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2560 x 1700 display is a big deal for devs, but I think I'd find the extra $200 and get a Macbook pro.
by paul_f 14y ago
2560 x 1700 display is a big deal for devs, but I think I'd find the extra $200 and get a Macbook pro.
- Evbn 14y agoOn a 13" display, those specs are a gimmick, MAYBE useful for examining professional photos.
- jfb 14y agoNot even remotely true. Super high pixel density screens are an unalloyed win. Everything you do on one looks better, most particularly, text rendering, which is absolutely superb on my rMBP. I would expect Google's screen to be comparable.
- Zak 14y agoI spend 12 hours a day looking at screens. Sharpness makes that more pleasant. So does a wide viewing angle, good contrast ratio, accurate color reproduction and adequate brightness. This screen likely does pretty well on all of those factors. Considering how much time programmers spend interfacing with screens and keyboards, it might make sense to spend a couple days' pay on good ones. Many of us consider this screen's aspect ratio a big improvement over the 16:9 of most PCs for working with code/text as well.
- rayiner 14y agoText sharpness on a retina screen is amazing. You know how lots of people turn of anti-aliasing for code because they don't like the blurriness it introduces? Anti-aliasing on a 250 dpi screen looks as sharp as your 1-pixel thick coding fonts at 72 DPI used to.
- joezydeco 14y agoApple Store has a refurbed MacBook Pro for $1,269: Originally released October 2012 13.3-inch (diagonal) Retina display; 2560-by-1600 (227 dpi) 8GB of 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM 128GB Flash Storage