Retina MacBook Pro Can Run Three External Displays

[eatyourwork]

http://www.macrumors.com/2012/06/20/ret ... taneously/

hi, if anyone will try or tired this thing, could you please share your opinion, cons and pros.
matrox tripplehead2go vs new macbookpro (retina)

is it worth to buy matrox now, or better invest these money for buying new MBP?

[blackburst]

what, daisy-chain thunderbolt through ur projectors? You still need ur signal in individual, long-transmission signal types.

[eatyourwork]

as i understand there isn't daisy-chain.

[blackburst]

looks like there's two thunderbolts on them and an hdmi..sweet

[Cornelius]

I've been looking into the new MacBook Pros and outside of the retina display, it may make more sense to buy the Macbook Pro without Retina, you can upgrade it and as SSD becomes less and less expensive you can be on top with the fastest speeds and larger storage. Also, the Retina display is more taking on the graphics and processing power and benchmarks are showing that the non-retina version is faster.

Upgraded Retina Version =$3,443.94 after taxes (and if you go Retina you should get the max upgrades (extra SSD storage is a bit too pricey), because you cannot upgrade in the future). 2.7GHz, 16GB 512GB Storage, etc.

Or you can buy the new 15" without Retina for $2,754.94, buy a Data Doubler, upgrade to 16GB of memory, and stick in a 256GB SSD with the stock 750GB HDD. for $3,369.90. Faster speeds, more space, just no Retina, extra thunderbolt, nor HDMI built in.

Also, there are Thunderbolt connection docks being created for future expansion.


All in all it is a tough choice, the new macbook pro's are cool, but they are going to start turning them out like iPhones, updated models every 6 months. My current MacBook Pro is over 3 years old and after a dual SSD upgrade it runs fast enough to handle any project or gig. In 3 years from now they might have SSD-HC so you could put a 4TB SSD in your computer.

[Mick]

any experience with the new retina and VDMX?
i've read about subtle low framerate experiences and choppy scrolling in lion, even with normal operating system tasks such complex websites visualization... things seems goes better setting the resolution at 2880 without scaling.

[the9ismine]

unfortunately you cant upgrade the normal macbook pro version (without retina) to 16gb memory, which is pretty lame. i mean who needs retina anyway?

[eatyourwork]

yes you can. just you have to choose custom configuration.
with retina display, you get 3 video outs, that's a primary thing why i've created this post

[Rohel]

i have tested with two miniDP to VGA and its posible to have two different display outputs without using matrox dualhead's on a MBPro Retina

3 outputs, i think its posible too, maybe i test next week

[eatyourwork]

what about a lag and FPS drop?

[Cornelius]

unfortunately you cant upgrade the normal macbook pro version (without retina) to 16gb memory, which is pretty lame. i mean who needs retina anyway?

You just have to purchase the memory and install it yourself. OWC sells the memory:

Link http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Apple_MacBook_MacBook_Pro/Upgrade/DDR3_1600MHz_SDRAM

16GB kit $161.99

[eatyourwork]

You could not upgrade retina RAM memory, its glued on the board.
the9ismine was talking about retina models.

[Cornelius]

You could not upgrade retina RAM memory, its glued on the board.
the9ismine was talking about retina models.

This is true but his post said "(without retina)"

Regardless. I am more curious if vdmx works well with the retina MacBook pro vs the non-retina or standard model. Does the built in ability to support 3 hdmi outputs suffer and lag with hdmi footage and vdmx? I'm asking because my Mac just took a dive and a new MacBook pro will be purchased within the next week. Could anyone who owns a retina throw out some performance numbers?

[Filastine]

We could definitely use some definitive testing on this. Read on Resolume forums that it's possible to run three external screens (as distinct screen, not mirrored) at high frame rates, without problems, but anyone know on VDMX?

[dlublin]

We just got ours earlier this week- details to follow but so far I can say that VDMX runs great on the new Retina MacBook Pro; we were very impressed with our initial findings, even across three output screens.

- DL @ Vidvox