New rMBP: need advice

Just had one of my friend give me his rMBP 13" to use and experience for a while what a fantastic piece of human creation is that ! It is a HUman Marvel ! Since you already have a iPad Air. Yes if you can afford you should go for the rMBP and 15" is just a piece of diamond I feel. The more I look at it the more i fall in Love with it. It is Just Fantasticccccc !!!

 

Buy a 13" Inch then but yes it is well worth the price if you are looking to justify the money spent. It is well worth the money spent !

 

First, if you think you need/really want a retina Macbook even if your old MBP is perfectly fine is up to you, no one here can make that decision for you. If you decide to go for a new retina MBP performance wise it sure would be a downgrade, but then the question is: what do you need all the performance for?
And for pricing, as windows notebook with high resolution displays are about as expensive as the rMBP I guess there is no need for Apple to drop the price (too bad).

Have you though for what price you might sell your MBP?

 

Are you aware from the color/retention issues from the retina displays on MacBooks?

 

I'd personally either stick with what you have, or save up for the 15" retina.

I had the 13" retina on launch, and even after all the updates, the performance was pretty poor. This is in part due to the poor optimisation of OS X for retina displays (some things are smooth, other things like itunes and expose etc are crippled), and partly due to the weak Iris graphics.

Anything above the default best for retina setting results in the whole machine struggling to keep up with anything you do.

Definitely try it out in an Apple Store if you can. The default resolution gives you very little screen space, so that was a deal breaker for me in tandem with the poor performance.

 

After exchanging my IR screen for an unevenly yellow tinted one, I agree with you. This non—uniform yellow cast impossible to calibrate is way worse than retention.

 

Do you have access to refurbs in Italy? If so, why not consider a refurbished 15" Retina?

 

I went with a refurbished 15" rMBP and then sold my retina iPad. Haven't regretted it a bit.

 

Max, is retina display really important to you? I understand but 2011 MBP is very good machine. I do have a rMBP and non-retina iPad I know retina display is awesome but on iPad I only use for NetFlix movie and check on Twitter, Facebook, and light gaming. So save some money for your girlfriend.

 

What is this nonsense comment? I have Vista installed on my Mini because I use it as HTPC (my DTV adapter only works on Windows). Also, I need at least one 32-bit Windows installed at home because my Nikon film scanner doesn't have 64-bit drivers and I don't like 3rd party software like Vuescan.

Seriously, you want a rMBP for the sake of having a rMBP. I don't give a **** for what you do with your money. Good luck!

 

hey max, i'm from italy, i know you from hwupgrade forum!

i have your same issue and i just opened a thread about that.
i have a (broken) 2010 15" macbookpro with the higher resolution display (1680x1050).
to fix it costs around 400€ (it's an issue with the logic board), so i'm wondering if it's a wise idea to spend some more money and go for the new 13" rmbp.
ironically enough, what concerns me most is the loss in resolution i'd get!
working on a 15" with a real vertical resolution of 1050pixels is wonderful, if i'd have to go back to the 800pixel vertical resolution.. i'd feel like 6 years ago still having my old white MB...