does it really translate into seconds like that though? Either way, I agree, it doesn't seem like it's going to be a noticeable difference.
By way of example, yes. My experience of computers since the mid-80s shows that I need at least a 50% performance increase to notice it in the "real world".
Now in practice, I run simulations that can take many minutes / hours to finish. This tends to be a best case scenario for showing CPU performance differences, but even then a few percent improvement is not worth the extra cost - unless I could directly invoice the time gain (which I can't because the simulation is only a small part of the total job).
sorry, please don't take this the wrong way.. but I must now mock you for this. It's the law.
You realise that phrasing information like this is counterproductive and unnecessarily adversarial, right?
I feel a certain need to ensure that the common fallacy that an Apple product is somehow magical because it has Apple fairy-dust inside is not propagated, thereby doing my part to foster a heterogeneity in the marketplace. Unless everyone wants all-in-one computers, with display options dictated by Apple; where we remain at the mercy of the Big A to release, for example, a Pro computer, when they see fit - if they see fit, or a professional screen that actually has good anti-reflective coatings (still waiting for that).
You do realise that when you speak like this, you are effectively insulting the other person, right?
Yes (but see below for apology and further explanation)
also.. you realise that while apple doesn't manufacture the displays, they do pick the manufacturer and order a certain quality- i.e. (guessing here) they might scoop up the panels with no dead pixels, they might not let displays with light leaks get shipped.. etc.
Amongst the higher quality displays, in a similar price class, I have not found Apple displays to be any better, and in certain aspects worse, than others and the blind faith that "because it's Apple it must be the best", is detrimental to the Apple community (cf John Siracusa - hypercritical)
Of course, you do have a valid point- apple displays have indeed shipped with problems.
You are right - I was being a jerk in my reply and I will try to be less of a jerk in the future.
I have a problem dealing with what I perceive as Apple-fanperson-ism* and I have the abrasive personality that feels the need to make others aware of errors in their logic (cf John Roderick - Roderick on the Line), for the selfish nature of hoping that this will cause consumers to demand Apple to make changes to what I (and often others) consider deficient in their products.
Good luck with your purchase - FWIW I have ordered a 2013 rMBP 2.6GHz/8GB/512GB. Doing some LR5, some virtual Win7 (Matlab/ADS/Spice etc). Only chose the 2.6GHz CPU as I wanted 512GB to allow all my data to be on the computer.
Hopefully LR will be updated to use some of the GPU power for generating previews and exporting, which are currently annoyingly slow and which I don't expect to improve much compared to the 1.7GHz 2011 MBA that I have.
*I don't like OS X - I just hate it the least amongst the operating systems.
