The reason I got it from Amazon was to avoid the tax that could cost me $100+. The good thing was on Thanksgiving the price dropped down to $1511, about $100 less than its normal price. It satisfies all my needs for a laptop-portable, fast, and beautiful. The resolution wasn't a big attraction to me initially, that is to say I would rather they had a cheaper mode with lower resolution. But after a few weeks i do feel it's worth it! My only complaint if any would be the 128GB hard drive. Of course there is a 256GB option, but the price is ridiculously high.
Mark Albala (Oakland, NJ USA) :
I have used an 11" MBA up to now, and one of the problems comes with age, the size of the computer is great, the size of the screen on the 11" MBA becomes more and more difficult to use. I therefore upgraded to the new 13" Macbook pro with the retina display. The compactness of the computer is important to me particularly for business trips and this computer does not disappoint. A one pound difference between the 11" MBA and this is little compromise for the change in the screen and clarity of the screen.
It is manageable as a laptop on a plane where the 15" is just too big. It is easily portable where the 15" is in my mind, just too big for business travel.
It is blazingly fast, no qualms, if you do go for this, I took the i7 option, I think it helps a lot, but many will argue with me. Dont skimp on storage, it will bite you at some point. I now have tons of storage to use for whatever, no more trying to balance all documents on flash drives.
My daughter is now using the MBA and she is thrilled with the new machine, and I am thrilled with the massive upgrade. Cheap, no, not by a longshot, but the best computer for the business traveler, bar none, yes.
Wadrop :
The retina MBP 13 is a significant improvement compared to my old MBP 13 I bought 2 years ago. It is thinner and lighter, somewhere in between the MBP and MBA I guess. The screen - BRILLIANT!! I have to admit I was blown away by the screen when I first started using it. Another major improvement is the speed - right from boot up speed (close to a zero boot up time from standby) to running applications. I don't do heavy graphics so can't comment on speed for advanced users, but you will find it more than satisfactory.
Two things that are lacking in this that I badly miss - optical drive (hard to install software without it for me) and ethernet port. I know I can get a Thunderbolt adapter but I'm running on WiFi for now. The machine itself put me back a few bucks, I'll try to avoid the added expense to the extent possible.
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