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07-27-2012, 06:17 AM
My MB Air neither has a glass cover. But I got used to keep a thin, soft cloth over my keyboard on any MB from years ago and never got any blemishes again. It's just some grease from your skin on the keys plus dust fro the environment. If the environment contains some sandy dust, it can easily scratch the screen.
07-27-2012, 07:42 AM
You mean edge-to-edge glass like on the regular MBPs? Yeah, I thought it did... Carey, can you elaborate on the blemish you had? The display is arguably the best part of the MBPr, so I'd hate for it to be susceptible to an issue like the one I mentioned.Originally Posted by Jeff Kilgroe
I'm starting to think that maybe more people are just being vocal about the issues. For example, the software support for Retina will come (likely in 6months... no later than a year I'd imagine once the rest of the MBP line switches over.)
My hesitation is with the hardware needed to do that kind of pixel fillrate. I'm fairly sure current GPUs can handle 2880x1800 no problems (it's not that much more than 2560), but because of the oversampling/supersampling (by 1.5x or 2x) to maintain retina pixel density, I can see that being a limitation... It's like RED footage -- 5k is almost double the pixels of 4k (and the max framerate goes from 96 up to 150). In the case of MBPr, 2.8k would be fine, but 3.8k (or whatever the oversample resolution is) could understandably exceed the performance threshold of the GPU (as Anandtech mentions). I'm not sure this can be remedied with software unless they allow a 1:1 pixel mode, and offer a "super size" text/font/border so that you can actually read what's being displayed. In windows I've heard you can go 1:1 at 2880x1800, but then the text teeters on unreadable... It's a tough call, especially for $2200-3000...
Even with all my concerns, I still *want* one... but "want" and "need" are two very different things.
07-27-2012, 08:28 AM
After further investigation, Anand concluded (on Twitter) that much of the performance issues are due to the CPU being burdened, while the GPU being not utilized at all (Lion) or sparsely (Mountain Lion). He was also confident that these are mostly software / driver issues as things like browser scrolling were perfectly smooth in Windows (slowing down to 20-30 fps in OS X - usable, but not as fluid as in Windows). Yes, Windows can do 2880x1800 natively and you can select integer scaling values as well - you can go from 100% to 500% in steps of 1%. Unfortunately, if the software does not support scaling, some items / text remain at 1:1. In OS X, the items will blurred but enlarged. On Windows, one can simply drop down to a lower resolution when using unoptimized software for the same effect. Windows 8 fixes all of this with native scaling (all assets are scalable, images are scalable vectors, text is DirectWrite, etc.) built into the entire WinRT environment and thus every WinRT app, but we won't see the likes of Premiere Pro ported to WinRT from Win32 for at least a couple of years. I would expect them to adhere to Win32 and OS X's scaling well before then though.
Anyway, I would expect OS X 10.9 to fix these performance niggles. That said, a mid-range GPU like GT 650M with only 1 GB doesn't sound very future-proof.
By 2013, Intel predicts every premium 15+ inch laptop will feature 3840x2160 IPS displays. Optimizing for high pixel densities must be a priority for software developers and products like the new Macbook Pro and Asus Zenbook Prime are certainly the much needed wake up call.
07-27-2012, 08:34 AM
After installing Mountain Lion yesterday my Retina 2.7 is now scrolling perfectly.. I don't use Windows so i'm all good here.
08-02-2012, 11:21 PM
The blemish was some defect in the LCD screen. It was subtle and could only be seen when changing the desktop to a solid grey color. No known cause was explained. They just accepted the return and mentioned that mine was the third one in a week with the same issue. Otherwise, the screen looked amazing, but if I'm paying 3k for a retina display, it must be blemish free.
08-03-2012, 12:26 AM
My 2nd rMBP is defective also and I'm waiting for a replacement. Same error code in the hardware test, but I'm getting sluggish performance at times whereas before it was external drives thru USB and TB getting unmounted randomly.
08-09-2012, 12:08 AM
Just ordered the Sonnet, and Lacie's esata hub arrived today. Will be editing a TVC with this setup and see how it goes. Fingers crossed!
08-09-2012, 10:14 PM
I got my 3rd rMBP yesterday. First thing I did was run the Hardware Test. It started without needing to download and passed. Then I reinstalled OS X because I don't want to have iMovie on it and some other software taking up space since I won't use them. Then I ran the Hardware Test again and it fails with the same error code as the other 2 rMBP's I had. The error code is 4HDD/11/40000000:SATA(0,0). Is anyone else getting this with their rMBP?
08-19-2012, 05:40 AM
Everyone, just got the Sonnet. Am getting realtime half debayer playback on Redcine X with the Redrocket in it. However, smoething else not so good happened to my Retina.
It should be something completely unrelated, but, yesterday, i was still getting realtime 4K Prores playback on quicktime. Now the computer is struggling. I tried going to disk utility and when verifying permissions I got "Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreS... as been modified and cannot be repaired." Everything else says its ok, so I guess there is some sort of confilct going on in the system. I don't want to reinstall everything, but if it has to be, so be it. Any similar experiences? The funny thing is I'm getting the same realtime playback performance inside Final Cut ProX, for example. Almost looks like I'm running on the Intel Discrete graphics on desktop and on the Nvidia card on FCPX...
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