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Hi @senthor that's not how PPI works... vector scaling doesn't affect anything but size. Example:


100% = A 200% = A


It doesn't matter where you watching this or the screen resolution you have on your computer - mobile phone right now, both "A" has the same quality and PPI. But one is (x2) the size of the other.

rMBP15 native resolution is 2880x1800 and therefore it is a 220 PPI panel. If you do the 1440x900 (x2) thing you just do a 200% vector zoom, everything with the double size but keeping all the quality from native resolution. (Bitmap zoom works different).
 
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I do know what ppi means - I was talking about something as virtual ppi for comparisons sake. I thought you people would be able to keep up with that. I don't know a term to use for describing nominal screen real estate at default settings, is there one?

And, to be fair: this is all bickering about terms, as everybody got the comparison I wanted to make. Because comparing non-retina ppis to retina ppis while focusing screen real estate does not make any sense.
 
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senthor said:
I do know what ppi means - I was talking about something as virtual ppi for comparisons sake. I thought you people would be able to keep up with that. I don't know a term to use for describing nominal screen real estate at default settings, is there one?

And, to be fair: this is all bickering about terms, as everybody got the comparison I wanted to make. Because comparing non-retina ppis to retina ppis while focusing screen real estate does not make any sense.
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I got what you said. Pretty obvious you used the PPI to describe relative sizes of objects on the display... rather than anything else.
Despite what you said I still hope for 4k on the 15"/16" MBP though :D
 
nicovh said:
The current retina display is amazing and in my opinion, doesnt have to be updated. 4k is really more marketing than an actually nice display
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And a battery drainer. In Dell XPS 15 there is 6 hours of battery life difference between 1080p and 4k model. Current 1800p at half point between FHD and 4k seems the right choice.
 
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Quasselstripper said:
The colors of the current rMBP's screen could be better.
If I compare it to an iPhone screen there's still differences in color and it should be consistent.
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Yes, this is a good idea!
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Yes, very true!


And unrelated:

Lately some posts here are comparable to:

My camera has more megapixels than yours naanananana.

In both cases resolution plays an important role, but a great image is not solely determined by the amount of pixels.
 
Apple always has mottos for their presentations:
  • "Hey Siri, give us a hint"
  • "Spring Forward"
  • "It's been way too long."
  • "Wish we could say more."
  • "We still have a lot to cover."
  • "This should brighten everyone's day."
  • "We've got a little more to show you."
  • "It's almost here."
  • "We have something you really have to see. And touch."
  • "Join us for an education announcement in the Big Apple."
  • "Let's talk iPhone"
  • "Come see what 2011 will be the year of"
  • "Back to the Mac"
  • "Get a sneak peek into the features of iPhone 4.0"
  • "Come see our latest creation."
  • "It's only rock and roll, but we like it."
  • "The spotlight turns to notebooks"
  • "Let's Rock"
  • "The beat goes on"
  • "It's Showtime"
  • …

Apple always uses these mottos to give a little hint (iPhone 5c: "This should brighten everyone's day." or Siri: "Let's talk iPhone").

So let's make a little competition. What could slogan for Apple's March event be? What do you think?

I like something like:
  • "Let's talk Mac"
  • "Back to the Mac"
  • "Blue Sky, Blue Lake, what a wonderful day."
  • "We made it even better"
 
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I don't know about you all, but I'm hoping we get a rear facing iSight camera with a True Tone flash. I've always wanted to take pictures with my laptop. ;)
 
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Quasselstripper said:
Apple always has mottos for their presentations:
  • "Hey Siri, give us a hint"
  • "Spring Forward"
  • "It's been way too long."
  • "Wish we could say more."
  • "We still have a lot to cover."
  • "This should brighten everyone's day."
  • "We've got a little more to show you."
  • "It's almost here."
  • "We have something you really have to see. And touch."
  • "Join us for an education announcement in the Big Apple."
  • "Let's talk iPhone"
  • "Come see what 2011 will be the year of"
  • "Back to the Mac"
  • "Get a sneak peek into the features of iPhone 4.0"
  • "Come see our latest creation."
  • "It's only rock and roll, but we like it."
  • "The spotlight turns to notebooks"
  • "Let's Rock"
  • "The beat goes on"
  • "It's Showtime"
  • …

Apple always uses these mottos to give a little hint (iPhone 5c: "This should brighten everyone's day." or Siri: "Let's talk iPhone").

