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Once you go Retina, you can never go back?
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Maybe we can get an IPS display with full HD resolution or the 16:10 equivalent.
It's not so much using retina and going non retina. It is using retina and then going to an out dated 1380 x 768 screen. It is the same issue with the ipad mini. It is ok to not be retina....just at least use a screen resolution that is not from 2005.
Not in 2013 but the 13" rMBP is only a little thicker and heavier than the Air it replaced. I won't go back.
I don't have a retina laptop yet (price) but I do greatly prefer my iPad 3 over the iPad mini. It's a super great lightweight tablet and I love the form factor but picking up a retina device totally ruins me for anything else. It's so addictive and it adds do much readability especially when working with text.
I haven't done the rMBP (it doesn't meet my needs at all), but I will say:
I don't like the Air's screen, not because of the resolution, but because of the relatively poor color and the semi-gloss finish. I am fine with my cMBP's hi-res antiglare screen. And I do have a Retina iPad and iPhone, and I am still quite happy using my iPad 2 when there's a reason to do so. So I don't think it's that "non-retina" is a problem, I think it's that the Air's display is sort of disappointing in terms of color and finish.
I don't like the Air's screen, not because of the resolution, but because of the relatively poor color and the semi-gloss finish. I am fine with my cMBP's hi-res antiglare screen. And I do have a Retina iPad and iPhone, and I am still quite happy using my iPad 2 when there's a reason to do so. So I don't think it's that "non-retina" is a problem, I think it's that the Air's display is sort of disappointing in terms of color and finish.
We have a variety of Apple products around.
I started forgetting where my cMBP was the day I got the rMBP. It is way too heavy and has an ugly, grainy screen in comparison.
Same with the iPads, I never even pick up the iPad2 if I can find the iPad3.
I started forgetting where my cMBP was the day I got the rMBP. It is way too heavy and has an ugly, grainy screen in comparison.
Same with the iPads, I never even pick up the iPad2 if I can find the iPad3.
Owned a retina for a few weeks, then went back to my 17". No brainer for me. I MIGHT go back for Rev 2 once they get a decent screen on the thing with a GPU that can drive those pixels without all the lag and hiccups I had on my unit.
I can go back -- I do most of my web browsing on my retina ipad, and prefer to watch TV shows and movies on my big LCD TV. I mostly use the cMBP to store and edit media files, and I don't need retina display for that. As for web browing, as I said, I do it on my ipad.
I think it's really a matter of what you want your computer for. The rMBP would be ideal with those with some spare change who watch a lot of streamed movies. Since I don't do that the low-res cMBP doesn't bother me at all.
One model that DID bother me was the MBA in terms of screen. All the colors look so muted.
I think it's really a matter of what you want your computer for. The rMBP would be ideal with those with some spare change who watch a lot of streamed movies. Since I don't do that the low-res cMBP doesn't bother me at all.
One model that DID bother me was the MBA in terms of screen. All the colors look so muted.
I don't think the MBA is being replaced by the rMBP 13 inch, unless Apple issues a rMBA .....
After using it for awhile I prefer it to other laptop screens, oddly more for the flexibility than the resolution itself.
That said, I am pretty much only using it when I travel or present, since at home or at the office it is docked to external displays. I have no problem using the external displays, they still look fine to me.
I think Apple is right that what is important it text/images looking clear. Sitting at desktop distance from my externals, they look great.
That said, I am pretty much only using it when I travel or present, since at home or at the office it is docked to external displays. I have no problem using the external displays, they still look fine to me.
I think Apple is right that what is important it text/images looking clear. Sitting at desktop distance from my externals, they look great.
OMG, using again a 21,5" 1080p IPS screen!
WOW!
Well! It's true, not it looks like those old TV's!
WOW!
Well! It's true, not it looks like those old TV's!