Have you actually played with any of the Retina Macs for an extended period of time, Alex?
I have and haven't noticed *any* lag of any kind, and I abuse machines that I test very thoroughly... Would I buy a Retina Mac? No, I because don't need one. My FrankenPads are still doing an excellent job for my requirements, especially the newest one with a LED FlexView screen. Would I consider it if I needed a smallish machine with a great display? Most certainly. Do I have a laundry list of "dislike" features when it comes to Macs? Heck, yes. Unfortunately, I have one which is as long - if not longer - when it comes to the latest ThinkPad offerings... My $0.02 only... Cheers, George -----Original Message----- From: Alex Austin <[email protected]> To: tataslon <[email protected]> Cc: Mitchell Yee <[email protected]>; TP IBM LIST <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Dec 5, 2012 6:26 pm Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] this might be it.... The problem with the retina display is the software that drives it. Especially for video, the CPU usage is horrendous. They upscale the video (in software) to double the video resolution, then downscale that to the screen resolution (not sure if that's done on the GPU, as the overlay surface may be too big for some GPUs). The memory bandwidth involved in that leaves little for actual processing to happen. - Alex -- Smart is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.? Wise is knowing better than to put one in a fruit salad. On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 5:15 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: New Macs sport a Retina IPS display which is vastly superior to anything you'll find on any ThinkPad nowadays. And I'm the farthest thing from being an Apple fanboy... My $0.02 only... Cheers, George -----Original Message----- From: Mitchell Yee <[email protected]> To: Thinkpad Mailing List <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Dec 5, 2012 3:05 pm Subject: [Thinkpad] this might be it.... Hello everyone: I'm going to bite the bullet and uprgrade to a laptop where photoshop performs decently. ?I've been shooting a lot of images in raw and my X301 isn't barely keeping pace with Lightroom (using Win7 and a 256 GB SSD). Given how raw files are only getting bigger as DSLR sensors grow AND how I like 13 in displays, my Thinkpad options are becoming nearly non-existent. I say that "this might be it" as in I am strongly considering switching to a MacBook Pro with a 13" display and a i7 processor. ?As much as I'd like a MacBook Air (it's light like my X301), at least I can get an 2.9GHz i7. Am I missing any other options? ?I've been a long-time Thinkpad owner but without a strong 13" contender, it might be time for me to switch. Thanks, Mitchell _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
