I had an old 20" display I wanted to upgrade to a more modern one with LED backlighting so it would draw less power. I quickly found out that this was a rather difficult task. Most displays are now around 23". The plus side is that modern displays have a much smaller footprint than those older ones so in reality the 23" one I got wasn't that much bigger than the 20". Measure your desk and take a look at the actual sizes of the displays. Says a lot more.
- Do consider the fact that that 24" has a much lower resolution than your 12" MacBook, not just per inch but in absolute terms. In my opinion, 1080p is simply too low for 24 inches.
- While it is pretty cheap, 2560x1080 monitors have never made sense to me. When 2560x1440 monitors are readily available, there's no point to the ultrawide aspect ratio, which just means you'd be losing real estate compared to 1440p.
- Well, do ask. You should be looking for, in my most humble opinion, an IPS panel and a resolution of 2560x1440. The Dell UltraSharp I mentioned above is excellent - I have it myself.
- Interesting how we all just assumed he had a 12" Retina MacBook. It isn't actually stated anywhere.
I have a 15" mid-2012 rMBP. I picked up a Samsung 23.6" LCD monitor (S24E390HL) at BestBuy a while ago to use with it. I know it's not the absolute best resolution and all that. But for $179 on sale, what the heck. It's really pretty good. No adapter needed for that since the rMBP has an HDMI port. I use a Lenovo Yoga with it, too, and that does require an adapter. I got a Benfi USB-C to HDMI adapter on Amazon for 20 bucks. Not expensive, works fine.
