Okay, my wife and I are due for new laptops and are waiting to see what WWDC holds. I'm going 13" MBP for sure if there is an update. Here's the rub.
My wife is in law school. She used an 11" air the past two years, but I want to get her a computer with a retina screen since she stares at the thing all day. However, we have a Thunderbolt Display at home that she connects to whenever there to make use of a nicer screen and the real estate it provides instead of hunching over the laptop. It's my understanding that the rMB can't connect to the TBD. She doesn't use the computer for anything more than documents, web browsing, and media consumption, so in terms of power the rMB is great. But what about when she gets home to plug into an external monitor?
What do you guys think? Does she "need" a MBP just to use an Apple Thunderbolt Display? Should I be looking at selling the display and going with another brand that won't be nearly as useful as a dock?
My wife is in law school. She used an 11" air the past two years, but I want to get her a computer with a retina screen since she stares at the thing all day. However, we have a Thunderbolt Display at home that she connects to whenever there to make use of a nicer screen and the real estate it provides instead of hunching over the laptop. It's my understanding that the rMB can't connect to the TBD. She doesn't use the computer for anything more than documents, web browsing, and media consumption, so in terms of power the rMB is great. But what about when she gets home to plug into an external monitor?
What do you guys think? Does she "need" a MBP just to use an Apple Thunderbolt Display? Should I be looking at selling the display and going with another brand that won't be nearly as useful as a dock?
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