Once the 13-inch MacBook Air got Sandy Bridge, I pretty much stopped recommending the 13-inch MacBook Pro. It always had too low resolution of a screen to be productive and it was too big and heavy to make sense compared to the MacBook Air. I always liked the 13-inch form factor of the MacBook Pro, but I never liked the laptop itself. 13-inch rMBP (right)īy virtue of the smaller display size and the next-gen MacBook Pro chassis, the 13-inch rMBP does a lot to blur the line between the Air and Pro lines. Better speakers, a larger battery, USB 3.0, and an extra Thunderbolt port are all a part of the next-gen package.ġ3-inch MBA (left) vs. Apple ditched the optical drive, slimmed up the notebook, and integrated Intel's 22nm Ivy Bridge silicon. In doing so, the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display gets all of the chassis improvements that were first introduced with the 15-inch model this summer. Although many hoped for a MacBook Air equipped with a Retina Display, for the follow on to the 15-inch rMBP Apple made the logical progression and brought a Retina Display to its 13-inch MacBook Pro. Over the past few years, the 13-inch notebook form factor emerged as a great balance between functional size and portability. As the first Mac with an ultra high resolution IPS panel, the value of the 15-inch rMBP was obvious, but these days the market demands extreme portability.
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The 15.4-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display (henceforth rMBP) introduced a brand new, thinner and lighter chassis to the MacBook family while serving as the launch vehicle for the world's first 2880 x 1800 notebook display.Īlthough the 15-inch rMBP was significantly more portable than its predecessor, the number one question asked after its release was when the MacBook Air would get similar Retina Display treatment.
Earlier this year Apple introduced its first Mac equipped with a Retina Display.
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