Retina Displays

[Cosmic]

So, I just bought a new 13" Macbook Pro that features a Retina Display, and I am absolutely amazed by how different things look on it. I'm now looking at my two laptops side by side, my Macbook Pro on the left, and my Macbook Air on the right (also a 13" laptop) and the colors on the MBP are so much more vivid. At equal brightness, the colors on the MBP are a lot darker, and after looking at the MBP, the colors on the MBA look a little bit washed out. 😛

Another interesting difference that is perhaps quantifiable is that, due to the incredibly high resolution on the MBP, many of the apps look a lot better. I can tell that Google Chrome has much thinner lines separating the search bar with the tabs, etc. Overall, it's like using a completely different version of the OS, even though both laptops have Yosemite (the latest OSX build) installed on them.

Have you ever used a retina display? Do you have one? Will you ever use an ugly (aka, non-retina) display again? :lol:

 

[Geoffrey]

My Macbook Pro has a retina display as well (got it last September) and I love how everything looks. My computer before that was a Dell laptop, so the change was drastic (probably even more than your MB Air switch). The first thing I noticed was that reading on screen was much more comfortable than before. I can actually read PDFs on my computer now, instead of printing them off, which is handy for a college student.

 

[Sharon]

I've got the macbook pro retina 13" as well and I can definitely see the difference comparing it to my Samsung QX410 laptop.