Apple 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display (Intel Quad Core i7 2.6GHz, 8GB RAM, 512GB Flash Memory, HD Graphics 4000, 1GB GeForce GT 650M, OS X Lion) Review
Product Description
Youâ?TMve never seen anything like it. Because thereâ?TMs never been anything like it.
A Retina display with 5.1 million pixels. An all-flash architecture. Quad-core Intel Core i7 processors. In a design thatâ?TMs just 0.71 inch thin and 4.46 pounds. Itâ?TMs not just the most advanced notebook weâ?TMve ever made; itâ?TMs the most advanced Mac weâ?TMve ever made.
Retina display. The worldâ?TMs highest-resolution notebook display.
We wanted this MacBook Pro to have a screen as vivid as your imagination. A screen where everything you see is remarkably vibrant; detailed; and sharp. What we created was the worldâ?TMs highest-resolution notebook display â?" and our most jaw-dropping Retina display yet.
One screen. Five million pixels.
When you pack over 5 million pixels into a 15.4-inch display; the results are positively stunning. The pixel density is so high; your eyes canâ?TMt discern individual pixels. Images take on a new level of realism and text is pin sharp. And with a 2880-by-1800 resolution; you can see more of your high-resolution images onscreen with pixel-for-pixel accuracy. So your best ideas can become your best work.
More color and contrast. Less glare.
The new Retina display reduces glare while maintaining incredible color and quality. In fact; it has a 29 percent higher contrast ratio than a standard MacBook Pro display. Blacks are blacker. Whites are whiter. And everything in between is rich and vibrant. IPS technology gives you a wide; 178-degree view of everything on the screen; so youâ?TMll see the difference at practically any angle. And youâ?TMre going to love what you see.
All-flash Storage. It makes quicker work of everything.
When your goal is to build the high-performance notebook of the future; you begin at its foundation. For this MacBook Pro; that foundation was flash. Because when you build a n
Overall, a beast of a machine with very few niggles..
I've had my MBP Retina (with 16GB of RAM mind you) for ~six months now. Prior to this I was a windows only guy but I needed to start porting a product I make over to the mac and linux. I figured that a hackintosh was going to be too much pain from a development point of view so an actual macbook was the way forward.
They're not cheap; mine was
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