy who loves his rMB)
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I always tend to assume people stare at text, though, and in that respect the MBA is as good as any other machine.
I have two Sony Vaio 11" models from 2007 and 2008 which I still use them for backup and testing. Despite being old and non retina, their displays make the MBA display look like garbage. Don't defend the MBA displays to me. I know them very well and I've lived with them for 7 years.