Next Generation "Big Macs" Will Need Heavy Machinery to Lift

Rumors circulating about the next generation of MacBooks having Retina displays gained traction with the recent OS X update. If the iPad 3 is any indication, this means early adopting Mac users will look to renting a crane as the added weight from the new displays makes them comparable to large boat anchors (again).

The update also brings massive bloat as application icons have their resolution doubled and filesize octupled, AppleInsider reports:

"With the quality of the TextEdit icon increased greatly to 1,024-by-1,024 pixels, the file size of the icon also grew from just 209 kilobytes in OS X 10.7.3 to 1.7 megabytes in 10.7.4."

The age of Macs becomming thinner and sleeker with every iteration has all but died as the new generation ushers in heavier-than-Air Macs with an overweight operating system to match the gargantuan price tag. Maybe Apple just wants to emphasize the "mountain" in Mountain Lion?

Let's not forget that every iPad user has to update their applications with support for the high-res iPad, regardless if they have the new one or not. I have the tiniest bit of pity for the 16GB iPad owners.

Why isn't a leap in resolution and pixel density a good thing? Once a super-res monitor is in the market, other manufacturers that we care about will surely follow the trend and release their own, right? Besides, I don't think weight would matter much to Apple consumers, it being a desktop computer and all...

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>Why isn't a leap in resolution and pixel density a good thing?

Nobody ever said it wasn't a good thing. The point is that it's predicted that the laptops are going to be heavier as well as the OS more bloated as a result of the new screens.

>Once a super-res monitor is in the market, other manufacturers that we care about will surely follow the trend and release their own, right?

Hopefully. It sucks that most manufacturers need to see Apple do something first before they follow suit. Too much at stake, I guess?

>Besides, I don't think weight would matter much to Apple consumers, it being a desktop computer and all...

Don't be silly. Most Mac users are weak, limp-wristed, and clumsy.

>2012

>icons as xboxhuegbitmaps

>not using vectors

are they even trying?

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