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IVB is adequate for retina display ... if paired with a sidecar like the GeForce GT650M. Or used solely for typing and similar non-graphically-intensive activit

by cstross 13y ago

IVB is adequate for retina display ... if paired with a sidecar like the GeForce GT650M. Or used solely for typing and similar non-graphically-intensive activities. (As on this rMBP 15"). Haswell promises cheaper adequate performance, on less power. And speaking as someone with retinal (eyeball, not electronic) trouble, I'm really looking forward to a portable (i.e. 13") laptop with adequate performance that I can work on. (My 15" rMBP is great for work in the home office, but a bit heavy/bulky/expensive for carting around airports and foreign parts.) (Don't expect to see a retina display on Macbook Air this year, though -- too power hungry. It'll probably just be a better 13" retina Probook for now.)

Osmium 13y ago
> IVB is adequate for retina display ... if paired with a sidecar like the GeForce GT650M. Or used solely for typing and similar non-graphically-intensive activities. (As on this rMBP 15"). Completely agree -- I think there were early performance issues which were due to unoptimised drivers causing e.g. laggy Safari scrolling and that's caused a lot of misinformation to be out there. The truth is that, in practice, the IVB GPU has been more than fine for me unless I'm doing something that would require a dedicated GPU anyway.