13" MBP Screen Seems Smaller Than MBA's

[donster28]

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I got to use my niece's 13" MBP last night and to my surprise, it felt smaller compared to my 13" MBA.

I know this is definitely just my imagination. In fact, I owned a 2009 uniboby MBP but it never felt substantially bigger.

Thanks (maybe) to the MBA's silver bezel, the MBA 13" seems like a bigger brother.

Hmmm...maybe this is why people think the 13" is not as portable as the 11". It could be just their imagination after all.

 

[Chundles]

It's the extra resolution. It seems larger because it's clearer.

Had the same feeling about the iPhone 4 screen when I switched from the 3G, it seemed much bigger because everything was easier to read.

 

[donster28]

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It's the extra resolution. It seems larger because it's clearer.

Had the same feeling about the iPhone 4 screen when I switched from the 3G, it seemed much bigger because everything was easier to read.

I dont think it's the resolution alone. I already noticed it the moment I opened it up, even before turning it on.