WWDC 2012 keynote roundup. Thanks superchunk!

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smbu2000 said:

crissindahouse said:

i have no clue if the laptop with the retina display has enough power to play games like battlefield 3 with that resolution and i really don't like apple a lot but that laptop has to be good for photographers/designers and people like that isn't it? sure they could work on the photos or designs on a desktop as well with a high res screen but photographers as example are much of their time en route.

Gaming doesn't seem so bad, so far:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5998/macbook-pro-retina-display-analysis

Diablo III is actually quite playable at 2880 x 1800, at least in the earlier levels (I haven't had time to make it far enough in the game to tell how bad it can get). I managed to average 20 fps at 2880 x 1800 in the most stressful scene I have presently unlocked. Obviously things are smoother at lower resolutions. Diablo III exhibited some graphical anomalies at 1920 x 1200, but was fine at other 16:10 resolutions.

Whoa, so the new display offers a 1680 res option? That's fantastic. I was worried that the new displays would be stuck at the equivalent (appearance-wise) of the 1440 display. Considering how I plunked down an extra $200 to get the 1680 screen on my current MBP, that extra real estate is pretty important to me. Even at 1680, once I get all my Photoshop palettes laid out, I still barely have half a screen to work. With 1440, I'd have closer to 1/3rd of a screen for working.