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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
Laptop for holiday. 13" MacBook Pro MC700/A or Windows 7 13" Laptop?
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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 1239169" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>VERY glossy. In fact, there is an optical glass panel over the entire display, so it's not like the traditional glossy panels you've seen on more common displays. If that sort of thing bothers you, you should opt for the 15" MacBook Pro with the anti-glare option.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It depends on the kinds of input adapters that monitor supports. The MacBook Pro will have Thunderbolt (and mini-DisplayPort) port for external monitor connections. If the Benq supports DVI or better yet, HDMI, you can pick up a mini DisplayPort adapter when you buy your machine. It should run around $30. Apple doesn't make their own HDMI adapter, but OtherWorldComputing has a very good one (that also pipes audio) as an aftermarket option.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Although you can physically attach a Blu Ray drive and burn them with 3rd party software, the necessary video codecs to play commercial Blu Ray discs do not exist on the OS X platform (yet).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1239169, member: 24098"] VERY glossy. In fact, there is an optical glass panel over the entire display, so it's not like the traditional glossy panels you've seen on more common displays. If that sort of thing bothers you, you should opt for the 15" MacBook Pro with the anti-glare option. It depends on the kinds of input adapters that monitor supports. The MacBook Pro will have Thunderbolt (and mini-DisplayPort) port for external monitor connections. If the Benq supports DVI or better yet, HDMI, you can pick up a mini DisplayPort adapter when you buy your machine. It should run around $30. Apple doesn't make their own HDMI adapter, but OtherWorldComputing has a very good one (that also pipes audio) as an aftermarket option. Although you can physically attach a Blu Ray drive and burn them with 3rd party software, the necessary video codecs to play commercial Blu Ray discs do not exist on the OS X platform (yet). [/QUOTE]
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