This is a direct comparison of the screen size and resolution of an 11″ MacBook Air to a 17″ MacBook Pro. The following images demonstrate the same webpage in Safari, the same photo and palettes in Adobe Lightroom, and the gloss and glare of the Air and Pro side by side. Don’t put too much into this comparison, as it’s just a quick and dirty photo shoot with poor lighting. The resolution differences: 11″ MacBook Air: 1366 by 768 17″ MacBook Pro: 1920 byRead more
Posts tagged: #USB
Why Light Peak may make USB 3 (somewhat) obsolete in time: “it’s easier to push a photon than an electron”
Why Light Peak may make USB 3 (somewhat) obsolete in time: Â “it’s easier to push a photon than an electron”Read more
The iMac celebrates 10 years, and a reflection on my own Mac experience
The iMac turns 10 years old today. Is it the product that saved Apple from failing, faltering, or becoming a radically different company than it is today (remember, this is pre iphone/ipod/mac-craze)? The late 90’s were dark days for Apple. My family’s ‘first’ computer was an Apple IIe, (with a whopping 64KB of RAM) followed by my dad’s early 90’s, “Macintosh Classic II“, and ‘Color Classic‘. In my elementary and middle school years, all of our school computers were Apple.Read more