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Retina display, 15" vs 17" Mbps & archicad

aahatimo
Newcomer
The new MacBook pros have been announced and the latest and greatest version is the 15" retina displayed, flash memory beauty. http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/
There are no new 17" models even showing up on apple's site no idea if that means discontinued or what.
Any thoughts about how archicad will look on the new display?
Will graphisoft optimize ac for such a display in the future? I hope there is one of these babies heading to budapest soon!
I really need to replace my 4+ year old, overheating Mbp soon, just not sure if I should pull the trigger on the latest and greatest, but smaller 15" unit or buy a refurbished current version 17".
tim hanagan
aaha! design studio durango, co
27" retina 5k iMac 4ghz i7 os 10.13.6 m395x 4 mb, 32gb ram, 512 gb ssd ac 22 current
15" retina mbp 2.6ghz 1mb 16gb ac 22 current[/size]
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Anonymous
Not applicable
If it's goint to be your primary display I would recommend the 17". While the extra sharpness of the 15" would be nice it will still have less work space. If you'll be using it at a desk with a 27" display most of the time then the 15" would probably be fine.
Eduardo Rolon
Moderator
FYI 17" has been discontinued.
Eduardo Rolón AIA NCARB
AC27 US/INT -> AC08

Macbook Pro M1 Max 64GB ram, OS X 10.XX latest
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Erich
Contributor
aahatimo wrote:
Will graphisoft optimize ac for such a display...?
Yes, see here
Erich

AC 19 6006 & AC 20
Mac OS 10.11.5
15" Retina MacBook Pro 2.6
27" iMac Retina 5K
Erika Epstein
Booster
ejrolon wrote:
FYI 17" has been discontinued.



DREADFUL news

next thing you know Graphisoft will be announcing smaller palettes....
Erika
Architect, Consultant
MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch Yosemite 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Mac OSX 10.11.1
AC5-18
Onuma System

"Implementing Successful Building Information Modeling"
Anonymous
Not applicable
No Erica
They'll be proudly announcing the ribbon…

😉
aahatimo
Newcomer
it is awesome graphisoft is already on task updating v16 for hi dpi / retina screens! not sure how the scaling works for now.
i have found no official notice that apple is permanently dropping the 17" mbp. there is a good possibility that there will be a refreshed one in the fall. there was speculation a few months back that there would be no more 17", guess we will see.
would it be possible to even use archicad running the full 2880x1800 rez on a 15" monitor. not sure i could even see the tools on toolbar! but everything would be crisp at 1680x1050 or 1920x1200.
i have not been running ac on my present 17" mbp at full 1920x1200 often because work environment is too small. my older 23" acd is typically at 1680x1050. guess i will try higher rez out for a while or break down and get some computer / reading glasses. could take the newest version 17", max out ram, pull out super drive and install a ssd and still have a great 17" mbp. just not 25% thinner, 20% lighter, 2x more rez and not as fast...
i do love the detail and crispness of my new ipad.
tim hanagan
aaha! design studio durango, co
27" retina 5k iMac 4ghz i7 os 10.13.6 m395x 4 mb, 32gb ram, 512 gb ssd ac 22 current
15" retina mbp 2.6ghz 1mb 16gb ac 22 current[/size]
Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin
For people considering buying the new Retina Display Macbook Pro:

http://mashable.com/2012/06/13/new-macbook-pro-hard-to-repair/

From this article it seems to me that one should buy it with the highest specs he can afford because it may not be possible to upgrade RAM or the SSD for example.
Loving Archicad since 1995 - Find Archicad Tips at x.com/laszlonagy
AMD Ryzen9 5900X CPU, 64 GB RAM 3600 MHz, Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB, 500 GB NVMe SSD
2x28" (2560x1440), Windows 10 PRO ENG, Ac20-Ac27
Erich
Contributor
I got to play with the new Retina mac a little today. While the sample I had did not have ArchiCad on it, no surprise, it did have Aperture with a reasonable sized library, which I can use to bring my current machine to a crawl. That program responded very very quickly and gives me hope for how it will work with ArchiCad. The display is extraordinarily sharp. The pictures I have seen so far do not do it justice.

If only there were a 17" version...


Does any one have a good, well functioning WE for a 15 inch screen?
Erich

AC 19 6006 & AC 20
Mac OS 10.11.5
15" Retina MacBook Pro 2.6
27" iMac Retina 5K
David Maudlin
Virtuoso
Erich wrote:
Does any one have a good, well functioning WE for a 15 inch screen?
Here is mine for AC 12 (as per your signature) on a 15" MacBook Pro. The Menus Scheme is based on older AC, but that can easily be replaced. This should give you a quick start.

David
David Maudlin / Architect
www.davidmaudlin.com
Digital Architecture
AC27 USA • iMac 27" 4.0GHz Quad-core i7 OSX11 | 24 gb ram • MacBook Pro M3 Pro | 36 gb ram OSX14