The crux of this article seems to be that Steve Jobs would never have let a non retina iPad ship after retina displays became available because he wouldn't like

The crux of this article seems to be that Steve Jobs would never have let a non retina iPad ship after retina displays became available because he wouldn't like to ship anything that could be perceived as inferior in any way. Here's the problem with that: Outside of geeks, the retina display matters a lot less than most of us would think. You'd be surprised at how many people can barely tell the difference between the two displays. The high resolution display is simply not as an integral part of the experience as the author seems to think. The display is just a feature. Like disk space and RAM.