Apple’s new top-of-the-line MacBook Pro, introduced yesterday at the Worldwide Developers Conference, is almost as thin as the Air, as powerful as a desktop and features the highest resolution screen ever seen on a notebook.
“It will likely take rivals a year or two to catch up,” says Forrester analyst Frank Gillet. “Anybody can go buy the processors from Intel, but even the track pads from these companies can’t match Apple. Apple has more discipline and control over every aspect of these machines, so it’s tough for the other guys, the Windows guys, to compete.”
Apple’s MacBook Pro with Retina display features a 15.4-inch display with a 2880×1800 resolution. This compares to the regular 15-inch MacBook Pro which has a 1440×900 resolution screen.
In addition, it has an 2.7GHz Intel Core i7 quad-core processor, up to 16GB of RAM, up to 768GB of flash storage, an Nvidia GeForce GT 650M graphics cards built in, two Thunderbolt and two USB 3.0 ports, an SD card slot, and an HDMI port for connecting to displays for HDTVs. However, there is no optical drive.
“The only thing that you could argue against the MacBook Pro with Retina display is that it’s heavy compared to an ultrabook, at about four and a half pounds,” Gillet said. “But it isn’t an ultrabook. The MacBook competes with ultrabooks, but there isn’t an ultrabook on the market that fully matches the Air right now.”
Pricing starts at $2,199 and can run up to $3,749 with added options.
“I have a review unit from Apple, and after just 15 minutes or so trying it out, it’s damn impressive. Much like with the iPhone and iPad, it’s not so much that the retina display looks good as that, after you’ve used it for even just a few minutes, non-retina display MacBooks look bad. It’s not just pixel size, either — color, brightness, viewing angles — everything about it is amazing. Best display I’ve ever seen, period.” – John Gruber http://daringfireball.net/2012/06/three_takeaways_wwdc
Dennis KubaJune 11, 2012 at 10:19pm
“I have a review unit from Apple, and after just 15 minutes or so trying it out, it’s damn impressive. Much like with the iPhone and iPad, it’s not so much that the retina display looks good as that, after you’ve used it for even just a few minutes, non-retina display MacBooks look bad. It’s not just pixel size, either — color, brightness, viewing angles — everything about it is amazing. Best display I’ve ever seen, period.” – John Gruber http://daringfireball.net/2012/06/three_takeaways_wwdc
Apple’s new top-of-the-line MacBook Pro, introduced yesterday at the Worldwide Developers Conference, is almost as thin as the Air, as powerful as a desktop and features the highest resolution screen ever seen on a notebook.
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“I have a review unit from Apple, and after just 15 minutes or so trying it out, it’s damn impressive. Much like with the iPhone and iPad, it’s not so much that the retina display looks good as that, after you’ve used it for even just a few minutes, non-retina display MacBooks look bad. It’s not just pixel size, either — color, brightness, viewing angles — everything about it is amazing. Best display I’ve ever seen, period.” – John Gruber
http://daringfireball.net/2012/06/three_takeaways_wwdc
“I have a review unit from Apple, and after just 15 minutes or so trying it out, it’s damn impressive. Much like with the iPhone and iPad, it’s not so much that the retina display looks good as that, after you’ve used it for even just a few minutes, non-retina display MacBooks look bad. It’s not just pixel size, either — color, brightness, viewing angles — everything about it is amazing. Best display I’ve ever seen, period.” – John Gruber
http://daringfireball.net/2012/06/three_takeaways_wwdc
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