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So someone who has never owned an Apple device makes an analysis on whether new Apple devices are being innovative. ok.

IMO the MBP's retina display is a game changer for professionals who need to be mobile. Once you use it you can't go back - and there is no PC laptop in sight giving you that kind of resolution. But probably the number one reason why mac users are caught up in the ecosystem? The touchpads. And this is something the author can't possibly understand. Testing it in the apple store is not enough to realize that this is how a laptop interface should work and that no other manufacturer has been able to match it.

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My reaction exactly. It took me months after owning my first mac (an Intel Mini, just to try it out) when I realized how much I enjoyed it simply because it didn't get in the way of me working on what I really wanted to; complaints I've had as a user about Linux and Windows over the years (I still use those latter to at work, but really, the mac is my preferred place to live because using it is just so nice). Mostly I'm writing C, Java, and Python code.

Since then, I've picked up two more mac devices, and sundry other apple bits. They just work. Makes me happy to get to not manage that stuff and to be able to work on the really important stuff.

> there is no PC laptop in sight giving you that kind of resolution

There will be plenty when Windows 8 comes out.

> And this is something the author can't possibly understand.

If you don't like gestures, you will be totally unimpressed by the mac touchpad. The author may be in that category.

i'm not even talking about gestures. Let me see you getting used to fluid two finger scrolling and the preciseness of those pads and the go back to a small asus or whatever touchpad with scroll area on the side.

I know that feeling. I was cruising along in my brand new BMW. Missed a couple of payments and I had to go back to my Honda Civic. It must be just like that.

Most people that I know use a mouse, which has better scrolling and is much more precise.

Let me guess: Most people you know -that have a PC- use a mouse.

On macs, many people even prefer a touchpad on their desktop iMac. And that's not because of Apple's ridiculously bad mouses, most people know that they can connect any logitech.

> I'm not even talking about gestures. Let me see you getting used to fluid two finger scrolling

I call two finger scrolling a gesture.

Most mac users I know don't know any gestures at all, they just use it like a PC trackpad.

For me, I immediately turn off all gestures as soon as I buy a new laptop. They are just more trouble than they are worth in my opinion. I've tried them - they just get in the way.

I also know people that swear by gestures and the macbook touchpad - and for them the mac is a good choice. For the rest of us, it's just a slightly bigger touchpad with hidden mousebuttons (another thing that makes macs difficult to use for beginners).

I don't understand why people need such high resolution. Most people don't have the eye sight to see the difference.

You can see the difference. The end-goal for display resolution is that the pixels are so small you can't see them or, more importantly, the effect they have on rendering curves. Fonts have been designed just for the screen because the curves of normal good-looking fonts didn't fit into the pixel grid and didn't look good. With very-high resolution displays we can start using good fonts on the screen.

I don't understand why people need color monitors.

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