Hey, sorry for reviving this day-old thread :P. I was considering maybe getting the retina MBP but I have heard there were screen burn-in issues. Is anyone with a retina MBP experiencing these issues? Or can anyone comment on the severity of the issue? Is this something inherent in IPS displays and not really an issue at all?
Thanks, Lewis On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Bradly <[email protected]> wrote: > Another reason why I prefer the Air is that the MBP Retina does not > have an anti-glare screen option. Personally, I have a really hard > time working on those glass covered screens. > > > On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:22 AM, Jason King <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have the new 13" Air w/ 8GB of RAM. My boss has the new MBP 15" > Retina w/ > > 16G. So I've used both. > > > > Definitely the MBP is a lot snappier, and obviously a much higher res > > screen. However, the Air is more than capable of everything you could > throw > > at it, compiling things is fine, I have several apps, nginx, node, > couchdb, > > mysqld and many other things running without ever having any problems. > > Definitely things would happen faster on the MBP, but the convenience of > the > > light weight Air is so great. > > > > Caveat: I use a 27" external display, and so I only work with the Air as > my > > primary screen when I'm out or travelling. If I was going to use the > built > > in display as my primary workstation display then I would have gone for > the > > MBP. > > > > HTH > > > > On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:23 AM, Chris McCann <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> I know several of you have MacBook Air laptops you use for development > and > >> seem to universally love them. I recently got a MacBook Pro Retina at > work > >> and have to say, it's a damn impressive machine. Fast, gorgeous > display, > >> thinner and lighter than my current 15" MB Pro (that's 3 1/2 years old) > but > >> still heavier than an Air. > >> > >> I'm debating getting a new MacBook for Rails/Ruby development and can't > >> decide between a 13" Air or a 15" Retina. Anyone care to chime in with > >> their own experiences or analyses? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Chris > >> > >> -- > >> SD Ruby mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby > > > > > > -- > > SD Ruby mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby > > -- > SD Ruby mailing list > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby > -- Lewis Chung University of California, San Diego B.S Computer Science *expected* 2013 -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby
