Apple Retina Displays

The cluster centers on discussions about Apple's Retina displays, including their resolutions, pixel densities, text rendering quality, marketing as a term, and comparisons to non-Retina screens on MacBooks and other devices.

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Sample Comments

jffry Dec 10, 2013 View on HN

This might be news to you, but not everybody has Retina (or equivalent) displays

nwh Jul 14, 2013 View on HN

The Retina MacBook is effectively 1440x900 though, how is that straining to look at?

philwelch Mar 15, 2012 View on HN

Why do I have the odd feeling that Apple has cornered the market on retina displays?

shrughes Jul 23, 2013 View on HN

MBP with retina display, you mean? Otherwise you're dropping in resolution.

louhike May 19, 2015 View on HN

It might have occured when the Retina screen was no more optionnal.

antidaily Aug 15, 2012 View on HN

Pfft, thats not a retina display.

mcdougall Oct 27, 2013 View on HN

What happens to it on a retina display?

ilaksh Jan 19, 2013 View on HN

Retina is a brand name and mainly is just a higher resolution. You are never going to see a 'Retina' display on a Windows or Linux machine. Because you are using an Apple marketing term.

rickycook Jun 23, 2016 View on HN

true, but the difference between a 1080p and retina displays are quite stark. as is the difference between LCD and eInk. that might change things?

glhaynes Oct 13, 2010 View on HN

A Mac "Retina" display wouldn't necessarily have to be 326 dpi like the iPhone 4's: computer displays are usually quite a bit further away from the user than iPhone displays.