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I'm having trouble finding a laptop better than the 13inch macbook pro with retina. I mean find a 13inch ultrabook with a 2560x1600 IPS display, 8gb of ram, 256gb ssd and a dual core i5 that can boost to 3.1GHZ. All for under $1600 USD. There has to be something out there similar or better on the windows end, for a cheaper price. I mean we're talking apple here, the king of pay for your branding.

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I don't know, other than the lenovo think pad x1 carbon? Mabey some of the zenbooks?

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The screen on a MacBook is pretty amazing for it's size. I'll give it that and the only ones I see use a small SSD and a larger HDD... But I like this particular laptop. Bear in mind that this is Australian pricing so you can get it way cheaper in America

 

http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalog/700z5c-sb2au-samsung-700z5c-sb2au-3635qm-16gb-ssd1tb-p-64100.html

 

 

Then after browsing American websites came across thishttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152393     This is really powerful. Amazing graphics card

 

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The screen on a MacBook is pretty amazing for it's size. I'll give it that and the only ones I see use a small SSD and a larger HDD... But I like this particular laptop. Bear in mind that this is Australian pricing so you can get it way cheaper in America

 

http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalog/700z5c-sb2au-samsung-700z5c-sb2au-3635qm-16gb-ssd1tb-p-64100.html

 

 

Then after browsing American websites came across thishttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152393     This is really powerful. Amazing graphics card

 

13"! not 15"!

and yes there is barely anything. I don't know of any devices that are what you are looking for op.

 

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I don't know, other than the lenovo think pad x1 carbon? Mabey some of the zenbooks?

 

The ThinkPad X1 Carbon has a screen size of 14" at 1600 x 900. #justsaying


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You're right, nothing beats it. The only thing that comes close is the new Samsunf ATIV, but it'll probably cost more and I don't even know if it's available yet. Plus there's about zero chance of the keyboard, trackpad or build quality being as good as the rMBP.

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@abcd0_12340 Yeah, but I think it is a great laptop and the 13in retina does not have 2560 res. I thought the mac pro had the best res.

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Good luck trying to do anything except looking at browsers and reading emails, 2560x1600 resolution with integrated GPUs. Good job Apple, good job.

It uses intel hd 4000, so unless you're trying to play crysis on medium I think you'll be perfectly fine. Even then it might still play in the 30fps threshold. You don't buy a mac to game on, everyone knows that. That 2560x1600 display (and why I personally would want a display higher than just HD) is made for creative content work. Editing 1080p video on a 1080p screen is actually not ideal, believe it or not.

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Well then.

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It uses intel hd 4000, so unless you're trying to play crysis on medium I think you'll be perfectly fine. Even then it might still play in the 30fps threshold. You don't buy a mac to game on, everyone knows that. That 2560x1600 display (and why I personally would want a display higher than just HD) is made for creative content work. Editing 1080p video on a 1080p screen is actually not ideal, believe it or not.

So your telling me Intel hd4000 can play crisis at 2.5k on medium at 30fps? Also, Who edits video with intel hd4000 and a dualcore...with a 2.5k resolution.
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This is not released yet, and will apparently retail for $1.5K, but it's beast.

 

Samsung ATIV Q

 

13" 3200 x 1800 PLS Panel (higher PPI than rMBP)

Touchscreen

Wacom digitiser

Convertible Tablet -> Laptop

Runs Windows 8 AND Android

Haswell Core i5, with HD 4400

 

If you can live just a multitouch screen & pointer (no touchpad), this is probably your best bet on the PC side.

I need more SSDs.

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