I WAS chomping at the bit. I'm not sure I am now. I have a fairly new 15" i5 with 8GB and the high res screen. Aside from retina ipad apps, it's great to develop on (quad core would be nice tho). I also have a Momentus XT 750GB hybrid drive, which is a LOT quicker than a normal spinning rust disk. (my wife has the quad core i7 (sandy bridge), and it's quicker, but also runs crazy hot)
It also lives on my desk, almost never gets moved. So, the new ones (macbook pro elite?) look nice, but I'd need to be able to turn off the @2x stuff - and run it at either full resolution, or at something higher than 1680x1050, which is what I have now. I'd also need to get the maximum SSD (well, the 500GB version at minimum), which jams the price up, tho it's still affordable-ish (tax write off! yay UK government rules!) So, I'm tempted, but I'm not sure HOW tempted I am. I'm certainly not in a huge hurry. The normal 15" (with the new ivy bridge cpus) is actually more tempting, as it's quicker, runs cooler, and in general, is better for what I do. But the new shiny..... is shiny. I like the size of the MBA's, but to be honest, I dont move my machine much, if at all, and I'm over 13" or smaller screens - I've had a white 13" and a 13" pro in the past - once I went 15" high res, I'm not going back. On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 6:57 AM, Greg Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm chomping at the bit, but not necessarily for the display - which will be > gorgeous I'm sure, but rather for the 16GB ram. I use windows vm's on my > current MBP for work and would love to have the extra ram and USB 3. For my > money, I'll be getting the higher res screen as a 'bonus'. > > I'll probably be wanting to run it in one of it's scaled modes, not entirely > sure how well that will work with most apps at the moment. > > Cheers, > Greg > > > On 13/06/2012, at 3:49 AM, bustergonad wrote: > >> ok, don't shoot me - this is not strictly a Monotouch question. However, as >> you guys (and girls) are all using Monotouch I'm guessing you are all on the >> same page as me with this.. >> >> I've been waiting (patiently) for the new macbook range to come out to >> upgrade my development machine. I was hoping for a 15" Air to be announced, >> but instead something rather different came along. This new machine is >> going to be used mainly for development (with Monodevelop) and for general >> day to day browsing (I'm not a gamer). >> >> So the question is - are any of you chomping at the bit to develop on a >> Retina display Macbook Pro, do you think it'll help in any way shape or form >> to have that massive resolution available to you?! I'm thinking not, and >> therefore going for a pimped up 13" Air with 8GB ram is a better and cheaper >> option. >> >> Thoughts anyone?! >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://monotouch.2284126.n4.nabble.com/New-Macbook-2012-range-and-development-tp4655329.html >> Sent from the MonoTouch mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> _______________________________________________ >> MonoTouch mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monotouch > > _______________________________________________ > MonoTouch mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monotouch -- Nic Wise t. +44 7788 592 806 | @fastchicken | http://www.linkedin.com/in/nicwise b. http://www.fastchicken.co.nz/ Earnest: Self-employed? Track your business expenses and income. http://earnestapp.com Nearest Bus: find when the next bus is coming to your stop. http://goo.gl/Vcz1p mobileAgent (for FreeAgent): get your accounts in your pocket. http://goo.gl/IuBU Trip Wallet: Keep track of your budget on the go: http://goo.gl/ePhKa London Bike App: Find the nearest Boris Bike, and get riding! http://goo.gl/Icp2 _______________________________________________ MonoTouch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monotouch
