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Topic: Laptops

MacBook Pro with Retina Display handles a trio of external displays

Summary: How cool is the new MacBook Pro with Retina Display? OWC added three external screens to the 15-inch notebook and ran lots of big, simultaneous video on them.

David Morgenstern

By for The Apple Core |

At the Other World Computing Blog, a photo shows the demo setup: the MacBook Pro with Retina Display connected to two Thunderbolt-enabled displays (in this case, two big iMacs at 2,560-by-1,440-pixel resolution) and a computer monitor connected with HDMI (at 1,920-by-1,200-pixel resolution).

The new MacBook's video power and Thunderbolt technology must have helped performance.

Moving images and media didn’t create any lag and we were able to play video on all four displays simultaneously.

Of course, the quality of what's showing on the screen can vary depending on whether the application has been updated to support the Retina display's 2880 by 1800 screen. Apple updated OS X Lion and Mac applications such as Aperture, Final Cut Pro, Mail and Safari.

The Verge has a great photo showing the side-by-side comparison of Safari and the non-Retina-savvy Chrome browser. You can see how the text looks blurry on Chrome. Check it out.

Topics: Laptops, Apple, Hardware, Mobility

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  • WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWww

    My Graphics card from around 2004 could handle 18 monitors with an adapter? Whats your point.
    danjames2012
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    • How did you get it...

      into your laptop?
      msalzberg
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    • And there have been graphics cards

      For the last 20 years that could do that.... Your point? How many laptops have graphics cards that can run 4 monitors at once? What you can do on a Desktop (most likely a Tower), and a laptop are two entirely different things.
      Jumpin Jack Flash
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      • Any and all cards prefixed with GT from nvidia

        for the last 5 years.
        Tea.Rollins
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  • Apple haters are hating the MB Pro Retina

    iHaters are hating life more than usual everytime Apple's new toys are introduced.

    Here is something for you idiots:

    Because of Apple design and quality, you are now starting to see better designs out of Microsoft (Surface) and Vizio. Yes the TV company is coming out with something that are nice and quality for a change.

    But for most of you idiots, cheap and crappy ugly PCs are what you're going for so nevermind.
    Plogpower
    Reply 1 Vote

    • Yeah...

      I'm really jealous you dedicated two CPU cores to powering your monitor because your GPU struggles running games at 1366 x 768 in benchmarks. Totally jealous compared with my GTX680m and 32gbs of 1600mhz ram, 1920x1080 matte S-IPS with 178 degrees of viewing angle goodness. Yep, JEALOUS.
      Tea.Rollins
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