An iPad Mini Retina should be a welcome addition to the Mini line. But remember that awesome displays have special needs. [Read more]
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Waiting for the iPad Mini Retina? Think about this
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on May 13, 2013
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First Retina iPad Mini is on track: DisplaySearch update
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on May 6, 2013
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The first refresh of the iPad Mini is coming in the third quarter, NPD DisplaySearch said Sunday, in an update. [Read more]
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Retina iPad Mini: Don’t hold your breath, says DisplaySearch
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on May 6, 2013
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Better late than never. The Retina iPad Mini isn’t right around the corner, says DisplaySearch. [Read more]
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Twitter for Mac update brings Retina support, improved sharing and uploading
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on April 25, 2013
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Twitter has updated its Mac app with several improvements that users can take advantage of now. The app has been updated to include support for Retina displays on the 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pros, and users will be greeted with improved photo sharing and uploading features, as well as support for 14 more languages. With
Twitter for Mac update brings photo sharing improvements, Retina display support
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Twitter’s showing off an updated version of its Mac app today, featuring a number of key fixes, including improvements to photo sharing and a slew of new languages. On the image side of things, you can now share a photo by clicking on the camera icon in the tweet composing module, or just do it the old fashioned way by dragging pictures from your desktop. Also new in this version is support for Macs with retina displays and a total of 14 new languages, including Dutch, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese and Turkish. Interested parties can download the update via the source link below.
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Indications show Apple’s Retina MacBook Pro still overpriced
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on April 10, 2013
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Apple’s 13.3-inch Retina MacBook Pro still isn’t selling in numbers that would indicate the price is right. [Read more]
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How low can the 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro go? $1,299
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on March 29, 2013
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The price of 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro has been slashed $ 200 by one retailer. [Read more]
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Apple sets a May 1st cutoff for new apps that use UDIDs, don’t support iPhone 5 and Retina screens
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on March 22, 2013
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Apple has been weaning app developers away from UDID and its privacy concerns for more than a year, but it looks like the company’s about to put its foot down — and up the hardware support requirements in the process. As of May 1st, the company will stop accepting new app submissions that demand a UDID to single out individual devices; creators will have to use the ad and vendor identifiers that came with iOS 6. They’ll also have to develop apps for Retina displays as a matter of course, including the taller iPhone 5 screen. We can’t imagine that the news will please those who have a need for legacy UDID support, or can’t easily update a long-serving app for Retina screens, but Apple clearly feels it’s time to move on.
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Retina iPad Mini later, new Nexus 7 sooner — DisplaySearch
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on March 17, 2013
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Small tablets are moving to very-high-resolution displays, like larger 10-inch class tablets have done in the last year or so. [Read more]
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Apple plans Q3 launch for MacBook Air with Retina — report
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on February 19, 2013
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The company will also use the “GF2″ technology found in its iPad Mini for its next-generation full-size iPad. [Read more]
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Rarefied Retina MacBook Pros get priced closer to earth
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on February 3, 2013
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The Retina MacBook Pro gets price cuts ranging between $ 150 and $ 200 at Best Buy. [Read more]
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Apple now selling refurbished 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display beginning at $1,869
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on January 5, 2013
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We can’t say we’re exactly surprised to see Apple’s next-generation MacBook Pro show up on the company’s “Certified Refurbished” online store — still, it’s good news for folks looking to save a little cash while getting a taste of Retina MBP straight from the source. Currently, Apple is only offering the 15-inch model (with a 2.3GHz, quad-core i7 CPU, 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD) for $ 1,869, making it about $ 330 less than its non-refurbished counterpart — of course, that premium price tag also includes the accustomed one-year manufacturer’s warranty, which is a good security blanket to have when shelling out this much capital. As is usually the case with Cupertino’s rejuvenated goods, though, supplies may be somewhat limited, so now could be a great time to jump on the MacBook Pro with Retina display bandwagon.
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How would you change the 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display?
