The new Macbook Pro – Review?

The new Macbook Pro – Review

Here are some articles that caught my eye:
C|Net’s review of the Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display

The newly redesigned MacBook Pro with Retina Display combines an amazing screen with just enough of the MacBook Air design to feel like a new animal, and to take its place as the best of the current MacBook breed.

PCMag’s Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch (Retina Display)

With a higher-resolution display, thin chassis, and up-to-date components, the Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch with Retina Display is the new king of high-end desktop replacement laptops.

Engadget’s Apple MacBook Pro with Retina display review (mid 2012)

So, then, is this a laptop that’s creating its own new product category? Not exactly. This is a laptop that stands poised to kill an existing one, one that Apple has dominated. The new Pro is good enough to make the old Pro (even the updated version) look and feel obsolete. It pushes and redefines the category, raising the bar higher than even its brethren can jump. If you can afford the premium and aren’t set on a 13-inch model there’s no reason to buy any Pro other than this Pro.

PCWorld’s Retina MacBook vs. PC Laptops: Battle Begins

Now that Apple has taken the wraps off its next-generation device, where does that leave the rest of the PC industry? Ultrabooks and other Windows-based laptops headed your way in the coming months are bound to be interesting once Microsoft releases the touch-friendly Windows 8, expected in October. We should see more touchscreens on laptops, more convertible laptops, and touchpads enhanced with more gestures for the Windows 8 Metro UI. But adapting for touch won’t be enough.

Apple’s Retina Macs: A little too elite?

Apple loves to be ahead of the competition on the technology curve, but has it shuffled up that curve a little too far? The new retina MacBook is causing angst among Apple’s most loyal professional users.

MacBook Pro with Retina Display Teardown

MacBook Pro with Retina Display 15″ Mid 2012 Repairability Score: 1 out of 10 (10 is easiest to repair).

ZDNet’s Apple’s new Macbook Pro with Retina display is (probably) not for you

Apple’s new MacBook Pro with Retina display won’t sell like hotcakes. It’s not supposed to.