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yes it does. the market clearly wants higher res screens, that's why "Retina Display" has been a major marketing point for Apple for years, and you literally ha

yes it does. the market clearly wants higher res screens, that's why "Retina Display" has been a major marketing point for Apple for years, and you literally haven't been able to buy a Macbook with a 1080p screen for years. This is not even for tech enthusiasts or professional uses, it's basic tablestakes in the market now.

npongratz 6y ago
> you literally haven't been able to buy a Macbook with a 1080p screen for years. You are technically right, but to be fair, it has been barely more than one year. Apple sold their 2017 model of the 13" MacBook Air, 1440x900, in July 2019: https://web.archive.org/web/20190708170222/https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-air https://web.archive.org/web/20190708170222/https://www.apple...
wayneftw 6y ago
No it doesn't. There are mostly PC laptops with 1080p precisely because of people like me who only want 1080p because more pixels are pretty useless. Have you actually shopped for one recently? Top hits on Amazon are all FHD. > "Retina Display" has been a major marketing point for Apple for years... Exactly. And that's all it is - marketing, particularly for egoists who want to feel like they're better however they can. The vast majority of the market, mostly those who don't use Macs, don't give a shit.
- mrtranscendence 6y ago
  Eh? It’s not useless and it’s not all marketing, and it’s certainly not all about feeling superior. I feel like you’re projecting. It’s completely simple: I enjoy reading content on a higher res screen. It’s clearer and easier on my eyes. That’s all there is to it.
  - wayneftw 6y ago
    Right, because Mac users aren't generally known for carrying around this air of superiority by saying things like "everybody wants what I have with my Retina/M1/touchpad gestures/etc." If you like the way text looks on a Retina display just say that. Instead you're here on a thread about a PC product that you'll probably never use, acting like anyone that doesn't have a 4k display must be missing out. (You're right, I must be projecting :) Personally, I like desktop rigs with 1080p, a 5 button vertical mouse and 32-64gb of RAM in a quiet private office. I don't optimize for working on planes, trains and in meetings even though I do own a PC and Mac laptop as well... Look at all the top listings here though- they're all FHD. Nobody cares about 4K on a laptop display - https://www.amazon.com/s?k=laptop&ref=nb_sb_noss https://www.amazon.com/s?k=laptop&ref=nb_sb_noss
    - 3np 6y ago
      I see two on the top page with 2k. But none with >16GB RAM and they’re all Windows - guess only egotistic people want Linux and 32GB RAM? Some people do make use of a higher res screen, just because you don’t doesn’t make it useless. I haven’t wanted or owned an Apple computer for 10 years.
      - wayneftw 6y ago
        > ... none with >16GB RAM and they’re all Windows - guess only egotistic people want Linux and 32GB RAM? Huh? Hardly anybody sells Linux laptops, mostly not on Amazon either. I think you'll be hard pressed to find many laptops pre-configured with 32GB RAM on Amazon too. > Some people do make use of a higher res screen, just because you don’t doesn’t make it useless. Okay, but the person I was responding to said that 4k is "table stakes". It's clearly not. Point being - not everybody wants a 4k screen. I didn't say that they were useless to everybody, I said that essentially "most people don't want or need them".
- midrus 6y ago
  Most of the market just wants the cheapest thing that will allow them to chat on facebook and watch netflix. If you are a professional and spend 10 hours a day at your computers, you will realize the quality of the screen matters a lot. As seen developer with 1080p at 14" inch I cannot stand the ugly fonts you get. It's not just about real estate. Just out side by side a 1440p/retina screen next to a 1080p and you will see the difference. It's ok if you value battery, good for you. But saying there is no advantage is ridiculous.
  - wayneftw 6y ago
    I've been a professional programmer for over 20 years and I have tried many, many different screen resolutions. I have a 2015 Macbook Pro right here next to my Acer E5-575G with 15.6" Full HD (1080p) screen. Comparing them directly - I have absolutely no clue what you are talking about. Fonts, images and the UI look just as good if not better. I'll say better since I think the Mac UI is hideous. You're right though - it's definitely not about screen real-estate because with Retina/2k/4k the OS typically has to scale everything up so you basically lose any real-estate that would have been gained in the first place. That's ridiculous IMO. The only place I use Retina/2k/4k is for gaming and movies and I definitely am not doing either of those activities on a lowly laptop.
notreallytrue 6y ago
It doesn't Retina display are simply more dense but add nothing to the screen real estate , nobody uses them at 1x I bet many don't even know that every pixel they see is actually 4 pixels on the monitor Better have a larger monitor than a 13 inches packed with useless and expensive pixels

npongratz 6y ago

> you literally haven't been able to buy a Macbook with a 1080p screen for years. You are technically right, but to be fair, it has been barely more than one year. Apple sold their 2017 model of the 13" MacBook Air, 1440x900, in July 2019: https://web.archive.org/web/20190708170222/https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-air https://web.archive.org/web/20190708170222/https://www.apple...

