The next-gen MacBook Pro with Retina Display Review
by Anand Lal Shimpi on June 23, 2012 4:14 AM EST- Posted in
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The Retina Display in Numbers
I already published preliminary analysis of the Retina MacBook Pro’s display. In short brightness is down a bit, black levels are considerably improved and contrast as a result takes a huge step forward compared to previous models. My personal MacBook Pro used the anti-glare matte screen and the improvement in contrast ratio compared to that reference is over 50%.
Apple made no mention of impact to color accuracy or color gamut. It turns out that the omission was for good reason, the Retina Display offers no improvement along either vector. The numbers show a slight regression compared to last year’s panel but the difference is imperceivable.
Technically Apple’s use of the word Retina in reference to a display only refers to the inability for the human eye to resolve individual pixels at a specified distance (18-inches for the MacBook Pro). In practice however Apple has delivered tightly integrated IPS panels with wonderful performance characteristics as a part of the Retina brand. I do hope that for the years to come Apple does not compromise on these fronts.
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Ushio01 - Saturday, June 23, 2012 - link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otPL8KwKQmwatata - Saturday, June 23, 2012 - link
>...as it was Microsoft's inaction on the software side that really hurt the PC OEMs over the past several years.Care to elaborate?
DeciusStrabo - Saturday, June 23, 2012 - link
Bad, weak DPI-scaling, no useable Touchpad integration (while Apple's work flawlessly), missing drivers and support for new technologies.ananduser - Saturday, June 23, 2012 - link
Bootcamp is the one with the poor drivers. The driver issue Windows faces on a mac is only due to Apple's shoddy bootcamp.solipsism - Saturday, June 23, 2012 - link
Looks like someone uses 1Password to login to AT.SteveTheWalrus - Saturday, June 23, 2012 - link
"maximum spinning speeds of just over 6000 RPM" Wait 6000? that is 100 times a second...seems a little fast to me..dagamer34 - Saturday, June 23, 2012 - link
Yep, and it sounds like a jet engine when it does.tipoo - Saturday, June 23, 2012 - link
That's actually right. They can go pretty damn fast.Braincruser - Saturday, June 23, 2012 - link
Car engines can go 6000 rpm no problem, why would that be a problem for a small fan?zappb - Saturday, June 23, 2012 - link
The weakest part of.this laptop is the keyboard (having tried it, it feels a bit squishy and not as good as previous mb pros - imho, Anand - what do u think?