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Yes, the optical drive is the most obvious omission, the only physical media you'll be supporting here is the SD slot located conveniently on the right. In exchange for your pack getting a little lighter, you're not being asked to give up all that much. And, with even more resolution and performance than the outgoing 17 inch model, we think this new model makes for a more than compelling alternative.
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However, if your regular daily driver is a current 15-inch Pro (or, heaven forbid, a 17-incher), the new Pro could feel like a refreshing reduction in curb weight. If you're an Air user, carrying this around is going to feel burdensome. That said, much of this depends on where you're coming from. That may sound like an even split between the two sister models, but in reality the new Pro feels considerably heavier than the Air and not that much lighter than the old Pro. The new Pro feels considerably heavier than the Air and not that much lighter than the old Pro. That's just over a pound less than the full-sized MacBook Pro and about 1.5 pounds more than the 13-inch Air. Those figures compare quite favorably to the old 15-incher (at 0.95 inches thick) and it's very nearly as thin as the Air, which is 0.68 inches at its thickest. That thickness measures in at 0.71 inches (1.8cm) while the width is 14.13 inches (35.89cm) and the depth is 9.73 inches (24.71cm). Still, it doesn't take long to spot the thinness - or the lack of the slot-loading optical drive on the right. With both closed, at a quick glance you would almost not notice there's anything different between this new Pro and the also-new-but-yet-old one. When physically placed between the 13-inch MacBook Air and the 15-inch Pro, it's clear that this new guy (who, for now, is simply called "MacBook Pro with Retina display") leans far toward the latter when it comes to design.
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Is this, then, a laptop that's all things to all people, the "best Mac ever" as it was called repeatedly in the keynote? Or, is it more of a compromised, misguided attempt at demanding too much from one product? Let's find out.%Gallery-158164% It cleanly slides in between these two top-shelf products, while trying to be simultaneously serious and fast, yet slim and light. Now, a new player enters the fray: the MacBook Pro with Retina display. Meanwhile, the MacBook Air is among the best (if not conclusively the best) thin-and-light laptops on the market.

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The company's MacBook Pro line is one of the most respected in the industry for those who need an ostensibly professional laptop. That's exactly what Apple is trying to do here.


It happens all the time, sometimes over the course of just a year or two (see: netbooks) and, while companies have made billions by establishing truly new categories, rarely has anybody rocked the world by splitting the difference between two very closely aligned ones. Overall though, it does its job pretty well.Product categories come and go, grow and wither, revolutionize the world and then slowly fade into a state of cold, quiet, everlasting obsolescence. Sometimes it will bug out and you’ll have to select the resolution twice. Additionally, if you use multiple monitors, every time you unplug your secondary monitor, your MacBook’s monitor will be reset to the default settings, and you’ll have to reselect the resolution you use again. Even if you launch the app at startup, it won’t load your default resolution, leaving you to manually select it. It’s not without some bugs and inconveniences though. RDM has support for multiple displays at once, and even for changing refresh rates of high refresh rate displays, though may be limited if you have an older DisplayPort cable. You can find your native resolution under the “Display” tab in About This Mac. It won’t look particularly good though, and might be too small to even read, so it’s best to stick with your native resolution.

Here my 13″ MacBook has a native resolution of 2560×1600, but is able to run at closer to 4K with scaling. RDM does allow you to run higher resolutions than your native display, but they’ll be blurry as it will have to interpolate. From the icon in the menu bar, you can select which resolution you want to run.
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Download the DMG for the app from the release link at the bottom of the app’s page and open it up.
