New Macbook Pro has 2880x1800 display

[ninaholic37]

10:28am - It’s 15.4 inches across, but the pixel density is 2880 x 1800. That’s 4x the number of pixels from the previous generation MacBook Pro display.

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/06/gadget-lab-wwdc-2012/

And starting at only $2199. :awe:

(says Macbook Air is still only 1280x720 for 13-inch and 1440x900 for 15-inch though).

 

[birthdaymonkey]

I'll never buy one, but I hope Apple can move the rest of the industry forward on display resolution and quality.

 

[Rubycon]

Very nice display, IPS is always good. No mention of a 17" model though.

 

[Piano Man]

Very nice display, IPS is always good. No mention of a 17" model though.

They axed the 17" model.

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/06/rip-lapzilla-apple-quietly-retires-17-macbook-pro/

 

[jacktesterson]

They axed the 17" model.

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/06/rip-lapzilla-apple-quietly-retires-17-macbook-pro/

Crappy.

I am one who actually enjoys using a 17 inch laptop.


That being said, I've owned 1 Mac Mini and 2 MacBook Pro's in the past. Each of them I owned less than 3 months before selling. I don't learn the first time I guess.

I just cannot recommend MacOSX over Windows in any situation. Plus they are overpriced for what you get.

It will be interesting to see the displays on these things though.

I found 2560x1440 to be small on a 27" display.....

 

[gus6464]

Crappy.

I am one who actually enjoys using a 17 inch laptop.


That being said, I've owned 1 Mac Mini and 2 MacBook Pro's in the past. Each of them I owned less than 3 months before selling. I don't learn the first time I guess.

I just cannot recommend MacOSX over Windows in any situation. Plus they are overpriced for what you get.

It will be interesting to see the displays on these things though.

I found 2560x1440 to be small on a 27" display.....

Please explain how a machine with those specs is overpriced at $2199...

 

[Bateluer]

I have serious doubts the GT 650M is going to be struggling on that resolution. I already know the HD3000 struggles at 1366x768 on the 2011 Air. Probably why the 2012 Airs are still 1366x768 too, the HD4000 is still a joke.

 

[Rubycon]

1366x768 is the worst res ever! Perhaps on a 5.5" tablet device. On 15" screens it gives me a headache. 768 vertical lines is so 1999.

It will be interesting to see how it performs. Not worried about 3D at all, the res can be scaled down and it will still look fine.

They probably retired the 17" due to cost. An IPS panel that large with 4K(!) resolution would cost more than the 15" MBP alone!

 

[mashumk]

I really wish a resolution war would begin but it probably won't come for quite a while.
I mean, please bring this resolution on up to the 27 and 30 inchers.

Apple is triggering but I think we're still stuck with $1000, smoking hot, 40 pound, thick 1440p's for a couple years more still. 1600p will phase out because 4k is a multiple of 1080. We're getting stuck with 16:9 instead of the mystical 1.6 ratio. Dang it. Dang it all to heck. Oh well. Bygones.

I won't mention the weird Korean import ebay crapshoot thing going on at the moment.

Just please give me a THIN 1440p 27 or 30 inch monitor. Apple's laptop is 15" sure, but it's thin as paper and even high res than 1440. Perfect the manufacturing process please and double it to 30". Boom! 5760x3760 I don't believe the biology of the human eye. I will see the difference! Are start out with a 30" 2880 x 1800.
I want it thin and cool!

If a real resolution war get's going that cost can really get cut quick in a couple of years and we could be seeing super thin extreme res monitors that our GPU's can't handle and thus forcing a new wave of GPU power wars and Heaven on Earth.

Rant part of my brain popped. My apologies

 

[ncstateguy87]

It may not start a "Resolution War" of sorts, but will force manufacturers to start putting higher end displays in their top shelf products. Eventually that will feed down and we are all better for it!

 

[Makaveli]

I really wish a resolution war would begin but it probably won't come for quite a while.
I mean, please bring this resolution on up to the 27 and 30 inchers.

Apple is triggering but I think we're still stuck with $1000, smoking hot, 40 pound, thick 1440p's for a couple years more still. 1600p will phase out because 4k is a multiple of 1080. We're getting stuck with 16:9 instead of the mystical 1.6 ratio. Dang it. Dang it all to heck. Oh well. Bygones.

I won't mention the weird Korean import ebay crapshoot thing going on at the moment.

Just please give me a THIN 1440p 27 or 30 inch monitor. Apple's laptop is 15" sure, but it's thin as paper and even high res than 1440. Perfect the manufacturing process please and double it to 30". Boom! 5760x3760 I don't believe the biology of the human eye. I will see the difference! Are start out with a 30" 2880 x 1800.
I want it thin and cool!

If a real resolution war get's going that cost can really get cut quick in a couple of years and we could be seeing super thin extreme res monitors that our GPU's can't handle and thus forcing a new wave of GPU power wars and Heaven on Earth.

Rant part of my brain popped. My apologies

I'd rather see more 16:10 options and more affordable 30 inch displays!

Once you start going higher than 1600p and even at this res its requires SLI or crossfire if you game. And i'm a single gpu guy I don't want the heat,drivers issues, room taken up inside my pc just to run a 4k res. So until videocard power increases not interested.

 

[jacktesterson]

Please explain how a machine with those specs is overpriced at $2199...

If I had lots of money I'd buy one and put Windows 7 on it.

 

[Throckmorton]

Does it support pixel doubling for games? I'd only want one if I can game at 1440x900 and have each pixel displayed as 4... NO INTERPOLATION.

Consumers have asked nVidia about pixel doubling, and they have refused to include the feature in drivers, even though it takes virtually no programming.

 

[Throckmorton]

Also, I really hope photo editing programs like Lightroom can recognize the Retina screen and display photos at the higher res

 

[TheStu]

Also, I really hope photo editing programs like Lightroom can recognize the Retina screen and display photos at the higher res

They announced that Photoshop, Aperture, and iPhoto (just to name a few) were ready to go at Retina. Final Cut X is also ready to go, the preview windows is now a full 1080p, 1920*1080 preview.

 

[Rubycon]

I'd be happy with a 17" 4K SuperAMOLED+ MBP display and RAID support!

 

[ncstateguy87]

Have they mentioned how this will work with Bootcamp?

 

[WackyDan]

No thanks... my 42 year old eyes are not high res anymore.

 

[maniac5999]

Hey, is this even more PPI than the 11" 1080p screen on the Asus Zenbook Prime?

EDIT: Yes it is, at 220 PPI vs 189 PPI. I do dare you to tell the difference, however. Both are ridiculous resolutions.

 

[MrX8503]

Hey, is this even more PPI than the 11" 1080p screen on the Asus Zenbook Prime?

EDIT: Yes it is, at 220 PPI vs 189 PPI. I do dare you to tell the difference, however. Both are ridiculous resolutions.

There are some key differences.

The mbp has a 15" screen, much bigger than 11". The mbp uses those pixels for clarity not screen real estate. I think this concept escapes a lot of people. There is an option to use it for screen real estate which makes everything incredibly small.

Then there's the fact that it's running Ivy and Keplar in a .71" form factor. There isn't another laptop comparable to the mbp retina right now.