I think that all of my staff want them. They say they need more than 256GB of storage but are rarely able to qualify why.
Most 'big' client DB dumps are <4GB. Pascal: its just a couple of meals at Toqué! Karl On 2012-08-08, at 12:11 AM, Pascal Robert <[email protected]> wrote: > 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? >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >>>>>> Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) >>>>>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>>>>> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/lists%40farol.pt >>>>>> >>>>>> This email sent to [email protected] >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >>>> Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) >>>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>>> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/jtayler%40oeinc.com >>>> >>>> This email sent to [email protected] >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >>> Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) >>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/kgretton%40mac.com >>> >>> This email sent to [email protected] >> > _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
