Currently using two MacBook Pro 17 inch non-glare displays, version 8,3. My daughter is using the 4,1 with same display. The 4,1 can only go to 6 GB ram, and I do have 16 GB ram in my two 8,3’s, I have attached to both 8,3’s displays, 27” NEC Multisync PA 27’s. A 271 on one mac, and a 272 on the other mac. MacBook Pro display is not valid for serious digital imaging applications. Guess I demand nothing less the 17 inch displays. I cannot fathom using a 15 inch display. 17 inch display is comfortable for me. Retina display or not, I must have a non-glare display. I wonder what others thinks of glare displays. I also have been thinking about this issue for some time. I don’t care for the alternative! ! ! Cheers, David
On Jul 15, 2015, at 7:00 AM, edward taffel <etaffel@me.com> wrote:
while i can’t imagine doing color work on a laptop, i equally cringe at the thought of prepress related work on smaller than 17". i bought my 17" to travel w/ product; having to downsize to 15” would be a nuisance.
i gather when the retina models were introduced the cost/reliability of a 17” display was prohibitive. in the back my of my mind i daily expect to see announcement of a 17” retina model—perhaps so drastically redesigned as what we saw w/ the mac pro & this was a very dark horse. the apple pro segment is undoubtedly smallest, but i think it safe to say that apple never [totally] abandons its pro users.
On Jul 15, 2015, at 3:56 AM, Mark Stegman <mark.stegman@gmail.com <mailto:mark.stegman@gmail.com>> wrote:
Apple laptop users,
This sort of discussion is a bit of an indulgence but I have been thinking about this for quite a while and the forum is quiet at the moment. It also has a high proportion of serious users and I would like to know what they think about current the range of laptops on offer from Apple.
Believe it to not but I still have a working 17" laptop that is 9 years old. It has no battery (replaced twice) and a 'new' hard drive and maximum RAM. Yes, the 'rubber bands' are a little tired, it takes a while to boot up, doesn't support current versions of most applications (not necessarily a bad thing) and won't run any version of OS X past 10.6.8. (which also has its advantages). I can't use it for serious image editing anymore but I can use it for other things. including the use of 'redundant' colour management software.
The one thing I really love about this laptop is the screen size. As far as I'm concerned it is at the maximum but also the optimum size for a portable image editing device. Any larger and you may as well go and pack a ghetto blaster on your shoulder for music as you will be driving a truck anyway. It's just too cumbersome. At 17 inches it is still portable without being unmanageable and portability is the prime utility and benefit of a laptop.
So I found it sad as well as surprising when it was dropped from the line of laptops on offer some years ago. The rest of my family have 13 and 15 inch laptops and for their purposes they're just great as they most;y focussed on social media and all that goes with it. However, for the purposes of professional photoimaging I find they're just too small, especially if you take one on the road and it's the only thing you have to work with. Even the 15" with the retina display falls short in my book. If you add the ever increasing resolution of cameras, even at the prosumer end, as well as the advent of ultra-high definition displays then I think there is a case for a professional standard photoimaging laptop that matches these capabilities and I can't see one in the current range on offer or even on the horizon.
In short, I would like Apple to 'resurrect' the 17" laptop with a monitor that matches the resolution of FHD, or even UHD resolutions, and specifications that complement it so that photographers and other imaging professionals have a portable device that matches their needs and aspirations.
All those in favour say "Aye".
Anyone with something to offer on 'complementary' specifications, please contribute.
Regards,
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