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Retina MacBook Pro Can Run Three External Displays Simultaneously

What about non-TB displays? I'm looking to upgrade to a new Mac for work but I'd love to be able to use both my HP displays without the use of a USB-DVI/HDMI/VGA adapter, as they're a bit laggy.

Would a TB> multiple DVI outputs adapter be possible? Without just mirroring the displays, I mean.

EDIT: Just realised, this MBP has two TB ports and one HDMI port. That's pretty awesome, I might have to consider it.
 
JasonR said:
Can you define a "truly serious web developer" ?

I believe there are many "serious web developers" developing on 13" notebook screens just fine.

I run two displays at work, but any more and it would be a little overwhelming. Then again I'm not watching the stock market. I also know plenty of companies running websites etc. without the need for three monitors.
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i could do with 3 screens as web developer - one for editor, one for browser and one for virtual machine running win with IE. as web developer you should test all browsers before publishing your code. this would simplify/minimize number of clicks and switching desktops - whatever....

I work on 2 displays but one extra for virtual machine would be really really nice
 
So it should run a 5120x2880 Retina 27" Display

As I said in another post, a Retina 27" Display would have 14.7 million pixels, so this proves that the new MacBook Pro can drive at least that.

I'd like to see it drive two Retina 27" Displays, and it's own 2880x1800 pixel display. As I said before, it only requires about (exactly to 3 sig figs) 100 MB for the frame buffer at 35 million pixels.

Two Retina 27" Displays (5120x2880) and the built in 2880x1800 display is only 34,765,200 Million Pixels. The 1 GB of GDDR5 RAM is enough by 10x, but how would the video play back be with just the NVidia GeForce GT 650M? Also, we'd need close to 20 Gbps uncompressed video through the the ThunderBolt cable to get close to 60 fps. ThunderBolt can do that, but with both DisplayPort and PCIe lanes?

By the time a Retina 27" ADC comes out, if the current rMBP can't do it, I suppose it would be updated by then to be capable. (Would it require a faster GPU or more GDDR5 RAM; such a 2GB?)
 
vmachiel said:
I don't care if you need it or not, or the thing gets to hot. Just the fact that it's possible is pretty damn cool:)
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Why would it get any hotter? If it's only static images, it's just using more GDDR5 memory, I don't think that really heats things up much.

Of course playing Video on all the displays uses a little power, but no more than Folding@Home (not even close), I could play 6 or 7 Full HD Videos now on two large displays, with some over lapping of course.

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Pompiliu said:
LOL. Those are iMacs, not monitors. lol.
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If you're referring to the Photo, that is obvious, I have exactly one of those iMacs.

I was just imagining the next generation of 27" displays with quadruple pixels at 14.7 MP. I was pointing out that the setup in the photo is driving more pixels than that (15.7 MP)! So that's how the photo proves than the rMBP can drive a future Retina 27" Display.

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Pompiliu said:
LOL. Those are iMacs, not monitors. lol.
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Those are iMacs in Display Mode, so they act just like monitors, the iMac's Video cards aren't doing any work.

It's all the rMBP, but I think you knew that. :)
 
One monitor for modeling, another for texturing, third one for rigging and fourth one for lighting? Add a fifth one for rendering... :eek: assuming that it's able to do multiple displays, instead of just duplicating the one from the MBP. That would be UBER UBER UBER drop dead awesome!
 
Macintosh II from 1987 supported 6 displays

I am not sure what the term "natively power four displays simultaneously" means, specifically.
The Mac II required a video card for every display, including the first display. You could optionally add additional cards (from Apple) to run more displays. I used two displays, but some of my colleagues used three. This was not simple mirroring, but the same extended desktop we use now.
 
MacRumors said:
This makes the Retina MacBook Pro the first Mac -- other than a tower-based workstation like the Mac Pro -- to natively power four displays simultaneously.
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Bull crap. I can run four on my iMac...

