Don't let the Naysayers put you off the RetinaMBP

[Youngesttim]

Pleased and feeling very fortunate rMBP

Greetings,

I own a refurbished 17" MBP - April 2010, i5 2.53, 256 SSD, 8 GB Ram, running Mountain Lion now - that I have used for over 2 years, and absolutely love it, a wonderful machine, makes my 2007 Dell Latitude look like an Atari. Apple Care has been outstanding....so I expect the same experience with the rMBP. The cMBP will stay on the home desk and still see some use, just not as much.


I've been using my base model rMBP for 5 days, and I appreciate all the refinements - less weight, sleeker profile, more power, speed, the amazing screen quality, etc. Took it out Friday for work and it performed wonderfully.

I have been looking for problems and can't find any yet thankfully!

 

[hiohokaybye]

That's your personal experience. Nothing more.

It really is. You can't just censor out the negative views on this to be honest. I didn't like my first rMBP, but then I got my second one and it changed my mind. It is absolutely beautiful machine. Even so, you really can't just go around and tell people that you shouldn't listen to so and so... Let the people have their own minds and decide.

I've been running my 2.6/16/512 as my work computer for the past 2 days on two mismatched external dell monitors running my MBPr in clamshell mode and the machine has been AMAZING to me so far.

Yes, I have an LG LCD.
Yes, a little bit of backlight bleeding
I don't see any ghosting because my MBPr is running in clamshell mode 80% of the time unless i'm at home.
Yes, I notice some lag and I also run my system at the scaled 1680 x 1050 resolution.

Overall, I'm extremely happy with the system it's only going to get better from here on out.

I have an LG and I think it's better than samsung

 

[ian1]

They may not be representative of the wider experience but the problems that people are "moaning" about on here are no less real. If you come to a forum to read about real users experiences with a piece of kit there's no point in complaining that it's not what you wanted to hear.

After a month long wait for the first delivery I now have a 2 week wait for the replacement to be delivered. (Ghosting problem).

It is amazing machine, I don't regret spending over £3000 on it but for my £3000 I expect a perfect screen, especially when the screen was a huge part of my justification (to myself) for spending that amount of cash on a computer.

 

[VFC]

I wanted to purchase a rMBP but after evaluating the design, reading reviews from many sources, and spending time using it at the retail stores; I was not satisfied and purchased something else.

I own an iPad with the retina display, so I really wanted to purchase the rMBP. However, after a few weeks of research and hands on, I purchased a cMBP instead.

 

[MBPR]

You can add me to the happy list
I have LG screen and I love it
So we retinarians are happy with our reina
And if others are not well tough lock

 

[derbothaus]

You can add me to the happy list
I have LG screen and I love it
So we retinarians are happy with our reina
And if others are not well tough lock

Yes. Tough lock. Hard to remove. lol.
So everyone is OK with the non-repairability?
I agree it is a sexy 15" Macbook Air. But most products have some sort of issues here and there. I wouldn't persuade anyone not to buy rMBP because of some production issues with screen or supposed GPU performance. You can just keep returning till you get a good one. If Apple has an issue then they should investigate their supply chain. Having one in your hands is indeed what sells it. It is NICE. I am opposed personally because of environmental waste reasons and being forced into an Apple Store if anything goes wrong. But I did feel the gravitational pull to love it regardless. I had to turn away.

 

[Nuc]

I got my rMBP on Wednesday. The computer is truly awesome. I have no regrets getting one!