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To: rmlew; Swordmaker
Killed the 17" MBP? Where did you hear that?

I know they're pushing the 15" retina display MBP, but no matter how high the resolution, folks like me with poor or degrading vision need the real estate of a larger display so we can blow up (multiple) pages for readability. (I run FR with a forum page on the left and the individual thread in a window on the right...)

In fact, higher resolution can be a negative: smaller type just gets smaller. Things like the bookmarks bar in Safari and iCal events are already at the lower limit of readability at the 1920 X 1200 resolution of this 17" display.

I think the kids at Apple will have to rethink any notion of replacing 17" with 15" -- no matter how high the resolution...

12 posted on 06/12/2012 8:04:04 PM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
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To: TXnMA
Killed the 17" MBP? Where did you hear that?

Why Apple dumped the 17-inch MacBook Pro- ZdNet
Apple discontinues 17-inch MacBook Pro - MacWorld
I can't find it at the Apple Store

I know they're pushing the 15" retina display MBP, but no matter how high the resolution, folks like me with poor or degrading vision need the real estate of a larger display so we can blow up (multiple) pages for readability.
You're not hip, cool, IPhone worthy. You are old and Apple doesn't care for you. Sorry. (I'm not old and agree with you.)

I think the kids at Apple will have to rethink any notion of replacing 17" with 15" -- no matter how high the resolution...
Operative word is kids.

Gotta love Freepers. I call John McCain a traitor and get no response. I write something about Apple and...

13 posted on 06/12/2012 8:36:11 PM PDT by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
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