1440 x 900 at 110 or 72 dpi- that's marketing for you. It might make more sense to describe it as 1440 x 900 at 220 ppi vs. Confusing? Yes it is because no one has ever done this with computer displays.
You can run it at 1680 x 1050 (an optional upgrade resolution for the standard 15" MacBook Pro) or 1920 x 1200 and it looks great. What I really like are the display options for various higher scaled resolutions rather than being stuck with the lowly 1440 x 900 standard 15" MacBook Pro resolution.
Top to bottom: 13" MacBook Air, MacBook Pro with Retina Display and 15" MacBook Pro. Select scaled resolutions to change your workspace resolution. OS X refers to anything other than "Best, Retina" (workspace equivalent to 1440 x 900 with high dpi rendering that uses 2800 x 1800 pixels) as scaled resolutions. You can choose from 1440 x 900, 1680 x 1050, 1920 x 1200 as well as lower resolutions and you'll see the same amount of desktop/workspace as on any other computer at those resolutions. In usable desktop workspace terms, the resolution setting works as it does on any other Mac or Windows PC. That makes for noticeably sharper text and images that pop. Regardless of the resolution you select under display scaling, it's rendered with 4x the pixels per inch of other notebook screens. You're getting the same amount of words/spreadsheet cells/photos on the screen, but everything is rendered with more pixels squeezed into every square inch.
What exactly does Retina mean on a computer where resolution is tied to how much you see on screen (spreadsheet cells, words per page in a document or web page)? Mac OS X now increases pixel density for the Retina, so you're getting 220 ppi rather than the usual 110ppi. Retina Display: Emperor's New Clothes or Worth Buying? But the biggest change is the Retina Display, a term we're familiar with on the iPhone 4S and new iPad. Still, it's as close as we'll get to a 15" MacBook Air at the moment, and the MacBook Pro with Retina display is more than twice as fast, placing it squarely in the Pro class among MacBooks. At 0.71", it's nearly as thin as the 13" MacBook Air at its thickest point, but it lacks the Air's recently patented taper, and it's not nearly as light as the 3 pound Air. The unibody casing introduced in 2008 is alive and well, but the Retina is 25% thinner than the MacBook Pro 15", and 1.1 pounds lighter at 4.46 pounds. It's put together as perfectly as you'd expect from an Apple product and it looks stunning in a quiet and tasteful way. This is Apple's next generation MacBook Pro and it brings a slimmed down design, lighter weight and new ports: HDMI and two USB 3.0 ports. The MacBook Pro with Retina Display has only been out a few days, yet it hardly needs an introduction. 2012: Also read our review of the 13" MacBook Pro with Retina Display. What's not: Expensive, parts not upgradable. What's hot: Slim, light, fast and that Retina display! Then follow the steps above.Home > Notebook Reviews > MacBook Pro with Retina Display (2012, 15")ġ5" MacBook Pro with Retina Display Editor's rating (1-5): Reboot again and hold down the Option (Alt) key as soon as you press the power button, a list of bootable drives will appear, select Macintosh HD to reboot in to OS X. Your Mac is defaulted to booting to the Windows partition. If the installer fails and you reboot, you’ll be in a forever circle of going back to the installer. Some problems people encounter when installing Windows via Boot Camp.
I will explain how to fix the problem of the missing mouse and none functioning keyboard. I will not cover how to create a partition or bootable USB pen drive, that can be found on Apple’s Boot Camp Support pages. I have also been told there are problems installing Windows 8 and 8.1, the installer asks you to install some missing drivers, the Windows installer will not go any further. I was trying to install Windows 7 on my brand new late 2013 15 inch rMBP and stumbled in to a problem – when I rebooted the Mac to install Windows 7 the mouse pointer was missing and the keyboard was not functioning.