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  I like MacBooks and ThinkPads from a hardware perspective but I
  won't buy a new one until they start using higher resolution screens.

They have higher resolution screens. My 15" MacBook Pro has got 1680x1050, at the store they'll actually ask you what resolution you want. The only thing I regret is not getting a glossy display (the non-glossy one is way uglier). 2048x1536 is not available though, as far as I know - I don't think I'd have opted for that even if they did, but that's a matter of preference (and eyesight I suppose).

But you're right, 1440x900 shouldn't be the default config for the 15".

  I had a better screen resolution in 1995.

Wow, you must have had so much better hardware than me in 1995! ;-) I vaguely recall my flickering 1024x768 workstation from that era, it was monstrous.

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I didn't know that they have optional higher resolution screens. Is this true also for the 13'' model?

In 1995 I had a massive 24'' Trinitron CRT (I think it weighted close to 100 pounds).

  I didn't know that they have optional higher resolution screens. 
  Is this true also for the 13'' model?

I'm not sure, but probably not.

  In 1995 I had a massive 24'' Trinitron CRT (I think it weighted close 
  to 100 pounds).

I remember those! Around that time I did my first experiments with multi-screening (smaller than 24" though) and at one point the table collapsed underneath the rig!

> I didn't know that they have optional higher resolution screens. Is this true also for the 13'' model?

Nope, even though they have it on the Air (it's kind-of retarded, the 11" Air has the same resolution as the 13" MBP (roughly, 1366x768 versus 1280x800 so the 11" Air has a slightly higher pixel count), and the 13" Air has the same resolution as the base 15" MBP).

Considering their previous behavior, at one point Apple will make 1680x1050 standard on the 15" and make 1440x900 a BTO option on the 13", but I don't understand why they have not done so already.

They might be waiting to drop the 13" MBP altogether (replacing it with the Air) if they ever redesign MBPs, in which case you'd have the 11" Air in 1366x768, the 13" in 1440x900, the 15" Pro in 1680x1050 and the 17" in 1920x1200

Those were the times... I remember when a desk cracked under pressure from the monitor... ;)

Similarly, if you want 1440x900 in a 13", get a MB Air.

I would, if it had firewire, I'm doing audio work as a hobby and have some pro audio interfaces.

If you're willing to shell out for the Thunderbolt Display, it has FireWire. Think there are much cheaper/smaller FW/TB converters on the way as well.

It has firewire if you hook it up to a thunderbolt display :).

What I really want is a 15" quad-core macbook air.

cause glossy causes reflections and sucks. non glossy is for people who actually work on their laptops glossy are for people who wanna show off. the latter generally dont need a high resolution, and people dont notice its of lower rez when they're showing off. only by using it.

thats how the glossy trend started, too

sorta sad if you ask me

Completely unnecessary comment.

But as an anecdotal counterpoint I love glossy screens. The colours are more vibrant and there is less of the "soft fuzz" that matt screen surfaces cause to the image.

I use my laptop as a workhorse for hours at a time without an issue.

Different people like different things. Who knew?

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