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For. The. Love. Of. God., where is the retina macbook air ? Are we 3.5 years, or 4 years now since the original retina macbook was introduced ?

by rsync 12y ago

ChikkaChiChi 12y ago
I believe the tradeoff is that the battery would be murdered like a camp counselor in a horror movie. What's more shocking to me is the dearth of PC laptops using high resolution; and Microsoft's inability to support HiDPI with any sort of efficiency.
- dragontamer 12y ago
  What's more shocking to me is the dearth of PC laptops using high resolution Wat? * Toshiba Kirabook * Lenovo Y50 4K * HP EliteBook (2560) * Dell XPS 11 (2560) * Samsung Series 9 (2560) You can buy laptops well above 1080p today... if you so desire. Hell, you could have bought them 2 years ago.
  - Igglyboo 12y ago
    You can, but most laptops being sold are still 1366 x 768.
    - dragontamer 12y ago
      Like... the Macbook Air. Most people don't seem to care about monitor resolution. Fact is a fact. Those who do care have _plenty_ of options. Windows based (Kirabook or Lenovo 4k), Mac based (Macbook Pro).
- skeletonjelly 12y ago
  Typing this from my Lenovo W540. High DPI is good and all, but holy shit do programs vary between regular, tiny font, and large font. VMWare's remote desktop client (vmrc.exe) triggered via VCloud in browser renders at native, which requires me to squint and put my face 2 inches away from the screen.
- porsupah 12y ago
  I love the turn of phrase, but given this new display manages to improve on energy efficiency, I'm suspecting another, more mundane consideration: the Dread Marketeer. As is, the Pro line has the retina displays, whilst the Air doesn't, thereby setting out a clear product line delineation. (Not the sole one, to be sure. But, if Apple wishes to continue the Pro/Air distinction, this would seem one quite noticeable parameter)
  - PeterisP 12y ago
    For Air-like sizes, the GPU matters very much - even if the screen takes less wats, it takes much more GPU power to feed it, and that would hurt battery life.
zippergz 12y ago
I'd just be happy to be able to buy a MacBook Air that can take more than 8GB of RAM.
- Scuds 12y ago
  Broadwell MBAs are coming, maybe before the year is out.
Artemis2 12y ago
Two years. MacBook Airs are mostly lambda consumer devices, where more pixels would just mean elements on the screen look nicer. MacBook Pro are used by a crowd that effectively need more pixels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro#3rd_generation_.28Retina.29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro#3rd_generation_.28...
uptown 12y ago
"where is the retina macbook air" It's waiting on Intel to ramp up Broadwell production.
- davidiach 12y ago
  I bet you are right. It would have made no sense for them to release a brand new Macbook Air with improved "everything" but with a last year's CPU.
  - uptown 12y ago
    I'd bet they need the battery-life gains to balance out the power consumption of the high-resolution screen too.
LewisJEllis 12y ago
Not even 2.5 years.
orbitur 12y ago
> Are we 3.5 years, or 4 years now since the original retina macbook was introduced ? I don't know, how long ago is late 2012?

For. The. Love. Of. God., where is the retina macbook air ? Are we 3.5 years, or 4 years now since the original retina macbook was introduced ?

by rsync 12y ago

For. The. Love. Of. God., where is the retina macbook air ? Are we 3.5 years, or 4 years now since the original retina macbook was introduced ?

ChikkaChiChi 12y ago

I believe the tradeoff is that the battery would be murdered like a camp counselor in a horror movie. What's more shocking to me is the dearth of PC laptops using high resolution; and Microsoft's inability to support HiDPI with any sort of efficiency.

dragontamer 12y ago
What's more shocking to me is the dearth of PC laptops using high resolution Wat? * Toshiba Kirabook * Lenovo Y50 4K * HP EliteBook (2560) * Dell XPS 11 (2560) * Samsung Series 9 (2560) You can buy laptops well above 1080p today... if you so desire. Hell, you could have bought them 2 years ago.
- Igglyboo 12y ago
  You can, but most laptops being sold are still 1366 x 768.
  - dragontamer 12y ago
    Like... the Macbook Air. Most people don't seem to care about monitor resolution. Fact is a fact. Those who do care have _plenty_ of options. Windows based (Kirabook or Lenovo 4k), Mac based (Macbook Pro).
skeletonjelly 12y ago
Typing this from my Lenovo W540. High DPI is good and all, but holy shit do programs vary between regular, tiny font, and large font. VMWare's remote desktop client (vmrc.exe) triggered via VCloud in browser renders at native, which requires me to squint and put my face 2 inches away from the screen.
porsupah 12y ago
I love the turn of phrase, but given this new display manages to improve on energy efficiency, I'm suspecting another, more mundane consideration: the Dread Marketeer. As is, the Pro line has the retina displays, whilst the Air doesn't, thereby setting out a clear product line delineation. (Not the sole one, to be sure. But, if Apple wishes to continue the Pro/Air distinction, this would seem one quite noticeable parameter)
- PeterisP 12y ago
  For Air-like sizes, the GPU matters very much - even if the screen takes less wats, it takes much more GPU power to feed it, and that would hurt battery life.

zippergz 12y ago

I'd just be happy to be able to buy a MacBook Air that can take more than 8GB of RAM.

Scuds 12y ago
Broadwell MBAs are coming, maybe before the year is out.

Artemis2 12y ago

Two years. MacBook Airs are mostly lambda consumer devices, where more pixels would just mean elements on the screen look nicer. MacBook Pro are used by a crowd that effectively need more pixels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro#3rd_generation_.28Retina.29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro#3rd_generation_.28...

uptown 12y ago

"where is the retina macbook air" It's waiting on Intel to ramp up Broadwell production.

davidiach 12y ago
I bet you are right. It would have made no sense for them to release a brand new Macbook Air with improved "everything" but with a last year's CPU.
- uptown 12y ago
  I'd bet they need the battery-life gains to balance out the power consumption of the high-resolution screen too.

LewisJEllis 12y ago

Not even 2.5 years.

orbitur 12y ago

> Are we 3.5 years, or 4 years now since the original retina macbook was introduced ? I don't know, how long ago is late 2012?