wayneftw 6y ago

No it doesn't. There are mostly PC laptops with 1080p precisely because of people like me who only want 1080p because more pixels are pretty useless. Have you actually shopped for one recently? Top hits on Amazon are all FHD. > "Retina Display" has been a major marketing point for Apple for years... Exactly. And that's all it is - marketing, particularly for egoists who want to feel like they're better however they can. The vast majority of the market, mostly those who don't use Macs, don't give a shit.

mrtranscendence 6y ago
Eh? It’s not useless and it’s not all marketing, and it’s certainly not all about feeling superior. I feel like you’re projecting. It’s completely simple: I enjoy reading content on a higher res screen. It’s clearer and easier on my eyes. That’s all there is to it.
- wayneftw 6y ago
  Right, because Mac users aren't generally known for carrying around this air of superiority by saying things like "everybody wants what I have with my Retina/M1/touchpad gestures/etc." If you like the way text looks on a Retina display just say that. Instead you're here on a thread about a PC product that you'll probably never use, acting like anyone that doesn't have a 4k display must be missing out. (You're right, I must be projecting :) Personally, I like desktop rigs with 1080p, a 5 button vertical mouse and 32-64gb of RAM in a quiet private office. I don't optimize for working on planes, trains and in meetings even though I do own a PC and Mac laptop as well... Look at all the top listings here though- they're all FHD. Nobody cares about 4K on a laptop display - https://www.amazon.com/s?k=laptop&ref=nb_sb_noss https://www.amazon.com/s?k=laptop&ref=nb_sb_noss
  - 3np 6y ago
    I see two on the top page with 2k. But none with >16GB RAM and they’re all Windows - guess only egotistic people want Linux and 32GB RAM? Some people do make use of a higher res screen, just because you don’t doesn’t make it useless. I haven’t wanted or owned an Apple computer for 10 years.
    - wayneftw 6y ago
      > ... none with >16GB RAM and they’re all Windows - guess only egotistic people want Linux and 32GB RAM? Huh? Hardly anybody sells Linux laptops, mostly not on Amazon either. I think you'll be hard pressed to find many laptops pre-configured with 32GB RAM on Amazon too. > Some people do make use of a higher res screen, just because you don’t doesn’t make it useless. Okay, but the person I was responding to said that 4k is "table stakes". It's clearly not. Point being - not everybody wants a 4k screen. I didn't say that they were useless to everybody, I said that essentially "most people don't want or need them".
midrus 6y ago
Most of the market just wants the cheapest thing that will allow them to chat on facebook and watch netflix. If you are a professional and spend 10 hours a day at your computers, you will realize the quality of the screen matters a lot. As seen developer with 1080p at 14" inch I cannot stand the ugly fonts you get. It's not just about real estate. Just out side by side a 1440p/retina screen next to a 1080p and you will see the difference. It's ok if you value battery, good for you. But saying there is no advantage is ridiculous.
- wayneftw 6y ago
  I've been a professional programmer for over 20 years and I have tried many, many different screen resolutions. I have a 2015 Macbook Pro right here next to my Acer E5-575G with 15.6" Full HD (1080p) screen. Comparing them directly - I have absolutely no clue what you are talking about. Fonts, images and the UI look just as good if not better. I'll say better since I think the Mac UI is hideous. You're right though - it's definitely not about screen real-estate because with Retina/2k/4k the OS typically has to scale everything up so you basically lose any real-estate that would have been gained in the first place. That's ridiculous IMO. The only place I use Retina/2k/4k is for gaming and movies and I definitely am not doing either of those activities on a lowly laptop.

notreallytrue 6y ago

It doesn't Retina display are simply more dense but add nothing to the screen real estate , nobody uses them at 1x I bet many don't even know that every pixel they see is actually 4 pixels on the monitor Better have a larger monitor than a 13 inches packed with useless and expensive pixels