Do you want Retina-Like Displays on a laptop?

[techtonic]

With the rumor that the next Macbook will have a Retina Display (2880 x 1800 on 15 inches), this is a trend that we will likely be seeing in Windows/Linux laptops. Is this overkill over 1920x1080? We obviously haven't seen it but we do have a point of reference in the iPad. Having both an iPad 3 and XPS 15 with 1080p screen, I notice in comparing the same content that the 1080p screen has more aliasing (jaggies) in the text but you have to look for it to really notice it. And going from iPad 3 back to to XPS is fine. Not like going from iPad 3 to iPad 2 where you really don't want to go back.

So is anyone interested in a Retina screen for their next laptop? Would you be willing to pay the premium (probably much more than a $100 over a 1080p display)?

[Syberia]

Only if Windows gets better DPI scaling. I've increased it by one level on my desktop screen, and it causes strange artifacts on some windows (mostly installers and settings screens).

[long2905]

Though i enjoy it on my ios devices, i dont need it on PC. 17" 1080P is good enough. Any more than that would be too much for my GPU to handle (gaming wise).

[Fat Dragon]

I would pay at least a couple hundred for a Retina display upgrade as long as the pixel increase doesn't have a proportionally negative effect on battery life or other image quality issues like brightness, color reproduction, or contrast.

A couple bullet points:

- It's probably been beaten to death somewhere already, but 2880x1800 would be 16:10. A move back to that aspect ratio would delight a lot of people, though multimedia users who want widescreen videos without black bars would be disappointed. Not sure about the legitimacy of the current rumors, like whether there's actually any evidence that 2880x1800 would be more likely than 3200x1800, for example.

- If you're doubling resolutions to create Retina displays, you can play at half the resolution both vertically and horizontally for what should be flawless image quality since each single game pixel is represented by an exact square of four screen pixels. Though the idea of moving from 1080p to 1800p like the rumored MBP 15 screen means that you'd be gaming at 900p after the switch rather than 1080p.

[Helios22]

16:10 is the bees knees. hope it happens
finally something to push laptop makers to kill 1366x768

[DEagleson]

If they did make a high resolution screen on a Mac at 16:10 aspect ratio, then i would gladly pay the premium to buy one.
I miss my 1920x1200 screen that much. ;(

[5482741]

Yes, I never felt that 1920x1200 was large enough.

[User Retired 2]

+1 on getting back to 16:10 via a Retina display if necessary. My method now is to stick with older Core2Duo ultraportables (2530P, Dell E4300, Lenovo X200) that manage to get almost as good battery life as Sandy Bridge systems. 1st gen i-cores were worse so they are of little interest.

[R3d]

Maybe not retina, but higher resolutions, definitely. Since my laptop screen is further away from my eyes than my phone usually is, something around 200ppi would be nice.

[HopelesslyFaithful]

its called a high resolution display not retina....shesh