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MacBook Pro with Retina: not impressed
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I was at the genius appointment and I think an answer to my question given by the genius will clear your idea and the others
I was asking about the brightness issue (water damages guide-was being paranoid after that but auto dim only) and he said "The old MacBooks are brighter but look at the current desktop image (space)" and that minute I understood what a detailed computer that I have.And of course you can't expect the same as iPhone 4,one is a phone and one is a computer:different things should be taking to consideration when you compare.New macbook pro retina,Detailed Screen ? (yes,go to apple store and compare default desktop image of old macbook and mbpr)
Screen bright enough ? Yes
Great audio quality ? Yes but when the voice is higher things are getting a little bit worse but still good.
Long battery hour ? Yes.I watched +10 youtube videos and It was for about 5hours and I am pleased with it.
So in total,macbook pro retina is not a complete perfection but an start of a new era.I am so glad to pay that much because customer service and the quality of the computer is good enough if you know how to use it It'll be a companion for years.Sometimes we just have to appreciate and give it what the macbook pro retina deserves.
As far as I am concerned, general public includes those that want a thinner laptop with a bigger screen. So far Apple has done a pretty good job of making that.
It's a flagship product - it's meant to lure people to the brand. But fact of the matter is most cannot afford this laptop. But they'll end up buying lower-end models if the marketing worked.
It's sort of like the BMW 7-series (or M5/M6 if you're into the sporty side) and Mercedes S-class. They're high end models meant to attract attention. The volume sellers (3-series, C-class) are where they make the real money.
rMBP versus MPA 11"
I made it to an Apple Store this weekend for the first time since before the iPad 3 was release, with a mission to compare the new retina wares with my own eyes.
First stop was comparing my MBA 11" with the rMBP 15" on multiple web pages, PDFs, and MS Word documents, scrutinizing text in particular for better legibility. I was astounded that there was very little difference to be seen (and the text actually looked better in MS Word on the MBA). I brought over an Apple Store rep to compare each page with me; he was very surprised but agreed with me completely that we could find no significant difference in text readability between these two laptops. Granted the rMBP (and all MBPs) have a better-quality LCD panel and better color gamut than MBAs, but bear in mind that the MBA 11" has the highest resolution among all non-retina Macs and is arguably nearly "retina" already at typical viewing distances.
Feeling somewhat jaundiced about retina claims, I picked up an iPad 3 for the first time to compare Maps app results with my iPad 2, and this time the night-and-day difference in place name legibility started me. The iPad 2 Maps names were often very hard to make out, incompletely bordered, and blurring in with the satellite terrain beneath the letters. By contrast, all the iPad 3 place names were easy to read in Maps. While browsing, a favorite text-only web page was much more legible on the iPad 3. The difference wasn't quite so pronounced in iBooks, but still could be seen. In general, the iPad 3 was much brighter and sharper. I was very impressed by the retina difference among iPads, but could find little text quality difference between the rMBP and MBA 11".
I made it to an Apple Store this weekend for the first time since before the iPad 3 was release, with a mission to compare the new retina wares with my own eyes.
First stop was comparing my MBA 11" with the rMBP 15" on multiple web pages, PDFs, and MS Word documents, scrutinizing text in particular for better legibility. I was astounded that there was very little difference to be seen (and the text actually looked better in MS Word on the MBA). I brought over an Apple Store rep to compare each page with me; he was very surprised but agreed with me completely that we could find no significant difference in text readability between these two laptops. Granted the rMBP (and all MBPs) have a better-quality LCD panel and better color gamut than MBAs, but bear in mind that the MBA 11" has the highest resolution among all non-retina Macs and is arguably nearly "retina" already at typical viewing distances.
Feeling somewhat jaundiced about retina claims, I picked up an iPad 3 for the first time to compare Maps app results with my iPad 2, and this time the night-and-day difference in place name legibility started me. The iPad 2 Maps names were often very hard to make out, incompletely bordered, and blurring in with the satellite terrain beneath the letters. By contrast, all the iPad 3 place names were easy to read in Maps. While browsing, a favorite text-only web page was much more legible on the iPad 3. The difference wasn't quite so pronounced in iBooks, but still could be seen. In general, the iPad 3 was much brighter and sharper. I was very impressed by the retina difference among iPads, but could find little text quality difference between the rMBP and MBA 11".