Retina MacBook Pro review as a Mac Pro owner

Re:Retina MacBook Pro review as a Mac Pro owner by stock_toaster on Sunday August 26, 2012 @11:08PM (#4437249)

I tried to like the air, but the fonts were just a bit too wee for my eyes for extended use. Maybe if the airs ever go retina then resized terminal fonts won't look completely awful, and I may give it a go again. A retina 13"-mbp could be pretty nice too though.

Still rockin' the mid-2009 15"-matte with an aftermarket ssd for now.

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Re:Retina MacBook Pro review as a Mac Pro owner by rapind on Monday August 27, 2012 @08:34AM (#4438473)

I'm running 14pt Monaco in iTerm. It's perfect for me, and it still feels like I have more than enough screen space.

Only thing I miss is the matte screen...

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Re:Retina MacBook Pro review as a Mac Pro owner by stock_toaster on Monday August 27, 2012 @12:11PM (#4439454)

The native widget fonts are still pretty small though right?

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Re:Retina MacBook Pro review as a Mac Pro owner by rapind on Monday August 27, 2012 @05:57PM (#4441129)

Not really, but I doubt I'd mind if they were. You should take another pass on the MBAs at a Mac Store. Launch term, change some fonts, muck around a bit and see if it's acceptable. I was originally going to upgrade to the MBP retina, but changed my mind after using a 13" MBA for a few min.

iOS compiles could be snappier I guess, but everything else is fine. Its faster than my 2010 MBP anyways.

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Re:Retina MacBook Pro review as a Mac Pro owner by stock_toaster on Monday August 27, 2012 @06:22PM (#4441223)

I might do that. Thanks.

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