2013 Haswell Retina MacBook Pro...

Amp34 said:
The point i'm trying to make is a small powerful laptop does all of that. Yes you compromise the screen space while travelling but you dock the device when at home to a much bigger screen. For me the 15" inch is a compromise, it's bulkier than the 13" but the screen isn't big enough to do anything you couldn't do on a 13", you'd still have to connect the 15" upto an external monitor so you're just lugging a bigger laptop around for no reason.
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Xcode is pretty much unusable on the 13" MBP. You can have one of the side columns open but not both. Its perfectly fine on the 15" model though.
 
Got my 13" Retina MBP on Wednesday. 2.8GHz i7, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD.

The battery is amazing, and yes there is a huge difference in display to the non-Retina.
 
Tunney said:
Xcode is pretty much unusable on the 13" MBP. You can have one of the side columns open but not both. Its perfectly fine on the 15" model though.
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But for photography the difference between a 13" and 15" inch screen is marginal, both are rubbish, which is why you hook it up to a big screen when you can.

Different needs for different areas.
 
Fallen god said:
Even if you up the 13" too 1050p
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xcode is fine at 1050p, but really difficult at 800p. I use the rmbp13 at retina settings for surfing and 1050p for serious work.

Absolutely loving mine so far, it destroys my 15" 2010 in every aspect (battery, screen, res, speed, fan noise)

Put win8 Bootcamp on and have tested a few games (DOTA2, WAB, Insurgency2, DOW2 and COH2) everything played great except COH2 which even my 680 struggles with (at 1440p).
 
jonneymendoza said:
i'd never downside the res on any laptop! native res or forget it.
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Good for you and you are not downsizing, actually upsizing ;) . It actually still looks great at 900p or 1050p though, not retina but as good as a normal tft at native but to each there own, I personally love having the choice (And I would never run a normal tft non native).
 
Got my 13 rmbp, I have never used a mac outside of work so everything is new too me and overall I love it.

Bad points:
  • keyboard is great but I miss things like page up and down and delete, I'm sure there are ways around it.
  • The app installing process is very jarring, I never had to install an app before since it was a locked down machine and it team would do it for me. The thing that got me was a lack of feedback unless the app had a installer, through the app store it's fine but things like chrome was a bit weird for me.
  • The machine still lags a bit, like when I go too the apps page the animation could be smoother, overall it's snappy but it still needs some help with animation here and there.

Good points:
  • Screen is amazing, my old laptop had a 1080p panel so I miss some of the space but this has amazing colours, blacks, viewing angles and it's crazy bright.
  • the build is shockingly good, it's so light yet feels so solid, it does seem like it can get scratched super easily but outside of that it's perfect.
  • keyboard and track pad are best in class. I do plan on getting a full sized keyboard once I get a monitor but I really love the keyboard feedback.
  • WiFi is amazing. one of my fears was the wifi I've read apple machines always have issues but this laptop is the only device I own that maxed out the speed in my room which is 10meters away. By comparison my old laptop and nexus 4 both get 1/4 of the speed the mac gets at this distance.
 
^^ Page up and down are the arrow keys while folding down the alt, ctrl or cmd key (can't remember which). Similarly delete is the backspace key while holding one of them down.
 
Hades said:
^^ Page up and down are the arrow keys while folding down the alt, ctrl or cmd key (can't remember which). Similarly delete is the backspace key while holding one of them down.
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Thanks bro, still getting used to things but I love it overall, size is also great. Thought I really wanted 15" but I'm glad I got this.

Also Is the " and @ meant to be the American way even on UK keyboard.

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Following on from Fridays successful MacBook Air deal I've been told the new 13" Pro Retina (normally £1099) will be £899 from Monday morning at 6:30am. There limited stock though do be quick.

Let me know if you have any questions and I'll try to find out.
 
Spamalot said:
Following on from Fridays successful MacBook Air deal I've been told the new 13" Pro Retina (normally £1099) will be £899 from Monday morning at 6:30am. There limited stock though do be quick.

Let me know if you have any questions and I'll try to find out.
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Where would this place be would be a good starting point.
 
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