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MacBook Pro Retina for Gaming
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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 1482344" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>Any particular reason you've got your sights set on the Retina MacBook Pro in particular? I ask because it costs a lot more than the standard MacBook Pro, while having a lot of significant deficiencies relative to the standard model. For example, the memory is soldered fast and non-upgradeable, it uses a proprietary SSD and the battery is epoxied in place. In short, it's designed from the factory to be disposable. </p><p></p><p>Compared to the standard MacBook Pro, it's just a smidge thinner and lighter and lacks an optical drive. Seems like a lot of sacrifice for a super-high-res screen that is mostly useless unless you're running applications specifically designed for it (few of which exist at this point) - while everything else is pixel-doubled, blown up and fuzzy.</p><p></p><p>As you might rightly infer, I don't care for the machine based on principal, so yes, I'm a bit biased - I'm sure others here will feel differently, but for my money, I'd be looking at the "real" MacBook Pro... not the super-sized MacBook Air <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1482344, member: 24098"] Any particular reason you've got your sights set on the Retina MacBook Pro in particular? I ask because it costs a lot more than the standard MacBook Pro, while having a lot of significant deficiencies relative to the standard model. For example, the memory is soldered fast and non-upgradeable, it uses a proprietary SSD and the battery is epoxied in place. In short, it's designed from the factory to be disposable. Compared to the standard MacBook Pro, it's just a smidge thinner and lighter and lacks an optical drive. Seems like a lot of sacrifice for a super-high-res screen that is mostly useless unless you're running applications specifically designed for it (few of which exist at this point) - while everything else is pixel-doubled, blown up and fuzzy. As you might rightly infer, I don't care for the machine based on principal, so yes, I'm a bit biased - I'm sure others here will feel differently, but for my money, I'd be looking at the "real" MacBook Pro... not the super-sized MacBook Air ;) [/QUOTE]
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