Obligatory first post from new 15" Retina

[Drew]

Moving up from a 2008 13" Macbook (original one piece aluminum).

Man, the screen on this new one feels huge! (And very smooth.)

[bazookaman]

Let me just be the first to say..."You suck!"

[jardster]

Leader

[Zoidberg]

On the fence. Got the possibility to upgrade from a 2011 (17" 8,3) to the current model and am waiting on some advice from a friend (cough, cough) regarding how wishy-washy I should be.

[vision63]

Whenever I'm at the store looking at the Retina displays I don't see any difference. Is it something you switch on?

[Drew]

Sys prefs - Displays, check the box "Best for retina display".

I don't notice a huge difference, just things look a bit smoother. But, when I go back to my old Macbook I can easily see the difference.

bazookaman wrote:
Let me just be the first to say..."You suck!"

Sticks and stones will break my bones but names don't change the fact that I'm now cooler than you. :wiggle:

[cbelt3]

Leader in Coolness !

[Speedy]

Leader! Let me be the second to say you suck.

[Zoidberg]

So is "you suck!" the new "Leader!"?

[john dough]

I LOVE my MBP-RD. I am currently running 2 concurrent VMs (Windows 7 and Windows 8, both on Parallels), transferring some files to a HD, running a TM backup, encoding a video, listening to SiruisXM and finishing an email with zero lag or hiccups. It really is solid as a rock.

It was not inexpensive yet it is worth every penny. The screen is the best I have ever seen on a laptop, bar none.