Retina macbook with bootcamp

[gumpie]

I am really starting to think about getting a nice new macbook for myself.
The biggest issue is that i do alot of windows development (visual studio ect ect) so i am guessing that my best bet would be to set up boot camp for this.
But a little part of me says "a macbook running windows is not cool"
Should i rather take that money and get a kick a$$ laptop or get the macbook?

 

[ElementZero]

most developers at our office run windows on the mac , some bootcamp , others full installations. They like the hardware that apple offers , quality is far superior than others out there.

 

[Joker]

I use VMWare Fusion to do windows development, full-screen it and you can't even tell you're in a VM. Then just 'alt+tab' between operating systems.

 

[kilobits]

Hey Hey

The retina display does not do the OSX scaling tricks under Bootcamp in Windows. You are faced with a Windows resolution of 2880×1800 on that 15" screen. Very, very small icons, text and GUI... usable for the most part, but a struggle after a while.

The other option is to upscale the Windows DPI for text and such, or run at a non native resolution... both of these "options" do not do the screen justice.

You could run an external monitor, but to find one with that resolution is not going to be cheap or easy. You have to then ask yourself just why you want to use a notebook with a 27" external display... you may as well just get a desktop.

Perhaps until Apple / Windows manage to implement a scaling function... the 15" display is just too small. Take a look at other notebook options with 17" screens, you could do very well for the price of the retina Macbook pro.

 

[VG008]

You can install VMWare or Parallels, so that windows run in a virtual machine.
You can also install it as bootcamp. Your choice.

Depending on your budget, the 256GB SSD might be quite small for your requirements.
I'm in the same situation as you thus I'm deciding to get the 'old' macbook pros with the 750GB HDD

 

[Joker]

Very, very small icons, text and GUI... usable for the most part, but a struggle after a while.

Can't you use windows built-in scaling?

Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Display

 

[bdt]

Hey Hey

The retina display does not do the OSX scaling tricks under Bootcamp in Windows. You are faced with a Windows resolution of 2880×1800 on that 15" screen. Very, very small icons, text and GUI... usable for the most part, but a struggle after a while.

The other option is to upscale the Windows DPI for text and such, or run at a non native resolution... both of these "options" do not do the screen justice.

And this, right here, is the first time I've had an answer to this question ..and I last asked it of an in-store (the Istore in Clearwater) nitwit yesterday who opined that it would work down at 1280x800 as Windows is unable to deal with that high res. When I mentioned that Windows has at least 1920x1200 as a valid resolution map, he conceded that it may get there but it depends on Apple bringing BootCamp up to date.

That said, I find running high-res screens at native res with larger icons/text perfectly usable; of course, I haven't seen that working up at that stratospheric level though.

 

[kilobits]

Can't you use windows built-in scaling?

Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Display

Yes, but it has its "quirks" with dialog boxes, menus in applications and others. As said, it is an option, but does not do the retina displays justice. OSX scaling method needs to be ported via a Bootcamp update to make it usable on the 15" screen in Windows.