Bootleg Betty
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Some people reported this on older hardware after upgrading to 10.9, so I don't think it has anything to do with new MBPs.
So I am contemplating exchanging my 13" for the base 15". Looks like I can still get the 9 hour battery life but more screen real estate for a not much bigger increase in overall footprint.
Yes, but I guess what I'm getting at is I would prefer something like an Air but with a better screen. I don't need the compute power of the Pro.
In fact, if the Air had had a better non-Retina screen with a more appropriate pixel density and with better viewing angles, I would have bought one years ago.
What's holding me back from the Air is not the CPU/GPU performance. It's the crappy screen.
Hey, I have a question. Does anyone know, what kind of matrix the rMBP 13" i using? Is it Pentile?
So I am contemplating exchanging my 13" for the base 15". Looks like I can still get the 9 hour battery life but more screen real estate for a not much bigger increase in overall footprint.
If your cool with the foot print of the 15" go for it. The 13" suits my needs better.
Koing
I'd be fine with the 15" myself I think, it's the $700 price difference that stops me in my tracks!
I'll probably be getting the 13" in the next year. Maybe next release? I have no good reason to dump my 13" MBA, but the retina screen calls my name.
Well, thorough review takes time, right?And that
Where is Anands review of the rMBP?!
Koing
Well, thorough review takes time, right?
I'm more curious about notebookcheck review, because those are always full of hard data, like "loudness under max load", "temperature under max load" and similar. Other reviews look more like opinions or impressions compared to that.
Engadget review was like that. Just someone blabbing about how the screen looks great and the speakers are nice but weak, and what ports it has. That's nice, but I'd like to know things I can't just read on the Apple website.
One interesting thing was, that the late 13 13" rMPB is slower than the 2012 one. It has almost twice the battery life in the test, and better GPU performance (which is probably still terrible), but lower CPU performance. The 2013 Air was the same, right?
But, well, if there's any problem with late 2013 rMPB 13", I don't even know what else to buy, so I might just go and order it anyway.
I think you're right, that the CPUs took a bit of a step back, but the GPU got a much needed bump, and of course the battery life.
I don't think Crystal Well will be a step back. And I don't think that clock for clock haswell performs any slower
Right, but I'm talking about comparing Ivy Bridge to Haswell. At least on the MBA, the Haswell CPU is a little worse than the Ivy Bridge one. But they made up for it in GPU and battery life. I'm waiting to see some in-depth reviews of the new rMBPs to see if the same is true of them.
That's the same on rMBP, actually:Right, but I'm talking about comparing Ivy Bridge to Haswell. At least on the MBA, the Haswell CPU is a little worse than the Ivy Bridge one. But they made up for it in GPU and battery life. I'm waiting to see some in-depth reviews of the new rMBPs to see if the same is true of them.
It's product, geekbench, xbench (gpu one), battery life with the same task.13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display (late 2013, 2.4GHz Core i5, Intel Iris graphics) 6,288 428 11:18
13-inch MacBook Air (mid 2013, 1.3GHz Core i5, Intel HD Graphics 5000) 6,021 304 12:51
13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display (late 2012, 2.5GHz Core i5, Intel HD Graphics 4000) 6,812 378 6:07
13-inch MacBook Pro (mid 2012, 2.5GHz Core i5, Intel HD Graphics 4000) 6,817 368 6:51
13-inch MacBook Air (mid 2012, 1.8GHz Core i5, Intel HD Graphics 4000) 6,195 321 6:34
13-inch MacBook Air (mid 2011, 1.7GHz Core i5-2557M, Intel HD Graphics 3000) 5,373 N/A 5:32
15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display (mid 2012, 2.6GHz Core i7) 11,591 486 7:49
15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display (mid 2012, 2.3GHz Core i7) 11,082 457 9:22
13-inch MacBook Air (late 2010, 1.83GHz Core 2 Duo, GeForce 320M) 2,717 117.38 4:34
There were problem with ghosting on 13" panels? I thought it's only 15" issue.Reading on the net, at least the 13" late 2013 models are still using year 2012 LG panels which means the image ghosting problem still exists.
There were problem with ghosting on 13" panels? I thought it's only 15" issue.
Yes, 15" used either Samsung or LG and 13" uses only LG. The LG panels are the ones with problems.