Apple Updates MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Insane New 2880x1800 Notebook Display Discussion

[REMF]

But the engine still renders the same amount of pixels (2880x1800) per frame. What exactly is the native gaming resolution for the Retina MBP?

not if you set the game to render at 1440x900............ surely?

[wild05kid05]

Can you add a HDD to the retina MBP ?

[kto]

I really don't see anything special in this Macbook Pro. You are really paying for the screen resolution and the simple laptop design.

Find one other laptop that has such a potent mix of power, portability, build quality, battery life, and customer support. Even with a 1080p screen, you will not find one. At least for now, this laptop is something special and unique.

[J.R. Nelson]

Can you add a HDD to the retina MBP ?

No. Flash only.

[cy007]

not if you set the game to render at 1440x900............ surely?

But how exactly does it scale? Would graphics appear at all blurry say if I set the game to run at 1440x900?

[kto]

But how exactly does it scale? Would graphics appear at all blurry say if I set the game to run at 1440x900?

Any answer will only be speculation at this point. We'll have to wait for some proper reviews and analysis. I'm sure your question is being asked by a lot of people and reviewers will answer it soon - many reviewers must be sprinting to get the first full review out!

Anandtech has a brief review of the screen and gaming - AnandTech - MacBook Pro Retina Display Analysis

In the analysis he points out that the console text in Portal is not rendered properly. I don't know if that means blurry games when people are actually gaming or if we'll only see some fuzziness in static screenshots.

[sgogeta4]

The Lenovo w series is not that bulky or heavy side by side with the mbp. Other than that, it has the power, build quality, battery life, and customer support that meet or exceed the mbp. The screen resolution of the retina display is definitely a nice change to current screens but there are many more important factors in a screen that just resolution.

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[Sphinx]

Wow almost made me look at their website. I wonder when and if other OEMs will offer this screen resolution...

[REMF]

But how exactly does it scale? Would graphics appear at all blurry say if I set the game to run at 1440x900?

shouldn't do, as you are directly transposing one pixel rendered over four pixels on the screen, so no blurring.

[Karamazovmm]

But how exactly does it scale? Would graphics appear at all blurry say if I set the game to run at 1440x900?

scale? there is no such thing. You play at what res you can, simple as that. there is a lot of games that dont support that res, thus leaving you with the max of 1920*1200, currently I couldnt see the blurriness of the screen playing at lower res, anand is still performing some tests