Hello MacRumors friends,
I'm buying my first MacBook Pro. Can you help me weigh the pros and cons of these 2 models?
I see the hardware is basically the same other than the screen resolution and the storage type.
Both have the same graphics, same RAM clock speed 1600MHz (low voltage for retina, regular for non-retina)
Both have a 2.6/2.7GHz quad core i7 option.
Non-Retina is upgradable internally after purchase, Retina is non-upgradable after purchase.
I can upgrade the resolution 36% to 1680x1050 on the non-retina, which is still very high for a 15.4 inch screen.
I like that I can go ahead and add a SSD whenever I want and its sad that I can do it on the retina model and if I want to upgrade I have to do it right away and it's a lot more expensive to do so.
Can anyone offer any opinions on these comparisons? They are both very similar computers and I want to see if the extra money for the retina is worth it or not or if I'm missing something in my comparisons.
Thank you
I'm buying my first MacBook Pro. Can you help me weigh the pros and cons of these 2 models?
I see the hardware is basically the same other than the screen resolution and the storage type.
Both have the same graphics, same RAM clock speed 1600MHz (low voltage for retina, regular for non-retina)
Both have a 2.6/2.7GHz quad core i7 option.
Non-Retina is upgradable internally after purchase, Retina is non-upgradable after purchase.
I can upgrade the resolution 36% to 1680x1050 on the non-retina, which is still very high for a 15.4 inch screen.
I like that I can go ahead and add a SSD whenever I want and its sad that I can do it on the retina model and if I want to upgrade I have to do it right away and it's a lot more expensive to do so.
Can anyone offer any opinions on these comparisons? They are both very similar computers and I want to see if the extra money for the retina is worth it or not or if I'm missing something in my comparisons.
Thank you