Mostly true although students limited to one screen might like the resolution of the rMPB to be able to fit more on the screen. It's easier to be more productive.
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Waiting for Haswell MBP Mega Thread
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Obviously, you never worked on a retina display! It doesn't make you fit more on screen, all it does is make everything crisp sharp. Retina display are just HiDPI screens
HiDPI is not more screen!
It hasn't been that long since I left college (so I'd like to think), but I honestly wouldn't use any sort of laptop in the classroom. Too many distractions from the Internet and such.
You most certainly can fit more content on the screen at different resolutions.
http://www.anandtech.com/Gallery/Album/2078#1
http://www.anandtech.com/Gallery/Album/2078#1
I don't know about other college campuses, but mine is at least 50/50 Mac and PC, if not more Macs. I'm not in the engineering school, so I can't say what it's like over there. I know they don't outright require a PC over a Mac (some of the specific engineering depts might, but the school as a whole doesn't). My roommate is in Arch E and had a 15" MBP. You don't even need a laptop of your own since they have a massive Linux and Windows lab. The art dept and the school of music have Mac labs but don't require their students to own them.
Yes, I could get by with a PC for Word and Google Chrome, but I chose to get a Mac. My parents and I agreed that it was a good investment to not have to take my computer to Geek Squad every few weeks to have viruses removed.
And on my campus I don't really see cheap PCs there are a few Dells but most of them tend to be Lenovo and higher end HPs. We're not a bunch of broke college kids, apparently (or mom and dad are willing to shell out the money for a higher quality machine that will hopefully last until graduation).
Yep! Basically all the whinging in the first half of this thread about iris pro 5200 was about gaming. Nobody wanted to admit it, but it came out in a lot of posts.
(this isn't about those who actually do need a stonking dGPU for various reasons)
That is not what I said. However, I point out that the day before the invites went out for the iPhone event many sites were 'confirming' the invites for the next day.
That did not happen today. I suspect nothing will be released tomorrow
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you do know you can run them at 1920x1200 in osx or even native
if you're a third year doing major project or honors year software engineer an rbmp is the ideal laptop, running at native 2880x1800 can allow us to have fonts that are both small and crisp / readable, considering most of us run linux and our screens look like this:
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Interesting, but this screen looks like 1,440px × 900px.
Tried hacks to run native resolution but you can't be productive with that. Not in your tiny hikikomori space, nor in a bright classroom. Readability is impossible unless you're Superman.
I was referring to the 'official' scaling options in OSX though.
Interesting, but this screen looks like 1,440px × 900px.
Tried hacks to run native resolution but you can't be productive with that. Not in your tiny hikikomori space, nor in a bright classroom. Readability is impossible unless you're Superman.
I was referring to the 'official' scaling options in OSX though.
How is it not official when you can go into the settings and change the resolution? You need to do a little more homework.
I suggest you take your own advice about doing homework, because the scaling options in system preferences do not include full native resolution for retina displays.
Interesting, but this screen looks like 1,440px × 900px.
Tried hacks to run native resolution but you can't be productive with that. Not in your tiny hikikomori space, nor in a bright classroom. Readability is impossible unless you're Superman.
I was referring to the 'official' scaling options in OSX though.
1920x1200 on a 15" is very readable for my no-so-youngish-anymore-but-still-decent eyes, provided the text is rendered sharply as it is on the rMBP.
i honestly don't know what all the obsession with 4K when we KNOW it's not ready for prime time yet. just give up. the next one won't have 4K we already know sharp isn't making them until next february.
Y'all with nano-augmented eagle eyes, try this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhbtgQ9PtEM
and this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGXHqkgyRvE
and this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGXHqkgyRvE
I am a heavy Aperture, processing large 5mb RAW files, using the original RMBP (15", 2.6G, 16GB, DGPU). The lag while using Aperture is very noticeable and annoying at times. Many are posting that this will be resolved with Mavericks. Will I have a better Aperture experience with the new RMBP with no DGPU, due to Iris and Mavericks? I don't do any gaming, and would certainly welcome improved battery life (even though my current RMBP is pretty decent already).
That is not what I said. However, I point out that the day before the invites went out for the iPhone event many sites were 'confirming' the invites for the next day.
That did not happen today. I suspect nothing will be released tomorrow
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Because MANY sites get over hyped for the iPhone.
Interesting, but this screen looks like 1,440px × 900px.
Tried hacks to run native resolution but you can't be productive with that. Not in your tiny hikikomori space, nor in a bright classroom. Readability is impossible unless you're Superman.
I was referring to the 'official' scaling options in OSX though.
i just grabbed an image off google (because i only have my phone with me) to demonstrate the text only (cli) nature of our usage, here is a 2880x1800 image if you really want one: https://vec.io/files/512e5a38760c7f854d000002?version=origin (his font is a bigger than what i would use)
basically what im saying is:
cmbp 1440x900 + size 8 font = size 8 blurry text
rmbp 2880x1800 + size 16 font = size 8 crisp text
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Disagree -- if Apple goes 3x3 like they did with the new iMac, the increase in throughput on ac will be a boon to those of us that move large files over wireless.
My son is at Virginia Tech in engineering. They are required to have a Windows laptop, down to specific models and specific software suites. If that were not the case, he'd still be on the MBP I passed to him at the end of his junior year in high school to get "used to" before he hit college.
Battery life & PCIe SSD will be nice, but 11ac is exactly why I've been waiting.
Also wondering with it being as late in the year as it is if we won't see a slight form factor change... I put odds on that at "very low", but that's up substantially from "non-existent".
Tru dat...IF. I haven't heard any rumors to that effect though but it'd be nice. I was actually just referring to the minor performance difference between Haswell and Ivy Bridge.
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