Hi Oliver, Not sure exactly what your needs are, but have you looked at the latest Alienware 13? It has the advantage that you can plug an external GPU amplifier.
Have a great new year everyone! On Wednesday, 31 December 2014, olivier jeannel <olivier.jean...@noos.fr> wrote: > Ok, so Graham said it works "very well" and Luc Eric describes the worst > nightmare... > I'm having hard time to figure... > > > Le 31/12/2014 15:37, Luc-Eric Rousseau a écrit : > >> On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 4:18 AM, olivier jeannel >> <olivier.jean...@noos.fr> wrote: >> >>> Tiny ? Tiny how ? Ain't SI able to use the complete surface of the >>> screen ? >>> Or are 2880 pixels making too tiny buttons ? >>> >> >> Windows on a high DPI display is a nightmare. Most apps don't scale so >> the buttons are a 4 millimeter wide and the text is tiny. >> Worse, since there is that much more pixel to push, OpenGL performance >> is slow. Huge slow viewport, small UI - what's not to like! It's >> not a serious windows setup unless you hook it up to an external, non >> retina display, and a windows keyboard to have the ctrl/alt keys in >> the right place and a delete key. >> >> the power management issues are real. The macbook pro will run hot >> under windows and it will shorten its life. >> >> Other problem. Normally with the macbook pro you'll end up using >> thunderbolt, that's what's used with an external display for example. >> Well unlike OSX, thunderbolt is not hot-swappable on windows, so >> you'll need to reboot to connect the internet adapter. You get >> frustrating stuff like putting the macbook to sleep and sometimes the >> monitor is not detected, or everythign getting really confused when >> you switch between OS. I'm thinking it's better to buy a cheap PC >> than to bother with this. You have to buy a copy of windows anyway. >> >> >> >
