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One of my co-workers had the same problem OP posted about. He was really excited about the Retina screen, but as compared to every other LCD he's been using for
by j2bax 14y ago
One of my co-workers had the same problem OP posted about. He was really excited about the Retina screen, but as compared to every other LCD he's been using for the last 5+ years, it had a significantly worse ghosting issues. In the end, after at least one display swap, Apple let him swap it out for a comparable non-retina Macbook Pro. Problem went away. I think they did good in not telling him his only option was to pay for a screen replacement, but I know he would have been far happier if he could have ended up with one of the Retina models minus the ghosting issue.
So, I don't think those first retina monitors were within the reasonable limitations of LCD technology unless this was somehow specific to the ultra high resolution displays which are relatively new. If they figured out how to fix it in a later iteration, they should pick up the slack and offer to replace the monitors with ones that don't have that issue. The ONE selling point of that computer over any other Macbook Pro is the display. For that reason, they should put every effort into ensuring that it is good as it can possibly be for anyone that pays for it, no matter the cost.
- jtheory 14y ago> For that reason, they should put every effort into ensuring that it is good as it can possibly be for anyone that pays for it, no matter the cost. Every effort? No matter the cost? They still have to run a business, I'm afraid... though the other possibility you didn't mention (but could be implied) is that they could have waited a little longer before releasing the retina displays. I don't see tech news sites swamped with articles about the disastrous retina ghosting issues, though... so perhaps most users agree with Apple's decision. I certainly see the business reasons for it (though I was buying a MBA for my wife soon after the new retina display was released, and intentionally got the older model to avoid the first release of new tech...).