[OSX-Users] Re: 13" MBP + Retina display

[m.c. schraefel]

don't have one, but all i can say is that the balance in the hand is incredible, Tim. 
how if feels carrying it in a pack, dunno...
but picking up and working with in situ, 
it FEELS wonderful, light, and the screen - well you notice it reading documents - i don't get much from it in other contexts.
hope someone else can answer about scaling.


On 17 Feb 2013, at 16:38, Tim Chown <tjc at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Has anyone got one of these, esp. now the price has come down?
> 
> I'm interested in any comments, but in particular how the display looks when scaled to 1680x1050, given the default 'optimal' setting is 1280x800 (half the screen resolution of 2560x1600).  I do like having extra screen real estate :)
> 
> It sounds like they've tried to make it rather lighter, by leaving out the optical drive, though still a few hundred g heavier than the Air.
> 
> Tim



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