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Well if they can drive 3 display then Apple really needs to over haul their multi monitor support in the OS because sucks would be an improvement over now.
 
kniemann said:
Unfortunately my wallet can't power four displays.
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like my old black macbook, it sounds like your wallet needs an upgrade as well:D

This is very impressive...so since those are iMacs the CPU's in those pcs don't help w/ any of the performance? the MBP is running the whole thing? WOW, just WOW
 
Heat

I noticed scroll lag when I changed the res to 1920x1200, so I don't buy that there's no lag powering much more pixels. Also, my coworker just got the rMBP and it runs HOT; he's not even powering an external display.

If only it retained the regular MBP keyboard...
 
rusty2192 said:
This is getting a bit off topic, but this is incorrect. I am on my Late 2008 Aluminum unibody MacBook right now and it has a user replaceable battery. I can't comment on the 15" MBP, but since it was released at the same time I would guess it is the same. I think the previous poster was correct.
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You are right, I somehow in my memory simplified history a little bit by associating the change to sealed battery with the move to unibody construction. Apple usually keeps a case design for a long time, changing the 15" MBP case design after only one generation, even if only in one small aspect is very rare.
 
And why do we need to run 3 external monitors you ask?

Now you can keep track of your stocks, sports, work, and most important, porn!
 
activ8 said:
And why do we need to run 3 external monitors you ask?

Now you can keep track of your stocks, sports, work, and most important, porn!
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Truly the killer app - being able to watch all views of a multi-angle porn BD at once!

Oh wait, you'll have to boot Windows to do that, The Tim hasn't overruled the turtlenecked overlord's anti-BD rant - yet.
 
hermanwarren said:
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why the hell is there spam over here?
 
JasonR said:
Can you define a "truly serious web developer" ?

I believe there are many "serious web developers" developing on 13" notebook screens just fine.

I run two displays at work, but any more and it would be a little overwhelming. Then again I'm not watching the stock market. I also know plenty of companies running websites etc. without the need for three monitors.
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He didn't say "EVERY" serious web developer or cad designer....

Really? lighten up
 
Mac OS X plays Blu-ray Natively

AidenShaw said:
Truly the killer app - being able to watch all views of a multi-angle BD at once!

Oh wait, you'll have to boot Windows to do that, The Tim hasn't overruled the turtlenecked overlord's anti-BD rant - yet.
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You don't have to boot into Windows to watch Blu-ray Discs. I have natively watched Blu-ray discs on my iMac since 2011, I got my external BD Burner in 2010. It's the fastest CD and DVD burner I've got also.

Mac OS X surprised me when I first hooked it up in 2010 when it natively supported BD format Discs. Though there wasn't an app to play BD movies directly at the time. There is now. (It happens to be called "Blu-ray Player" in my Applications folder.) You can find easily with Google.

In 2010, I've played BD movies indirectly, before the native player App. Other Apps (HandBrake) could still "see" the video files on the BD disc from day one. (I owned every Blu-ray Movies I ever played, so all legal anyway)

I haven't used it in a while, but I remember I could play BD movies without any problem on an external HDCP capable display (or any HDTV), but if I slid more than half of the movie onto my iMac display, it get this stupid "Cannot play due to HDCP not being supported on this display". Well the iMac does support HDCP on it's own display. They probably fixed the bug by now. What's really weird is that 49% of the movie would play on it, but not 51%, or just 100% on the external 1080p display. HDCP is an annoying error prone DRM for the paranoid entertainment industry. It's even been reversed engineered already. I just hate how sometimes I have to restart some HDTVs because the encryption "Hand Shake" didn't work the first time. (When will this DRM madness stop! It doesn't prevent piracy and it only gets in the way for law abiding consumers. After all, who really needs to record the HDMI stream directly anyway? My DVR works fine.)
 
Why not go overboard?

And add an iPad via AirScreen ... and then there are those small screens that connect via USB .... now THAT would be impressive
 
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