Upgrading from 4 year old black Macbook, would rMBP be overkill?

[thekev]

Well for me the rMBP's screen and ability to run many programs seamlessly is what entices me, since I often am multitasking various work and creative projects. While my "needed" usage is for grad school, I also am getting into software development, help out a non-profit with web and graphic design, make short films, write, and am involved in various other multimedia projects.

It sounds like a reasonably good match in terms of notebooks. I'd like to know how well it can drive multiple displays. Displaying a desktop doesn't take much. Other things can be far different.

 

[terraphantm]

It sounds like a reasonably good match in terms of notebooks. I'd like to know how well it can drive multiple displays. Displaying a desktop doesn't take much. Other things can be far different.

I've had 3 displays hooked up to mine - it handles it just fine from a hardware perspective. OS X's multimonitor support is somewhat primitive though.