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on December 31, 2012
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Many will bristle at the implication, but as the MacBook Air inspired the Ultrabook, mainstream laptops will likely seek to ape the Retina Display MacBook Pro, sorry, MacBook Pro with Retina Display. The clunky name aside, it seems that the next generation of devices will ditch disc drives and Ethernet ports in favor of pixel-dense displays and reduced weight. But did Jonathan Ive’s trash can get too full? If you’ve been using one, do you still ache for those phantom limbs, or is it peaceful on that side of the river? Folks, for the last time this year, we’re inviting you to share your thoughts and feelings on how you’d change the MacBook Pro with Retina Display, and from all of us, have a Happy New Year.
Gift Guide: 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro
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on December 24, 2012
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You waited this long, you might as well go big: Apple’s smaller 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro is a very worthy sequel to the 15-inch variety released this past summer, and while it will still strain the average buyer’s budget, it definitely won’t inspire any buyer’s remorse.
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Archos 97 Titanium HD tablet combines Retina display prowess with an obtuse name
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on December 22, 2012
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Can a single company produce too many Android tablets? Archos surely doesn’t think so. Earlier today, the French electronics maker unveiled its awkwardly named 97 Titanium HD. Aside from a kooky moniker, the company’s forthcoming slab features a 9.7-inch 2,048 x 1,536 IPS display, a 1.6GHz dual-core A9 processor, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage, microSD support (up to 64GB), a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Absent from today’s big reveal were details about price and availability. While its Retina-like display sounds promising, the device’s other specs scream budget-friendly. In the meantime, we’ll reserve our excitement until Archos tells us how much this thing actually costs.
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Photoshop, Illustrator get Retina display support
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on December 11, 2012
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Two flagship design programs now support Apple’s high-resolution displays for Creative Cloud subscribers. Support is coming later for those who paid for traditional software licenses. [Read more]
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Implant Translates Written Words To Braille, Right On the Retina
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on November 24, 2012
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An anonymous reader writes “For the first time, blind people could read street signs with a device that translates letters into Braille and beams the results directly onto a person’s eye.” According to the article, “In a trial conducted on a single patient who already used the [predecessor] device, the person was able to correctly read Braille letters up to 89 percent of the time, and most of the inaccuracy appeared when the participant misread a single letter. The user was able to read one word a second.”
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iPad Mini ruins Retina chic
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on November 23, 2012
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commentary The iPad Mini can make you think unpleasant thoughts about your Retina iPad. [Read more]
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How Your Retina Screen is Helping Make Supercomputers More Powerful than Ever
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on November 16, 2012
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Consumers’ relentless demand for better user experiences helps create the technology that drives high-performance computing forward.
Earlier this week, the “Titan” supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee was named the fastest supercomputer on earth. It was able to perform nearly 18 quadrillion floating-point calculations per second in the LINPACK benchmark (the high-performance computing industry’s standard “speedometer”) by accelerating its 560,640 CPUs with graphics processing units from NVIDIA. Intriguingly, this same “Kepler” GPU architecture also provides the graphics horsepower for Retina screens on the new Macbook Pro. This isn’t a coincidence. Without ordinary consumers’ relentless desire for next-generation user experiences — sharper screens for their laptops, better graphics for their games, longer-lasting batteries for their mobile devices — scientific supercomputing would be kind of screwed.
