Confirmed retina display in MBP, mean anything for iMacs?

[Chippy99]

A retina 27" iMac would be incredible. Extremely unlikely, but incredible. I would pay a ton more for it. Just can't see it coming until "4K" displays become the norm, if they ever do.
I mean, realistically speaking, 4K displays make a lot more sense for computers than they do for TV's which you sit ten feet away from anyway.

I wouldn't pay a bean more for it, and to be honest think it's a complete waste of time at best, and a detrimental step at worst.

I can imagine an increase the number of stuck pixels and graphics chips struggling to run things smoothly. Not to mention the increased cost. And all for what? Slightly more tiny pixels?

No thanks.

 

[lannisters4life]

Actually, up until now at least, the higher the resolution the smaller the font. In other words, if no smooth zoom appears, you be as bad off as before with a retina display because you would still need to "zoom in" (reduce number of pixels per inch to see the text)

The "retina" screens haven't done this though, that's why they work, screen elements stay the same size (on iPhone 4/iPad that is) but the density doubles. No one could use a 27" iMac if its new retina screen shrunk everything down 2x.

 

[brayhite]

Make of that what you will, but it’s quite funny to see, once again, rumours emanating from source A, then being cited by B and then A using B’s citation of their original rumour as validation.

Bloomberg most likely put the 9to5 reference in their article as simply a way to give credit where credit was due, so as not to appear as if they're breaking news that hasn't been broken before. The sources 9to5 references are most likely the same ones Bloomberg talked to, hence the confidence and presentation as fact in both articles. The difference here is 9to5 publishes rumors regularly, versus Bloomberg waiting until it's basically a confirmed story to publish and present it as fact.

It's like if your sister told you that your mom is getting you a new bike for Christmas, and you didn't believe her cause she tells you a lot of things. Then your dad tells you that he saw mom wrapping a bicycle for a Christmas gift (dad is cool like that and tells secrets), and you believe him cause he holds much more clout.

So are you calling daddy a liar?

 

[theSeb]

Bloomberg most likely put the 9to5 reference in their article as simply a way to give credit where credit was due, so as not to appear as if they're breaking news that hasn't been broken before. The sources 9to5 references are most likely the same ones Bloomberg talked to, hence the confidence and presentation as fact in both articles. The difference here is 9to5 publishes rumors regularly, versus Bloomberg waiting until it's basically a confirmed story to publish and present it as fact.

It's like if your sister told you that your mom is getting you a new bike for Christmas, and you didn't believe her cause she tells you a lot of things. Then your dad tells you that he saw mom wrapping a bicycle for a Christmas gift (dad is cool like that and tells secrets), and you believe him cause he holds much more clout.

So are you calling daddy a liar?

I can't really argue with a well thought out response like this and the scenario you've laid out could indeed be true. Then again, some of these rumours could just be educated guesses whilst some of them may well be grounded on some real info. Let's wait and see.

 

[Smartie]

Point is, if the MBPs don't have retina displays, it will be a rare time Bloomberg was wrong about their info and sources. I can't find any instances where they were, so feel free to cite some examples. Regardless, they worded it as "The MacBook Pro machines ... will feature high- definition screens like those on the iPhone and iPad, ... said the people, who asked not to be identified because the plans haven’t been made public." and historically, we have all reason to have nearly as much faith in Bloomberg's article about the MBPs as in Tim Cook saying it himself. For all we know, it's a planned leak that Apple is rumored to have done in the past, so it MAY HAVE come from Tim.

Not did.

Word!

 

[brayhite]

Absolutely nothing has been confirmed.

Hate to say I told you so.