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rMBP am I the only one?
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major difference. You have to have decent eyesight or wear reading glasses to appreciate it fully I would think.
Everything is much clearer. It's rather pleasant. But as with all these types of things, it's relative for most people.
Then again, if your on it many hours a day you owe it to yourself to check it out at home, for a good demo.
Everything is much clearer. It's rather pleasant. But as with all these types of things, it's relative for most people.
Then again, if your on it many hours a day you owe it to yourself to check it out at home, for a good demo.
If you haven't yet check out the amazing full res desktop pictures at:
http://interfacelift.com/
I bought the package of them and WOW - that's the best way to show off the screen - if you aren't blown away by those images you must be blind.
http://interfacelift.com/
I bought the package of them and WOW - that's the best way to show off the screen - if you aren't blown away by those images you must be blind.
We are talking about retina display, not the lack of support from images that websites upload.
With text, its easy to spot the difference.
It seems as everyone notices the differences when looking at text. But, what about when looking at photos from perhaps dpreview forum or from your camera's memory card?
I compared the rMBP and the cMBP at the apple store and could clearly tell the difference. It's like an iPhone 3gs vs an iPhone 4
Maybe its already there. I know once you hit that stage you will need reading glasses while using a computer if you want to get any type of benefit from the retina display or use any high resolution displays.
As good as the screen of the Retina-Macbook is, its still full of glare. I directly compared both, the Zenbook and the Retina-Macbook at a local store and came to the conclusion that the Zenbook has the better screen. It has 170DPI and is Anti-Glare, I could not encounter any pixels, even when I was directly infront of the display panel... there is nothing more that could be achieved.
Look on the bright side
Well, if you need to upgrade, at least you know that you might as well go with the cMBP, where you can save some money (though only for the lower spec model).
Personally the difference to me is quite stunning, and I have only played with it in store for a few hours. Where it really took my breath away was on photos, particularly something with some really nice bokeh in, totally, totally amazing.
Well, if you need to upgrade, at least you know that you might as well go with the cMBP, where you can save some money (though only for the lower spec model).
Personally the difference to me is quite stunning, and I have only played with it in store for a few hours. Where it really took my breath away was on photos, particularly something with some really nice bokeh in, totally, totally amazing.
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I agree with the OP somewhat. The difference is clearly there but it's not earthshattering. I was more impressed with the form factor of the Retina than the display. Perhaps that's because I grew up on wobbly wavy green CRTs driven by Hercules cards. So all modern screens look beautiful to me...
how is the lack of support from web images NOT about retina display?
you can't just ignore it unless you don't care about images at all.