Lightroom 4.3 test version gets partial Retina support
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on November 9, 2012
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Support for high-resolution displays is available when editing photos but not cataloging them. Also: Adobe supports for raw photos from the Canon S110 and a dozen new cameras. [Read more]
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OWC unveils Mercury Aura Pro SSD for 13-inch Retina Macbook Pro
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on October 31, 2012
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Other World Computing has announced the first SSD drive for the 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro, which Apple recently unveiled. The Aura Pro is a 480GB high-performance solid state drive for those brave enough to crack open their MacBook and do a bit of tinkering. Additional capacities will be announced next month. The Retina MacBook Pro
MacBook Pro 13-inch Retina Review
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on October 28, 2012
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Apple finally gave ambitious road-warriors with excellent vision the Retina MacBook Pro they’d been demanding, a 13-inch model to join the existing 15-inch Pro at the pinnacle of the company’s mobile range. Promising the same eye-watering visuals with the sort of processing power the Pro line-up is known for, the 13-inch version also makes some
First 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro TV commercial launched
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on October 25, 2012
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Apple announced the new 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina at its event on Tuesday, and now its released the first TV commercial. Aired during “Modern Family,” the 31 second advertisement features a slowly rotating Retina MacBook Pro and the tagline “For the pro in us all.” The commercial is titled “Colors.” “Introducing the new 13-inch
Skype 6.0 lands with Microsoft and Facebook account integration, Retina support
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on October 25, 2012
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You’re probably saying to yourself, “didn’t Skype just get a Windows 8-friendly refresh?” Why yes, yes it did. But Skype 6.0 here isn’t limited to Windows RT slates, instead it’s designed for more traditional Windows systems and even has a similarly numbered OS X counter part. There’s a number of notable changes here, including the ability to sign in directly with your Facebook or Microsoft account. (If you’ve got a Live Messenger, Hotmail or Outlook.com account, then you’ve got a Microsoft account.) The most visible changes, however, will be the “flattened” Don’t-call-it-Metro-friendly UI on Windows and the addition of Retina display support on OS X. There’s a few other minor changes, including some additional localizations, which you can read about at the source. And heck, since you’re already there, might as well download Skype too.
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Apple’s Oct. 23rd event roundup: iPad mini, 4th gen iPad, new iMac, 13-inch MBP with Retina Display and more
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on October 24, 2012
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Apple teased that it had “a little more to show” us prior to today’s San Francisco event, but it’s clear now that the phrasing was humble at best. Not only has the much-anticipated, rumored and leaked 7.9-inch iPad mini been officially revealed, but so has a smattering of new and refreshed offerings across its range of gizmos. The standard iPad is seeing its fastest refresh yet (about six months) to a Lighting port and A6X-packing fourth-generation model, and the iMac has ditched its optical drive to go Air-thin in its Ivy Bridge-driven seventh-generation. Mobile power users should be especially be pleased, too, as a 13-inch variant of the MacBook Pro with a 2,560 x 1,600 Retina Display is now a reality. Lest we forgot that the iBooks app and iBooks Author have both been updated — right on cue with that book-like iPad Mini. Hop past the break for a full listing of all the news and all of our on-scene coverage that came out of today’s event.
Filed under: Cellphones, Desktops, Displays, Misc, Laptops, Tablets, Storage, Software, Apple
Apple’s Oct. 23rd event roundup: iPad mini, 4th gen iPad, new iMac, 13-inch MBP with Retina Display and more originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The iPad Mini And The New 13″ Retina MacBook Pro Strut Their Stuff In Our Hands On Video
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on October 23, 2012
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I already shared first impressions of a lot of Apple’s new products, but we’ve also got video from the time we spent with the iPad mini and the Retina MacBook Pro. Watching these things in action provides an entirely different perspective compared to reading about them or looking at static pictures, and seeing the iPad mini do its thing really does a better job of conveying the value of the device.
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13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display hands-on
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on October 23, 2012
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It’s the ultraportable road warriors have been begging for, and Apple has finally delivered: after the barnstorming 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina, now there’s a 13-inch counterpart. Freshly announced today, and falling under our eager fingers straight after Apple’s San Jose launch event, the new notebook follows the successful route of its bigger brother. Gone
iPad mini and refreshed Retina iPad pricing details leaked
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on October 21, 2012
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The Apple event taking place this week on the 23rd of October has had several of its supposed presentations spilled here in advance of the date with the iPad mini and a refreshed iPad with Retina display pricing included. It’s no surprise that the event will indeed be showing off the new iPad mini, but
13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display reportedly seen with 2,560 x 1,600 LCD, dual Thunderbolt ports
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on October 20, 2012
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We hope you didn’t want Apple’s little event next week to be a complete surprise. After promises of extra details for a prior leak, a WeiPhone forum goer has returned with photos of what’s supposed to be the active screen and ports of the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display that might be on stage come October 23rd. If this is what we get alongside the similarly unofficial miniature iPad, we’ll take it. The possible leak shows a 2,560 x 1,600 LCD (four times higher in resolution than the existing MacBook Pro) and, importantly, no sacrifices in expansion versus the 15-inch Retina model — there’s still the dual Thunderbolt ports and HDMI video that shipped with this system’s bigger brother. Vital details like the performance and price are left out, so there’s a few cards left off Apple’s table, but the images hint at what could be a tempting balance between the 15-inch MacBook Pro’s grunt and the MacBook Air’s grace.
