MacRumors reports NVIDIA graphics may be in next MacBook Pro

[Jeremy Garchow]

Thanks guys.

Forward, we march into the unknown.

[Rick Lang]

Jeremy Garchow:
“A retina display, doubles the amount of pixels, therefore effectively increases resolution, but does this in the same amount of screen real estate?”

The pixel count may be double or may not be double to achieve a ‘retina’ display since the iMac will normally be viewed at a greater distance than the iPhone for example. The iPhone 4/4S uses 326 ppi but on the iMac the screen may just go from the current 109 ppi to 168 ppi to achieve the retina effect at a viewing distance likely of 18″. Here’s a long speculative article about it from MacRumors:
https://www.macrumors.com/2012/05/15/retina-displays-also-coming-to-next-generation-imac/

Rick Lang

iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB

[Rick Lang]

Jason Jenkins:
“Matte screen option?”

Did you ever see the movie Neverending Story? Your question is the remastered digital version of the old movie, no? My wife (the second most beautiful export from Colombia after Sofia Vergara) would like to say, “Si, Si, Si, Si.”
8^)

Rick Lang

iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB

[Gary Huff]

[Rick Lang] ” Your question is the remastered digital version of the old movie, no?”

What?

[Rick Lang]

Gary Huff:
“[Rick Lang] ” Your question is the remastered digital version of the old movie, no?”

What?”

Gary I was just trying to be facetious in that the Neverending Story was a movie shot on film about a story that ends with another beginning. The question about matte screens on the new iMacs is the same question we hear each year so it’s neverending as well. And it’s in the digital realm. Hope that makes sense.

Rick Lang

iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB

[Tim Wilson]

One thing that drives me nuts — ALL displays are Retina displays, or your retina couldn’t see them.

OR, NO displays are Retina displays unless they are displaying actual retinas.

I hate that name.

Except, maybe it’s named that because the screen is so shiny that you can see your actual retinas reflected in it.

Tim Wilson
Associate Publisher, Editor-in-Chief
Creative COW Magazine
Twitter: timdoubleyou

[Rick Lang]

Tim Wilson:
“Except, maybe it’s named that because the screen is so shiny that you can see your actual retinas reflected in it.”

Good one… all part of Steve’s reality distortion field.

Rick Lang

iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB

[Jason Jenkins]

[Tim Wilson] “Except, maybe it’s named that because the screen is so shiny that you can see your actual retinas reflected in it.”

Except the matte ones.

Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
Video production… with style!

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[Gary Huff]

[Jason Jenkins] “Except the matte ones.”

Really? I would love a matte Retina display screen! Do you have a link where I can buy one?

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Rick Lang] “Good one… all part of Steve’s reality distortion field.”

Mkay.

Eons ago (OK, 6 years ago), I was in Dubai and went to the Iban Batutta Mall.

I walked in to an electronics store.

Before shiny screens were the Apple of Apple’s eye on laptops, every, single, pc, laptop, had shiny screens.

I had never seen them before, and seeing a few rows of them was quite jarring.

The PCs and the screens themselves were glimmering right next to the all-marble walls/floors.

Shortly after that, MacBook Pro’s had a glossy option.

It’s not “Steve’s” reality distortion field. It’s simply the way of electronics.

To non-pros, the perceived “contrast ratio” is better for viewing media. For us pro’s who try to avoid reflections in production, it simply doesn’t make much sense.