I don't have the cash for a rMBP so that solves the problem anyway :-) Ordered 
the MBA with the i7.

> Its not pixel perfect.  I notice a little haziness when I crank up the rez. 
> 
> What appears to be happening is that the rMBP is rendering to a backing store 
> at 2x the resolution.  So 4x the total of number of pixels.  Then it samples 
> them down to the panels natural resolution.  And none of this appears to be 
> happening in hardware...all just software.  That's about 15 million pixels 
> being manipulated.
> 
> I think its a great dev and web dev machine but this type of manipulation 
> needs to go on at the silicon level.
> 
> Karl
> 
> On 2012-08-07, at 6:40 PM, Jesse Tayler <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> had you noticed that with the macbook retina, you can crank the screen 
>> resolution up and down? 
>> 
>> some 1920x1200 pixels if you like.
>> 
>> the quality is still very high, very readable and the steps to zoom the 
>> screen up and down are by pixel-perfect ratios, so things basically always 
>> look good.
>> 
>> I hear also, you can connect four external monitors at the same time, which 
>> would be a cool flight simulator if nothing else...
>> 
>> lastly, having used the new macbook for development of both WO and of iOS on 
>> the same machine - I can say -- it's an incredible developer box, er, 
>> portable.
>> 
>> if you don't require the super-light portability of the Air and you want 
>> screen real estate, something fast and to last
>> 
>>       - the macbook retina would be it.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Aug 7, 2012, at 10:17 AM, Pascal Robert <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Le 2012-08-07 à 10:00, Henrique Gomes a écrit :
>>> 
>>>> Hey, I also have a 2008 MBP, but it does have a SSD drive…. 
>>>> 
>>>> Couldn't you also just bring an airport base station? One less cable to 
>>>> plug…
>>> 
>>> It's an option. I was thinking of a MacBook Pro 13", but the screen 
>>> resolution is not high enough for when I work at home without an external 
>>> monitor.
>>> 
>>>> HG
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 07/08/2012, at 14:49, Pascal Robert wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> So I'm really tired of my poor Early 2008 MBP, so I'm thinking to moving 
>>>>> to a MacBook Air with the i7/8 GB upgrade. I just did a GeekBench test on 
>>>>> my MBP and it's almost half the speed of a MBA… 
>>>>> 
>>>>> My main concerns with the MBA is the lack of ports and Mountain Lion. So 
>>>>> anyone have moved to Mountain Lion yet? I did move the family's Mac Mini 
>>>>> to Mountain Lion and so far so good, but I don't do anything development 
>>>>> on it.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I also need to buy a Ethernet adaptor because the co-working space I rent 
>>>>> only have Ethernet. That means I need to buy the USB Ethernet adaptor 
>>>>> because I need the Thunderbolt port to connect my external display. Does 
>>>>> anyone here using the USB Ethernet adaptor with the new MacBook Air and 
>>>>> Mountain Lion?
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