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Speculation surfaces re Retina iPad update and Mini pricing
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on October 20, 2012
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More iPads incoming? A report claims that an upgraded Retina iPad will be announced next week at Apple’s special event, alongside the rumored iPad Mini, which reportedly could cost $ 329 for the entry-level device. [Read more]
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Images surface allegedly showing off 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro
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on October 20, 2012
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Images surfaced on the Chinese website Weiphone showing internal components and ports on what is claimed to be the 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro. The (mostly very tiny) images show off connection ports along the right and left sides of the laptop, as well as a snapshot of its display, which shows the machine running Windows
Leaked 13-inch Retina MacBook pics show ports, not much else
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on October 20, 2012
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Purported shots of Apple’s yet-to-be-announced 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro show few changes from its larger sibling. [Read more]
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13-inch Retina MacBook Pro still on track for this year
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on October 11, 2012
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Earlier today, we reported that Apple‘s rumored iPad Mini and 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display were getting a delay because of low yields of certain materials needed for the devices. However, while we don’t know much about the status of the iPad Mini, it’s said that the new 13-inch MacBook Pro will still be
Cube U9GT5 Android Jelly Bean tablet touts iPad Retina display
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on September 20, 2012
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Those Chinese manufacturers sure know how to quickly copy what’s available or popular and pump out cheap devices — especially tablets. What we have here is a popular Chinese tablet manufacturer, Cube, showing off their new Android 4.1 Jelly Bean powered tablet that also rocks a “retina” like 9.7-inch display. Cube was the first tablet
Apple aims to produce updated iPad Retina, says DisplaySearch
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on September 7, 2012
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Apple may update the Retina iPad in the coming months with a version that addresses thickness and weight.
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Adobe Photoshop Touch iPad app now supports Retina Display
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on September 6, 2012
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The latest flavor of the Adobe’s mobile verson of Photoshop gets a tune-up with support for Retina Display and other enhancements.
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Premiere Pro supports Retina displays, Windows 8
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on September 6, 2012
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Adobe has caught up to Apple’s Final Cut Pro with support for high-resolution Macs. It can use new MacBook Pro hardware acceleration, too.
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Adobe updates Photoshop Touch with support for iPad retina display, bigger images
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on September 6, 2012
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Adobe has updated its tablet-friendly version of Photoshop to v1.3, bringing along one change that’ll make new iPad owners very happy indeed. The interface and text have been up-rezzed to support the Retina display and 12-megapixel images, while everyone else can edit pictures of up-to 10-megapixels in size. The company’s also throwing in two new effects — shred and colorize — plus new three-finger gestures to ease navigation and a raft of minor bug fixes. So, come on, let’s see what masterpieces your jam-smeared digits can create.
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Samsung Series 9 WQHD: Hands-on with Sammy’s Retina retort
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on September 1, 2012
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Samsung normally isn’t shy about showing off its manufacturing prowess, so imagine our surprise to find the company had snuck a super-high-resolution ultrabook onto the IFA show floor. The Samsung Series 9 WQHD ultrabook is billed as a concept right now, but it’s one we’re hoping the Koreans bring to market sooner rather than later:
13-inch Retina MacBook Pro displays in production
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on August 26, 2012
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The 13.3-inch version of the Retina MacBook Pro is on the way, an analyst tells CNET. That means more portability and less money compared with the current 15-inch model.
