Lightroom / Photoshop on 13" MBP Retina?

[JClishe]

Is anyone using either Photoshop or Lightroom on a 13" MacBook Pro with a Retina display? What's your experience with the size of the text, menu controls, etc.? Can you scale it larger and have things still appear sharp and crisp?

I'm kicking around the idea of getting one but 2560 x 1600 on a 13" display just seems WAAAY too small.

 

[e.rose]

I have run both on a non retina 13" (the sizing really doesn't make a difference if it's on a retina or not).

You can resize the menus and panels, but it's still insanely annoying and cramped.

I only used the 13" MBP, which is my husband's, when I didn't have a MBP of my own for a while and I was traveling home for whatever reason.

I now have a 15" MBP w/ retina and those 2 inches make ALLLLLLLL the difference. Still not the same as editing on my 21" desktop monitor, but the fact of the matter is, that monitor (Samsung, not Apple) looks like SH*T in comparison to the retina display, haha.

As far as "sharp and crisp" are concerned... All the text and menus in LR are apparently retina ready, because it all looks smooth and sharp.

Photoshop... not so much. The image itself is fine, but the text in the menus and panels is not smooth in comparison to other retina-ready text. Keep in mind though, I'm running CS5... so I dunno what CS6 or CC look like on the retina display.

The panels being slightly pixelated in PS doesn't bother me though. As long as the image is fine. Which it is. So I can deal with the menus, haha.

 

[JClishe]

Hmmm. Thanks for the response. I should have clarified in my original post that I have Adobe CC. But you sort of confirmed my suspicions about the 13" feeling too small and cramped.

 

[BrickHouse]

I run LR on my 13"MBP and most definitely wish I had a few more inches of screen. I end up seeing all kinds of things I missed when I get to work and look at flickr on my 30" monitor.

 

[TCampbell]

Just get the external Thunderbolt Display to do your editing.

That way you have a compact laptop for travel and field use, and a large display for when you're back home.

 

[JClishe]

I have a 3 monitor Windows 8 setup at home for editing and that's definitely not going anywhere. Just looking for something while traveling and at the studio. And I'd be putting Windows 8 on a MBP, if I end up getting one. I'm interested in it purely for the hardware.

(BTW I don't want this thread to go down the Windows Vs Mac rabbit hole so please lets not go there)