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<blockquote data-quote="Bennett Prescott" data-source="post: 99076" data-attributes="member: 4">Re: Apple MacBook Pro - Antiglare vs RetinaMatt, I have never regretted buying refurbished from Apple. I don&#039;t get my laptops that way because I want to build them a particular way, but my Time Capsules and other hardware are all refurbed. Never a problem, always like new.As for the display, when I got my new MPB at the very end of 2011 I went with the higher resolution matte screen. I&#039;m really glad I did, it&#039;s much easier to use in a wider variety of circumstances. The new retina display wasn&#039;t available yet, and I don&#039;t know what the equivalent screen resolution would end up being, but the 1680x1050 makes things about as small as I&#039;d ever want them to be. In comparison to the Thunderbolt display the laptop spends most of its time driving the internal display is dim, the colors are worse, and it&#039;s small. But you knew that already. Personally I would take a look at the glare on the retina display, then you can choose to use those extra pixels or not, sometimes the extra real estate is worth the strain on your eyes. I&#039;ll probably end up getting it the next time around, maybe 2015.P.S. I was thinking about the CD-drive thing and you know what? I wouldn&#039;t even miss it. The only reason I use one any more is to burn CDs for my car.P.P.S. Fit all the HDD space and RAM in that computer you can. It&#039;s the only thing that ever really makes me need to buy a new computer, running out of one or the other. I got 8GB RAM in this one and it&#039;s enough for now. The processor speed really isn&#039;t important.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bennett Prescott, post: 99076, member: 4"] Re: Apple MacBook Pro - Antiglare vs Retina Matt, I have never regretted buying refurbished from Apple. I don't get my laptops that way because I want to build them a particular way, but my Time Capsules and other hardware are all refurbed. Never a problem, always like new. As for the display, when I got my new MPB at the very end of 2011 I went with the higher resolution matte screen. I'm really glad I did, it's much easier to use in a wider variety of circumstances. The new retina display wasn't available yet, and I don't know what the equivalent screen resolution would end up being, but the 1680x1050 makes things about as small as I'd ever want them to be. In comparison to the Thunderbolt display the laptop spends most of its time driving the internal display is dim, the colors are worse, and it's small. But you knew that already. Personally I would take a look at the glare on the retina display, then you can choose to use those extra pixels or not, sometimes the extra real estate is worth the strain on your eyes. I'll probably end up getting it the next time around, maybe 2015. P.S. I was thinking about the CD-drive thing and you know what? I wouldn't even miss it. The only reason I use one any more is to burn CDs for my car. P.P.S. Fit all the HDD space and RAM in that computer you can. It's the only thing that ever really makes me need to buy a new computer, running out of one or the other. I got 8GB RAM in this one and it's enough for now. The processor speed really isn't important. [/QUOTE]

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