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13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina panels in 2m production tips analyst
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on August 26, 2012
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Screens for Apple’s 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display, the much-rumored high resolution upgrade to the company’s entry-level mainstream notebook, are already in production according to analyst whispers. “The supply chain indications are that it’s for a MacBook Pro 13.3″ NPD DisplaySearch analyst Richard Shin told CNET, rather than for the similarly-sized MacBook Air ultraportable. According
Retina MacBook Pro gets Moshi protection up front
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on August 19, 2012
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If surface protection for your Retina MacBook Pro is what you’re after, Moshi has the accessories for you – this week announcing both a new palm rest and screen protector for the masses. This set of accessories, the iVisor screen protector and the PalmGuard palm rest protector are set to keep your device looking sharp
Beware the allure of Apple’s Retina displays
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on August 13, 2012
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Apple’s Retina displays are a knockout, but they can make just about every other display look ugly.
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13-inch Retina MacBook Pro benchmarks suggest incoming reveal
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on August 11, 2012
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We have new evidence that Apple is indeed planning a 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display, as MacRumors has discovered a new set of Geekbench 2 results for such a machine. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen Geekbench results for a 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display, as benchmarks for a laptop with the
How well can the MacBook Pro with Retina display handle Windows games?
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on August 3, 2012
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After jumping the hurdles of our review gauntlet, the MacBook Pro with Retina display proved itself as a top-notch machine for the creative professionals it’s geared towards, and anyone willing to pay a premium. Save for a brief bout with Diablo III, our time spent gaming on the hardware was limited. Ever since, we’ve wondered how the Kepler-toting, Ivy Bridge-packing laptop would handle one of our favorite graphics-intensive pastimes. Sure, Apple machines aren’t exactly en vogue when it comes to playing video games, but Cupertino’s ultra-high-resolution Mac simply begs to be put to the test. We loaded up Windows 7 on a MacBook Pro carrying an NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 1 GB of VRAM, the stock 2.3GHz processor and 16GB of RAM (upgraded from the vanilla 8GB configuration) and put it through its paces to see how it performs.
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WordPress Launches Retina Support For Gravatar And All Hosted And Self-Hosted WP Sites
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on August 3, 2012
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WordPress’ Matt Mullenweg just announced that the WordPress.com interface and all the blogs hosted on the site are now optimized for high-density displays like the ones found on Apple’s new iPad and Retina MacBook Pro. Through JetPack 1.6, which also launched today, users with self-hosted WordPress sites can also enable the same functionality.
The arrival of these high dots-per-inch (HiDPI) devices took many developers by surprise and while many Mac apps, for example, have already been optimized for Retina displays, most developers are still playing catch-up. Things are even worse on the Web. As Mullenweg notes, most web sites “don’t have high-resolution equivalents of all their graphics to take advantage of the new screen, so they get “doubled” and look fuzzy, they stand out like a sore thumb.”
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Added configuration options for MacBook Pro with Retina display let you max out the base model
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on August 1, 2012
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$ 2,199 for the basic MacBook Pro with Retina display is certainly a lot to pay for any laptop, but those looking to add a few more features without going all the way up to the next model so far haven’t had a lot of options. That now looks like it’s changing, though, with configuration choices for processor and storage now showing up on Apple’s online store in addition to the existing one to double the memory — letting you, for instance, bump up the processor without also jumping to a larger SSD (or vice versa). Those options aren’t quite a sure thing just yet, though, as they’ve appeared and disappeared from the site a few times this morning (that $ 500 price to double the storage also curiously puts it at the same $ 2,799 as the higher-end model, which also comes with a faster processor). We’ll keep you posted if they stick.
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Google’s Chrome tailors itself to Apple’s Retina Display
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on August 1, 2012
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Been wondering when Chrome was going to support Apple’s Retina Display? Wonder no more. Also, Google throws a few more features into the latest Chrome release.
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Firmware update for Retina MacBook Pro adds PowerNap
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on July 28, 2012
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SMC update adds the missing PowerNap feature to Apple’s Retina MacBook Pro.
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MacBook Pro with Retina Display delays ease to 1-2 weeks
Posted by Gsurface
on July 23, 2012
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Supplies of Apple’s flagship MacBook Pro with Retina Display are easing, after huge demand for the high-resolution notebook pushed shipping times to 3-4 weeks post-launch. Online orders for the MacBook Pro are now shipping in 1-2 weeks according to Apple, though the non-Retina Pro is still turning around orders in 24 hours. It’s still unclear whether
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