????屏幕

????蘋(píng)果公司表示，這塊視網(wǎng)膜顯示屏的像素是老款Macbook Pro屏幕的四倍,。屏幕上顯示的所有東西都更加清晰,，黑色變得更黑，而且反光性也沒(méi)有老款那么強(qiáng)烈,。（雖然在室外使用還不是很理想,，但也不至于像老款那樣用起來(lái)感覺(jué)像在照鏡子。）由于像素點(diǎn)增強(qiáng)了,，因而屏幕分辨率也提高到2880*1800,，甚至比27英寸的iMac的分辨率還要高。在分辨率的設(shè)定上,，新Macbook Pro秉承力求簡(jiǎn)單,、便于理解的原則，并沒(méi)有采取數(shù)字相乘的表現(xiàn)方式,，而是設(shè)定了五個(gè)主要的顯示設(shè)置,，其中包括“文字較大”、“最佳（視網(wǎng)膜）”,、“更多空間”等,。如果把分辨率調(diào)到最大，文字就會(huì)變得很小,，對(duì)于大多數(shù)人的日常使用來(lái)說(shuō)不太方便,，不過(guò)那些愛(ài)把所有圖標(biāo)都堆到桌面上的人可能會(huì)喜歡這一點(diǎn)。當(dāng)然,，沒(méi)有什么東西是完美的,。雖然視網(wǎng)膜屏的畫(huà)質(zhì)很清晰，但它的亮度卻差強(qiáng)人意,。雖然新iPad上的圖像一般都非常明亮,，但新MacBook Pro卻并非如此。在將近一周的使用中,，我老是想把亮度調(diào)高些,，結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)這已經(jīng)是最高亮度了。（AnandTech網(wǎng)站最近的評(píng)測(cè)似乎也證實(shí)了這一點(diǎn),，新MacBook Pro的亮度實(shí)際上要老款低了20%,。）

????日常操作

????我本人去年也有購(gòu)買(mǎi)了一臺(tái)老款的13寸MacBook Air，它搭載了一顆1.8GHz的i7處理器,。我發(fā)現(xiàn)進(jìn)行某些操作的時(shí)候,，這臺(tái)筆記本的發(fā)熱現(xiàn)象很?chē)?yán)重——比如看高清視頻的時(shí)候。有時(shí)風(fēng)扇的聲音也很響,。蘋(píng)果公司稱(chēng)新MacBook Pro搭載了一個(gè)所謂的“非對(duì)稱(chēng)風(fēng)扇”,，而且機(jī)身底部?jī)蓚?cè)各有一些小通風(fēng)孔，可以使機(jī)器運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)得更加安靜,。我們的評(píng)測(cè)也證實(shí)了這一點(diǎn),。

????作為一個(gè)作家，我并不經(jīng)常編輯視頻,，我的照片編輯技巧也僅限于擺弄一下iPhoto,。因此至于新MacBook Pro和它的四核處理器是否適合那些對(duì)芯片要求極高的用戶(hù)，我并沒(méi)有發(fā)言權(quán),。不過(guò)我有時(shí)也常常在新MacBook Pro上運(yùn)行多個(gè)任務(wù),，比如有時(shí)我會(huì)同時(shí)在Netflix上看視頻，同時(shí)打開(kāi)Safari瀏覽器、郵件,、Word,、流媒體音樂(lè)服務(wù)Spotify和圖片處理軟件iPhoto等幾十個(gè)窗口。在我們的日常使用中,，這臺(tái)電腦完全沒(méi)有出現(xiàn)卡頓,，兩次充電之間經(jīng)常可以待機(jī)5個(gè)小時(shí)以上,。雖然并不像宣傳中的那樣可以待機(jī)7個(gè)小時(shí),，但考慮到真實(shí)的日常使用需求，這個(gè)續(xù)航時(shí)間還是可以接受的,，哪怕是在跨國(guó)航班上也基本夠用了,。2,199美元的價(jià)格顯然不是每個(gè)人都消費(fèi)得起的。它主要面向的是高級(jí)用戶(hù)和創(chuàng)意工作者,，他們需要一臺(tái)性能卓越,、顯示清晰、輕薄便攜的筆記本電腦,。新Macbook Pro絕對(duì)是這部分人群最好的選擇之一,。（的確如此，視網(wǎng)膜屏的使用體驗(yàn)非常驚艷,，用過(guò)之后,，再用其它任何東西都會(huì)覺(jué)得有些不舒服。）不過(guò)對(duì)于普通消費(fèi)者來(lái)說(shuō),，這樣高的價(jià)格實(shí)在難以接受,，更何況價(jià)格低得多的MacBook Air就可以滿(mǎn)足他們的日常需求。

????譯者：樸成奎

????That screen

????Apple says the MacBook Pro's new 15-inch Retina Display packs four times the pixels of previous screens. It shows. Everything is sharper, blacks are blacker, and the screen is a lot less reflective. (It's still not great for using outdoors, but it's less of a mirror than before.) Because of all those pixels, it's possible to turn up the resolution to up to 2,880-by-1,800, even higher than that found in the 27-inch iMac. In the settings, Apple has tried to make swapping between resolutions easier to understand. So instead of relying on numbers, the company boils it down to five main settings including "Larger Text," "Best (Retina)," and "More Space." At the maximum setting, I found the text too small for everyday use, but others who want to maximize their screen real estate may be comfortable with it.

????Not everything is perfect. Sharp as the Retina Display is, it could be brighter. Whereas images seem to have a preternatural glow or pop on the new iPad, that doesn't quite happen on the MacBook Pro. During nearly a week of use, I kept trying to turn up the brightness, only to realize it was at the highest setting. (Recent tests run by AnandTech appear to corroborate this, proving the brightness on this year's MacBook Pro is actually 20% lower than last year's model.)

????Day-to-day operations

????As the owner of last year's 13-inch MacBook Air with a 1.8 GHz i7 processor, I've found the laptop can run hot when you're doing things like watching high-definition video. Sometimes, the fan may loudly kick in. The new MacBook Pro has what the company calls a new "asymmetric fan," with small vents on either side of the notebook's bottom, which the company says encourages quieter operations. We found that to be true.

????As a writer, I don't deal much with video editing, and my photo editing "skills" consist of fiddling around with iPhoto, so I can't speak to the heavy processor-intensive tasks the new MacBook Pro and its quad-core processor are clearly geared for. But I do usually have multiple tasks going -- the occasional Netflix video stream, Safari, Mail, Word, Spotify, and iPhoto to name a few -- and tens of windows going at any given time. In our day-to-day use, our notebook didn't skip a beat, and often hummed along for over five hours in between charges. It's not quite the promised 7 hours, but acceptable given real-world usage and enough for a cross-country flight.

????At $2,199, this new MacBook Pro clearly isn't for everyone. It's intended for power users and creative professionals who want uncompromising performance in a very portable notebook with an excellent display. For them, it is one of the best options around. (Indeed, the Retina Display is such an upgrade, that working on anything else afterwards feels like a step back.) But for the average consumer, it may be hard to justify the high price point when a significantly cheaper MacBook Air will probably do.