Google Chromebook Blamed for Apple Retina MacBook Marketing Switch

Apple touted its 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display as "the highest-resolution notebook ever" when it was released last June, but the company has backed off those claims after the debut of the latest Google Chromebook. Cult of Mac is reporting that Google's latest Pixel Chromebook appears to be causing a subtle shift in the way Apple markets the MacBook Pro with Retina Display, which was initially touted as "the highest-resolution notebook ever." Unfortunately, Google's $1300 Pixel now packs even more resolution into its 12.85-inch display than the impressive 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display, despite the fact that the Pixel is little more than a glorified web browser running Chrome OS. As a result, Apple's marketing message for the MacBook Pro with Retina Display has c