When it comes to the big breakthrough, the clue is definitely in the name for the Apple 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display.
The Apple 15 inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display is very thin and very light. Not quite down to the level of the MacBook Air, but at only 1mm thicker than the Air's 17mm it's still incredibly slim for such a feature-packed notebook.
Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display: Build Quality
To admirers of the Apple way of building personal computers, it may come as little surprise that the build quality of the retina MacBook is simply outstanding. Lifting the satin aluminium lid – a well-engineered balance between too flappy and too stiff – reveals a very clean deck below.
The keyboard is almost identical to that seen in the Unibody MacBook Pro and MacBook Air: black keys, white legends, backlit when required with the help of a hidden ambient-light sensor. If anything, the keys now seem a little lower profile. But typing action remains a first-class experience. Touch typists rejoice as your WPM will benefit.
Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display: Ports and Connectivity
The arrival of USB 3.0 is long overdue for the Apple Macintosh, making it all the more welcome on these latest generation all-flash MacBooks. The entry-level Retina MacBook Pro may have 'only' 256GB but with USB 3.0 storage so plentiful, it's now a doodle to expand the SSD with really quick storage on demand from any number of affordable drives, whether disk or solid-state.
Two Thunderbolt ports shows that Apple is definitely taking this interface seriously. A desktop-class Intel Cactus Ridge Thunderbolt chip here should allow two independent 10Gbps high-speed buses.
And without ethernet or FireWire, some people will be immediately reaching for an adaptor to turn one or both those ports back into their favoured interface.
Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display: That Display
The display is definitely the thing. And it's the component that is both stupendously gorgeous, and just a little bit flawed too.
The retina-level resolution is so much more than plain marketing. The screen is a joy to behold, relieving eyestrain thanks to the way it makes text so sharp. Colour depth from the IPS panel is so rich and saturated, most TN screens will look washed-out and anaemic after you spend time reading from this panel.
The Apple 15 inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display is very thin and very light. Not quite down to the level of the MacBook Air, but at only 1mm thicker than the Air's 17mm it's still incredibly slim for such a feature-packed notebook.
Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display: Build Quality
To admirers of the Apple way of building personal computers, it may come as little surprise that the build quality of the retina MacBook is simply outstanding. Lifting the satin aluminium lid – a well-engineered balance between too flappy and too stiff – reveals a very clean deck below.
The keyboard is almost identical to that seen in the Unibody MacBook Pro and MacBook Air: black keys, white legends, backlit when required with the help of a hidden ambient-light sensor. If anything, the keys now seem a little lower profile. But typing action remains a first-class experience. Touch typists rejoice as your WPM will benefit.
Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display: Ports and Connectivity
The arrival of USB 3.0 is long overdue for the Apple Macintosh, making it all the more welcome on these latest generation all-flash MacBooks. The entry-level Retina MacBook Pro may have 'only' 256GB but with USB 3.0 storage so plentiful, it's now a doodle to expand the SSD with really quick storage on demand from any number of affordable drives, whether disk or solid-state.
Two Thunderbolt ports shows that Apple is definitely taking this interface seriously. A desktop-class Intel Cactus Ridge Thunderbolt chip here should allow two independent 10Gbps high-speed buses.
And without ethernet or FireWire, some people will be immediately reaching for an adaptor to turn one or both those ports back into their favoured interface.
Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display: That Display
The display is definitely the thing. And it's the component that is both stupendously gorgeous, and just a little bit flawed too.
The retina-level resolution is so much more than plain marketing. The screen is a joy to behold, relieving eyestrain thanks to the way it makes text so sharp. Colour depth from the IPS panel is so rich and saturated, most TN screens will look washed-out and anaemic after you spend time reading from this panel.
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