So let's make a little competition. What could slogan for Apple's March event be? What do you think?

I like something like:
  • "Let's talk Mac"
  • "Back to the Mac"
  • "Blue Sky, Blue Lake, what a wonderful day."
  • "We made it even better"
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"making 'merica great again"
 
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I would appreciate something like
"Back to Mac fo'real"

or even more

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Anyway I'm really curious about the upcoming motto, but I believe it would related to the new iPhones in case.
 
IndigoDesign said:
Simple things (that I havent found in Windows yet) like Mac OS showing the last 5 folders you've been in when opening or importing a file cuts clicks and thus worktime tremendously when you're shuffling hundreds of files into brochures on a daily basis like me.
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seconded

It is so annoying that this feature is not in windows.
 
WRONG said:
Again news from Polaris, while we still wait for Skylake
http://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-r9-400-gpus/
http://www.tweaktown.com/news/50520/amd-spice-things-up-gdc-tease-polaris/index.html

tl;dr: AMD is definitively showing something new at GDC, instead Nvidia looks more silent about Pascal.
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Can someone explain the deal with Polaris to me? From what I've read, very little is known so far. But it appears the alleged win is this is a decent mid-range graphics card with low enough power requirements that it might be suitable for an MBP. Is that the deal? But so far, there are no concrete specs, benchmarks, or hints about GA. Have I got this right?
 
SICK & TIRED OF WAITING!

its almost end of feb. and We still have not seen any hint of Apple announcing anything officially... What is going on? Are they really just updating stupid apple watch, wrist bands, iphone 7, OS 9.3 and thats it?? Seriously, they need to announce new rMBP asap!!!!!
 
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Baldrake said:
Can someone explain the deal with Polaris to me? From what I've read, very little is known so far. But it appears the alleged win is this is a decent mid-range graphics card with low enough power requirements that it might be suitable for an MBP. Is that the deal? But so far, there are no concrete specs, benchmarks, or hints about GA. Have I got this right?
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Yes, you got it right.
Anyway we do have a little bit of informations, there is a video with a mid-range Polaris holding up StarWars BattleFront with a really low TDP, compared to a GT950X holding simultaneously the same game.
This is really great, at least because this could answer to all the people claiming "why can't Apple put a GT950X on the MBP??!1!1!"
More seriously, it looks like Polaris will bring really good performance with really low TDP.
 
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MareLuce said:
seconded

It is so annoying that this feature is not in windows.
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Not sure if I understand it correctly what he is saying... but in random file explorer window you can do this:

In the "adress bar" at the right, between the refresh icon and search tab there is a down arrow which open a list of recent folders. Also you have quick access. But the most usefull is when you pin an APP to the desktop taskbar, ie: Word, if you right click on it, it shows up to 12 recent word files you opened. It works also with photoshop, txt, cad, etc... and of course the file explorer icon which shows recent folders.
 
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AirdanMR said:
Not sure if I understand it correctly what he is saying... but in random file explorer window you can do this:

In the "adress bar" at the right, between the refresh icon and search tab there is a down arrow which open a list of recent folders. Also you have quick access. But the most usefull is when you pin an APP to the desktop taskbar, ie: Word, if you right click on it, it shows up to 12 recent word files you opened. It works also with photoshop, txt, cad, etc... and of course the file explorer icon which shows recent folders.
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Thank you AirdanMR - I think I've tried this before, and it didn't show what I expected based on a folder I had just updated. But I'll give it another try.

@AirdanMR - Here's an example of where it doesn't show me what I expected

I just opened a file from a folder in Word and closed it without saving it
I want to create a new file in that folder
That folder is not in that list
 
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Quasselstripper said:
So let's make a little competition. What could slogan for Apple's March event be? What do you think?
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"Sorry to Keep You Waiting."

New rMBP announced as a "one more thing" by Tim alongside new cMP. P Schiller will walk out in his ill fitting jeans and drop a line like, "We know some of you have been Waiting for Skylake..." at which this thread will explode with squeals of glee and virtual high fives.
 
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ENGINEjark said:
SICK & TIRED OF WAITING!

its almost end of feb. and We still have not seen any hint of Apple announcing anything officially... What is going on? Are they really just updating stupid apple watch, wrist bands, iphone 7, OS 9.3 and thats it?? Seriously, they need to announce new rMBP asap!!!!!
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Maybe you'll have to wait until June...
 
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