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rbanffy · 2012-01-04 10:29:14+00:00

There is the persistent rumor Apple will equip their Macbooks and iPads with retina-like displays. Once they do, everyone will have to do it.

tomkarlo | karma 3957 | avg karma 2.83 · | 2012-03-07 20:48:35+00:00

I believe folks have already seen evidence in OSX that Apple will be doing "retina" displays for laptops and desktops. Continued movement towards a resolution-independent OS.

haclifford | karma 52 | avg karma 4.0 · | 2012-02-09 14:30:35+00:00

I'm praying that the retina display really does happen, not because I plan on buying an ipad - but because it will finally get laptop manufacturers to stop producing crappy 720p displays.

swombat | karma 44155 | avg karma 6.85 · | 2012-07-16 16:14:01

Speak again in 3 years.

Today, I am a geek (not really a designer) and 2 out of 3 of my devices have retina displays already (iPhone and iPad). Within much less than 3 years, all my devices will. Within 3 years, there will be no Apple device being sold that doesn't have a Retina display. Will other vendors follow suit? If they don't, they'll be left in the dust, so I imagine they will have to, if they can.

It's usually a good idea to skate where the puck is going, rather than where it is now. In 3 years, the puck will be retina. My Macbook Air is not Retina, so I can't be arsed to design for Retina... yet. Once my Mac has a Retina display, I will design for Retina, and let the lower-res experience be inferior. By then, most of the people who care about such things will have Retina displays anyway.

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rbanffy | karma 158565 | avg karma 2.97 · | 2018-07-07 08:36:53+00:00

I'm betting Apple will launch a family of Retina desktop monitors.

Also, remember it's still beta software. People do public betas to surface issues like these.

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amelius | karma 42902 | avg karma 1.63 · | 2020-12-24 11:53:32+00:00

Or retina displays.

barumrho | karma 485 | avg karma 3.05 · | 2012-07-06 04:34:47+00:00

But retina display is the future. (At least I hope so.)

SquareWheel | karma 5258 | avg karma 2.74 · | 2012-10-03 15:24:52+00:00

Why do you think a retina display would be more likely?

rythie | karma 3491 | avg karma 2.99 · | 2010-06-16 17:50:55+00:00

With all the hype around retina displays, will we see this type of thing reappear?

gwu78 | karma 480 | avg karma 1.22 · | 2013-12-03 15:11:55

Perhaps we eventually see generic Retina displays with open standards ports.

baddox | karma 23383 | avg karma 2.25 · | 2013-09-25 01:08:46

When any Apple product gets upgraded to the Retina display, there will be no subtlety, and you won't have to carefully search Hacker News to find out about it.

mercurysmessage | karma 66 | avg karma 0.3 · | 2016-10-19 14:39:30+00:00

I'm assuming that by retina screen you simply mean high resolution? Because Retina display is just the apple term for a high resolution screen.

stusmall | karma 2065 | avg karma 3.61 · | 2012-11-20 11:09:00

What do they need to do special for retina displays?

wmeredith | karma 11286 | avg karma 4.23 · | 2012-02-28 19:35:22+00:00

It's a retina display.

krageon | karma 5600 | avg karma 1.5 · | 2021-07-15 10:28:38

Retina displays don't matter because the majority of your users don't have them. Problem solved :)

benjarrell | karma 206 | avg karma 2.22 · | 2013-01-12 00:07:53

Sounds like waiting for apps to support retina displays :)

seanmcdirmid | karma 34701 | avg karma 1.77 · | 2013-04-17 02:03:39+00:00

Obviously, retina is not Intel's problem; plenty of notebooks sold by the fruit have these displays already. Its only a matter of whether the OS/app ecosystem can deal with high resolution displays.

arunoda | karma 745 | avg karma 1.36 · | 2012-10-10 13:59:30

Seems like that's why they are investing more on Retina displays.

antidoh | karma 1276 | avg karma 1.81 · | 2012-06-23 13:50:00

Just based on recent history, wouldn't Apple more likely try to prevent the rest of the industry from moving to Retina-like displays?

Klonoar | karma 5879 | avg karma 3.02 · | 2023-07-10 14:46:46

It’s 2023, Retina and otherwise high res displays are very common and the way to serve images to them is known.