They are in store. I just had a 5 minute play with one. First impression was a little bit 'mmm', but that was because it looked exactly how I thought it would - just like my phone and iPad. However, it is very nice. Getting back to my current MBP to type this and I now miss the Retina Display -- my laptop looks all fuzzy and icky.
I did a quick test with MS Word, being a third party app that I knew wouldn't be updated for retina and text was quite fuzzy. Changing the display to a scaled mode (1680 / 1920) made the text (in Word) look better. I judge it to be similar to what I'm used to with this MBP. It did have some glare / reflection issues in the shop, but I don't think it to be all that bad. Certainly noticeable coming from a matte screen though. My opinion, get it anyway. Apps will get updated, the reflection isn't too bad. You can run it scaled to get 1680 or 1920 "resolution", which I would I think. Typing this email just reminds how crap the text currently is and that things can most certainly be better to look at and read. Cheers, Greg On 15/06/2012, at 10:52 AM, Jason Awbrey wrote: > does anyone know if the new retina models are on display in the retail stores > yet? > > On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 6:26 PM, Greg Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > I would like to see the retina display in person before really deciding. > Current reviews of the scaling mode make go "mmm" a little bit - until apps > are updated there will be issues which will make things actually worse in > terms of readability / fuzziness. > > I'm wondering if MBP retina at "best for retina" AND a 27" monitor to display > everything that looks crap on retina :) Just have to suck it when going > mobile. > > Greg > > On 14/06/2012, at 6:08 PM, bustergonad wrote: > > > I think inclusion of USB 3.0 is great. Means you'll be able to run your VMs > > off an external drive nicely. I'm not sure I need 16GB to run all my > > virtuals though as I'm not planning on running all that many at one given > > time. > > > > Agree with you about the "bonus" of the retina display - just not sure if > > that might hinder more than help due to scaleability issues. As I know if I > > got one I'd want to run it at full res to use it's potential and then it > > would be PITA having to keep changing the screen display settings when > > switching to a virtual or remote desktop. > > > > Portability is important to me, so I'm still stuck on getting a 8GB MBA at > > the moment. Probably going to wait to see if there are any heat/battery > > issues with the i7 before making final decision though... > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > > http://monotouch.2284126.n4.nabble.com/New-Macbook-2012-range-and-development-tp4655329p4655368.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 >
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