The Cost of a Retina Display

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If I was going to buy a retina display, that's adding another $1,500 to $4,000. What is this machine getting me that upgrading my existing Mac Pro wouldn't? Like would that run games better and CPU stuff, exceptedly? Would it feel faster than the spinning disk here? And game, a gaming card upgrade, I know what that would be like too. That would be way cheaper. But maybe there's something out there.

Explaining our podcast artwork.
Facebook Likes in the App Store and ad-banner blindness.
Dual-input displays and how they enable the 5120x2880 display that John and Marco want.
Turbo Boost and the Mac Pro's CPU options.
Using a laptop on a stand with an external keyboard, mouse, and monitor.
The benefits of desktops and ECC.
Mac Pro configurations for best value and future-proofing.
Building separate gaming PCs, switching to iMacs, or trying to wedge PC gaming into Mac Pros.
Mac Pro price stratification over time.
Outlook 2011 for Mac complaints and John's multiple-selection-invalidation bug.
Casey said some stuff at the end.
Special holiday theme song by Jonathan Mann.