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Did you change your tune on the 13-inch Retina Macbook? Just Read your "15 things" post and you listed the 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro. Thought you had dropped the 15 in favor of the 13 in. Comments????

Asked by Anonymous

So I actually did mean to write “13-inch” instead of “15-inch” there. Unfortunately, 15 Things isn’t editable.

But, thinking about it, if I were to pack all that stuff, having the 15-inch may be nice as my only computer given the extra screen real estate and how much bigger it would be than the other devices on me. But yes, generally speaking, I like and use the 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro more than the 15-inch simply because it’s more portable. 

Some say that the 13" Retina MBP graphics chip struggles to drive the retina screen. Sutters with scrolling, lags with multitasking, etc... Have you had the same issues?

Asked by Anonymous

Been using it for several weeks now, haven’t noticed any issues. I have not played any graphic-intensive games on it but the wide range of other apps (including photo editors) seemed to perform just fine.

In dire need of a new machine, but anxious to read your thoughts on the 13" retina MBP first. How's that review coming along? HA! Really enjoy your insight into all things tech. Keep callin' it like you see it. Thanks.

Asked by Anonymous

Review coming soon.

Sent from the 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro.

The Mixture

John Gruber in his iPad mini review:

Both the 11-inch Air and full-size iPad 3/4 make more sense to me as devices for people who only want to carry one portable computer. But if I’m going to carry both, I think it makes more sense to get a bigger MacBook and the smaller iPad Mini.

I’ve been thinking about this quite a bit the past week. I have been carrying around an iPad (3) and 13-inch MacBook Air for most of the past year. (The Retina 15-inch MacBook Pro is my desktop machine for now.) But I think I’m going to change things up. I think I’m going to go with a 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro (review forthcoming) and the iPad mini in my bag. Power + Portability.

For trips, I think I’ll still just take the regular-size iPad, when all I basically want to do is check the web, do some email, and write. Still thinking all this through though.

Pros and Real Pros

Marco Arment:

Since the old 13” and 15” MacBook Pros are still for sale and getting CPU updates, Apple now has an unwieldy laptop lineup: 11” MacBook Air, 13” MacBook Air, 13” MacBook Pro, 13” Retina MacBook Pro, 15” MacBook Pro, 15” Retina MacBook Pro. Six very different models for only three sizes.

I agree, this is unwieldy and strange. I’m not sure why Apple doesn’t simply kill off the non-retina MBPs. Maybe it’s that they can’t quite hit the price targets they want to hit yet. Or maybe it’s because a large part of the web still looks like complete ass on a retina display.

But still, they could push those would-be buyers towards MacBook Airs now, no? A retina display could and should be the defining feature of the Pro (until they inevitably move it down to the Air as well).

It’s still not as strange to me as why the iPad 2 continues to exist.

A 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro

Brooke Crothers:

Production has begun of a 2,560-by-1,600 pixel density display that will land on a 13.3-inch MacBook Pro, NPD DisplaySearch analyst Richard Shim told CNET.

As always, I’m skeptical of anything analysts say with regard to Apple, but this *sounds* right. I know a lot of people are waiting for a retina MacBook Air, but my guess is that will have to wait until next year. For now, the retina screen makes perfect sense as a “Pro” feature.

Seeing as the (baseline) 15-inch Retina MBP is $400 more than then non-Retina variety, let’s guess that a 13-inch Retina would be $300 more than the non-Retina variety (slightly less for the smaller screen). That would put it at a nice $1,499 price. Right in between the $1,199 non-Retina 13-inch MBP and the $1,799 non-Retina 15-inch MBP.