Much as I love to belittle Apple, credit where credit's due; a 2880x1800 display on a maxed out 15" 2kg notebook is pretty damn cool. Hopefully this'll kick the PC industry into offering higher resolution displays on notebooks and desktop monitors over the coming year.

That is pretty amazing considering I am running 1920 x 1080 on a 27 inch monitor.  Could you see anything without a magnifying-glass at that setting?

That sounds sexy but surely it would become a hindrance on 15"
I can't comprehend how tiny the icons would be... or is that me just getting older and moaning about nothing

Quote from: littleman on June 11, 2012, 08:27:29 PM
That is pretty amazing considering I am running 1920 x 1080 on a 27 inch monitor.  Could you see anything without a magnifying-glass at that setting?

Away from the point of the thread maybe, but do you think eyes could quickly evolve to make use of it?  It is not too long ago I remember holding back on 800x600 because it was 'too tiny' for users.

Apparently for things like text and icons, it's just doubled up, so you get the same screen real estate as a 1440x900 display. I guess that the gain is in imagery and antialiasing. Everything should look smoother and sharper.

I still get use out of a 7 year old Dell Inspiron 9300, as it has a lovely 1920x1200 display. It cost a fortune new, but now even the lowliest netbook leaves it in the dust. Apart from the screen. There really isn't a lot of choice if you want a current notebook with a screen resolution higher than 1920x1080. It's the same with desktop monitors unless you can afford to go really large. Samsung 2343 23"ers do 2048x1152, which we use in the office, but they're the exception. I've got a couple of 10 year old 19" Iiyama CRTs that'll do (an admittedly blurry) 1920x1440. Things just don't seem to have progressed much.

Sounds like an excellent piece of kit. Windows inside a vm should be a breeze with it. Humm quite tempted but will wait to see if there are any issues with the 1st batch.

iOS 6 though. Seems like a let down but installing on my iPad later today so will see how revolutionary it is.

Shit almighty...they've doubled the price!

I don't mean to sound a downer, but 15" has always sounded pretty crap a laptop.

Make it as high resolution sa you want - on that small a screen will you really notice any difference worth paying the extra price for?

For my 15" is the perfect laptop size.  I spent some time using a 13" MB which has the same resolution as some 19" monitors so there was plent of screen space.  a 15" with double the resolution of my old 13", plus crazy fast and 7 hours battery.. I can't think of anything else more I'd want.  Oh and my Dad works at the local uni so I can get £300ish off the normal price and free 3 years Apple Care (or its only £50 I can't remember).  For speed, reliablitilty, price and support, I am sold

Quote from: I, Brian on June 13, 2012, 12:03:00 AM
I don't mean to sound a downer, but 15" has always sounded pretty crap a laptop.

Make it as high resolution sa you want - on that small a screen will you really notice any difference worth paying the extra price for?

I don't mean to be supportive of Apple (honestly, I really don't), but I've moved back towards smaller screens on laptops. I'm currently running a 14" thinkpad which I love. OK I dock it in the office and have a couple of big screens there, but on the move and at home I prefer the smaller screen.

Horses for courses.

Quote from: Rooftop on June 13, 2012, 09:11:04 AM

I don't mean to be supportive of Apple (honestly, I really don't), but I've moved back towards smaller screens on laptops. I'm currently running a 14" thinkpad which I love. OK I dock it in the office and have a couple of big screens there, but on the move and at home I prefer the smaller screen.

Horses for courses.

I agree. The big apple have primarily designed this laptop for on the go people that need performance and practicality. Take a look at the demo video. Stunning.

P.S. I'm not a representative for apple, just love their products.

Quoteon the go people that need performance and practicality

really?

I would need to rephrase that before it made sense to me ....

Quoteon the go 'apple users' that need performance and practicality

.. for example.

'Performance and Practicality' without qualification doesn't cross the platform barrier intact.

If applied to the whole 'computing world' instead of their captive market, one might argue that 'Performance and Style' was their intention - but 'practicality'? ... nah, not in the real world.


P.S. I'm not a representative for everyone in the whole world except apple, just love their practicality

Quote from: 4Eyes on June 14, 2012, 12:38:20 PM

If applied to the whole 'computing world' instead of their captive market, one might argue that 'Performance and Style' was their intention - but 'practicality'? ... nah, not in the real world.

7 hours battery life and 2kg while only 15inches.  How is that not practical?  Is there a comparible non Apple product which can do that?

>on the go 'apple users' that need performance and practicality

So your saying that every non-'apple user' does not need or lust for performance and practicality? Wow.

>If applied to the whole 'computing world' instead of their captive market, one might argue that 'Performance and Style' was their intention - but 'practicality'? ... nah, not in the real world.

Hmm...i guess it boils down to what YOUR "real world" is. To a photographer that is constantly out in the field and moving = a god send. To an average pencil pusher (of which Apple know will not be interested in their products) = pointless.

Personally, i do not need these extra benefits in my "real world". However...just to have that extra resoloution to gaze at lustfully. Priceless. For everything else theres Mastercard.

Many many Mac users are graphic creators/ video makers etc.  So a monitor with extreme detail would be something that is very practical as they'd use it all the time and would really need the detail.

I always get the smallest macbook, as I don't like to schlepp a heavy notebook around.