Retina 13' Macbook Pro Mid 2014 + Anti-Apple Rant.

[Daveeede]

I currently have a 2010 MBP as a laptop and was looking into what I should get next. (It still runs like a beast... upgraded it to 8gb ram, 250gb SSD). I wanted to go 15 inch, considering the MSI or Asus route, but there's one thing that scares me: poor build quality. That's something I know I wont get from Apple and is often overlooked when shopping for a laptop. So I'm leaning back towards the 13" rMBP. The struggle is real. 

[AlTech]

I currently have a 2010 MBP as a laptop and was looking into what I should get next. (It still runs like a beast... upgraded it to 8gb ram, 250gb SSD). I wanted to go 15 inch, considering the MSI or Asus route, but there's one thing that scares me: poor build quality. That's something I know I wont get from Apple and is often overlooked when shopping for a laptop. So I'm leaning back towards the 13" rMBP. The struggle is real. 

I would get a 15 inch base model but upgraded to 512GB SSD. The current one is a perfect upgrade for Macs from before 2012.

[iRandomize]

It's actually 2880x1800

Nope. 2560x1600 as pointed out by farhanorakzai

 

it's 2560x1600 

https://support.apple.com/kb/SP715?locale=en_US

[AlTech]

Nope. 2560x1600 as pointed out by farhanorakzai

 

Ah! for some reason i thought  he was talking about a 15 inch one.  And by the way how the hell is 13" not too small for you? I find anything less than 14" too small (unless it's a laptop/tablet hybrid thing). I'm thinking of getting one for developing for mac since i want to be able to develop for mac as well as PC.

[MrSuperb]

Ah! for some reason i thought  he was talking about a 15 inch one.  And by the way how the hell is 13" not too small for you? I find anything less than 14" too small (unless it's a laptop/tablet hybrid thing). I'm thinking of getting one for developing for mac since i want to be able to develop for mac as well as PC.

It is a 13.3" 16:10 screen ... not much smaller than a 14" 16:9 screen

[atrash]

I managed to get a brand new late 2013 rmbp (i7, nvidia gpu, 512GB ssd,16GB ram) around September last year for really cheap (MYR 6100 or £920) and being the first osx device I've ever used and own, I don't think I'll ever get back to using Windows based laptop anytime soon. So glad I didn't get the XPS 15. The build quality of a macbook is just top notch and I kinda like osx simplicity. I think the macbook pro has a good compromise between portability,power,battery life & build quality for the price. I leave my gaming purpose to the consoles because I don't play game that much. 

 

My only grip with this macbook is the graphics switching part. It's annoying and cuts the battery life sometimes over something so insignificant like an ad in a webpage or when viewing certain videos on youtube. The igpu is more than capable in handling all that.

[Hunter259]

Ah! for some reason i thought  he was talking about a 15 inch one.  And by the way how the hell is 13" not too small for you? I find anything less than 14" too small (unless it's a laptop/tablet hybrid thing). I'm thinking of getting one for developing for mac since i want to be able to develop for mac as well as PC.

When I switched from the 15' to this one, It felt no different. I was able to keep the same resolution feel which is the main difference. Its hard to explain but really its not a real dramatic shift.