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Macbook Pro 15" i5 Review by me :)
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<blockquote data-quote="6string" data-source="post: 1066418" data-attributes="member: 120039"><p>I would have gone the iMac if I weren't so used to being able to move from room to room so easily, yet alone taking it out when teaching guitar.</p><p>The new matte screens are semi gloss.... where as the old ones were totally flat! They have the gloss with a little less glare.</p><p>If you compare it to paint, you have matte, gloss, and semi gloss. The new matte screens are like semi gloss paint, compared to the older matte screens, which were like matte paint.</p><p>The new matte is only available in high res.</p><p>Side by side, it wasn't even a consideration, when looking at the vibrancy of the gloss screen, and adding into that the size of text and images, it wasn't even a question.</p><p>When I played with the pinch, and control zoom, as well as the settings, the quality suffered so much it wasn't funny.</p><p>If I had the chance to try something like tinker tool and test out how that effects the size of text and images, I would still have gone with the standard res. </p><p></p><p>"And do you really think that if you simply enlarged the icons on your screen by doing the pinch thing that the resolution would suffer ? I don't see why that would be."</p><p>It's a pixel thing.... I don't really understand why, as much as I've had it explained to me, and that's why I went to do my own side by side test.</p><p></p><p>Bobtomay,</p><p>I wasn't planning on it, but the liquid around Macs that I spend so much time warning people against.... it got me.</p><p>I fell asleep on my couch with my MB not on it's stand, and a beer next to it on the table in front of me, and yes.... during my sleep the inevitable happened <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>So, I was forced into the purchase that I wasn't planning for quite some time.</p><p>It was a blessing in disguise.</p><p>I've played with all the Macbook Pros up until this one, and they didn't have enough oomf to make the upgrade worth it just yet.</p><p>In this instance, I am so glad that it was a cloud in silver lining <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="6string, post: 1066418, member: 120039"] I would have gone the iMac if I weren't so used to being able to move from room to room so easily, yet alone taking it out when teaching guitar. The new matte screens are semi gloss.... where as the old ones were totally flat! They have the gloss with a little less glare. If you compare it to paint, you have matte, gloss, and semi gloss. The new matte screens are like semi gloss paint, compared to the older matte screens, which were like matte paint. The new matte is only available in high res. Side by side, it wasn't even a consideration, when looking at the vibrancy of the gloss screen, and adding into that the size of text and images, it wasn't even a question. When I played with the pinch, and control zoom, as well as the settings, the quality suffered so much it wasn't funny. If I had the chance to try something like tinker tool and test out how that effects the size of text and images, I would still have gone with the standard res. "And do you really think that if you simply enlarged the icons on your screen by doing the pinch thing that the resolution would suffer ? I don't see why that would be." It's a pixel thing.... I don't really understand why, as much as I've had it explained to me, and that's why I went to do my own side by side test. Bobtomay, I wasn't planning on it, but the liquid around Macs that I spend so much time warning people against.... it got me. I fell asleep on my couch with my MB not on it's stand, and a beer next to it on the table in front of me, and yes.... during my sleep the inevitable happened :) So, I was forced into the purchase that I wasn't planning for quite some time. It was a blessing in disguise. I've played with all the Macbook Pros up until this one, and they didn't have enough oomf to make the upgrade worth it just yet. In this instance, I am so glad that it was a cloud in silver lining :) [/QUOTE]
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