LCD screen quality: How is the quality of the macbook pro 15 inch (I know laptops are not great for this kind of work) and how is the 17 inch in comparison?
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I'm a pro photographer. This is a bit of anecdotal apples and oranges, but I just returned a glossy 17" MBPro because the screen brightness was obviously very uneven. While in the store I saw a matte 15" MBPro that looked very uniform in brightness. And I'm not talking about glare or varying angle of view here. My recommendation: look at the 15" matte in person and watch out for the glossy, at least in 17". Hope this helps.
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I use a Mac Pro desktop with Radeon Graphics and two 30" Dell U3011 displays.So, I can not relate to the question per se. On the positive side, these displays seem to be very accurate, and with AWESOME resolution.On the negative side, sometimes one of the displays stays off-line after "Sleep" and needs a reboot, which I'd attribute to the operating system or the Radeon Card.Overall, I'd give it a 4.75 rating out of five.
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I use touch screen workstations everyday. I sell them. They are great if you're working with pictures, touch-based games, using painting and drawing software, etc. But at the end of the day, when it comes to serious work, you need a seriously comfortable keyboard and a responsive trackpad. Nothing beats the Macbook line. Most of my work is typing, so having a touch screen is useless. I prefer touch on a all-in-one desktop instead of a laptop. It's just unnatural to reach up to a laptop screen to touch every time. The macbook trackpad has multi-finger gestures that are just more intuitive than any touchscreen for moving windows around and controlling your system. I thought about purchasing a touch-screen enable windows laptop, but I'm not a huge windows fan (I see too many problems daily with windows), not to mention I simply would not have a use for the touch screen. I take the Macbook line's trackpad over any touchscreen.
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My wife's new Macbook (not Pro) has a glossy screen (no choice) and she really hates it. She wishes she could get it with the matte screen (like her old iBook or my Powerbook). The reflections are annoying, and it shows every little fingerprint or smudge...it's also difficult to clean.Go with the matte, it's a better option.-Zach
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I'll second this. Just chatted with someone from the apple.com, and they said a 17" MacBook Pro would arrive within a couple weeks of ordering.
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I'm curious how the computer linked with to the large plasma screen looks. I would think that 1024 x 768 on such a large screen might look a bit fuzzy or pixelated. Do you see problems with this? Would you recommend going for a higher resolution?
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I did without Retina display on my old Macbook and was perfectly happy, but when I got an iPad 2 with Retina display I decided to get a new MacPro with it. The color is a little richer and since I do lot of "Photo Shopping" of stills and videos, I have not found any deterioration that would discourage me from paying a little extra for it. I would almost compare it to the improvement in picture quality found in HD TV vs. regular TV broadcast.
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Their screens do have pretty good res, and its about 100 dpi which isn't so bad either.... The computers don't have blu-ray now, and I don't think Apple's said anything about it yet, but I kind of expect Apple to start including blu-ray support next time they make new models of their computers maybe around the summer. Keep an eye on sites like AppleInsider... might tip you off about future changes to the Macs.Or here's something... http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/02/29/apple.and.dell.blu.ray/
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hi janet - i have had this display since 2011 - the "best" would depend really on what you plan to use it for. I am not an adobe creative type but a novice user and it works just briliantly on a new 2015 Mac Mini. Havent really thought of upgrading. I am considering getting a dell 4k screen though since Apple really hasnt upgraded the line yet.
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It's actually very good. I use it with a new MacBook Pro and it's nearly the same as the laptop monitor.
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Not sure about best. We have two that employees use with newish MacBook airs. Our choice was all about consistency of screen coloring display and usability in the future with other apple products. We're pleased. The screen is enormous.
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I'm about to become a switcher (purchasing a macbook for my wife and an imac for myself) so i don't know first-hand, but as far as i've heard, the bottom line is -as usual- the use you'll have for the laptop: Unless you need heavy graphic capabilities (the GPU and the screensize, both for video editing, 3D gaming, etc), i'd say a macbook, not a macbook pro. You can upgrade RAM and HardDisk and have excellent performance without the macbook pro's high price. Hope this helps :)
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I would definitely opt for the smaller 13" macbook. Its more than powerful enough even for my needs as a software developer. Its very portable and great for travel. However, at home when you want a bigger screen I just hook it up to a nice big 22" Dell external monitor with external keyboard, mouse. That way it acts like a nice big desktop machine but has the portability of small laptop. You get the best of both worlds. The price difference between the macbook and the mbp is $400-$700 and you could easily use that savings to get a nice external monitor, keyboard, mouse.
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Brett, I am a professional photographer but don't really do any video editing on this laptop. As far as photo editing, I think it's pretty great, especially for the price I paid for it. I second-guessed the screen calibration but checked it to be fairly spot-on. I am using Photoshop CS5 on it, and it runs just fine with the RAM and decent processor speed. My priority on a laptop purchase was the screen size, this one being 15.5" it was about as small as I wanted to go. All in all I am pleased with this machine, and I purchased it specifically for image editing and transmitting as I work for local news media and sporting teams here. Hope this helps.
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I have a 17" screen so your 15" should be fine. You will have a little room to set a pen/pencil down. I know some people complain about the fan sound but I hardly hear it. It's comfortable on my lap while I'm sitting on the couch which is where I normally use it. If this ever breaks down I would seriously consider another but depends upon what else is on the market at the time. I don't see the need to be looking for several years.
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when i purchased mine, it was pretty decent condition. the battery for it was not proper for the specific body though, it was obvious due to gaps around the compartment and a difficulty to turn the lock. thats not terrible though, it didnt effect performance at all, and i, in fact, use the battery for another macbook i have that had its battery crap out on me. dents and scuffs, minimal really. the hard drive i received on mine was slightly smaller than described as well, i didnt mind. it was advertised 500, and came with 320. for the price i didnt care. the computer itself came with a list of programs and apps that were not installed on my old macbook which i bought from the mac shop itself such as microsoft office, and imovie, etc. i do have to say though, that the computer crapped out on me after about 3 or 4 months. the operating system or hard drive i think crashed. i have not since had it fixed because macs are expensive to fix and also because im lazy. so overall the price is right, however i believe if you want to buy a mac, your money might be better saved to either buy a certified macintosh referb, or a nice new one from them with warrenty and everything. after all, macintosh has some of the best customer service in the world. good luck with your purchases my friend
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Yes, it shouldn't loose image quality. We have an HD monitor as well. When I hook my Macbook Pro to it, I can go in display settings and change resolution of the external monitor to full 1920x1080. And you can definitely tell it is HD. Very vivid. So it will not loose image quality.