Is the 1/2 inch that noticeable?

[Sluchbox]

I was going to buy a new 16 inch MacBook Pro, thinking it was 1 inch larger than the 15 inch from last year. but then I realized that the 15 inch was actually 15.4 inches, so the new 16 inch is a tiny bit more than 1/2 inch bigger.

I dunno, I guess that just doesn’t impress me as much as I was when I heard the new model was 16 inch.

 

[Sanpete]

It's actually 16.2", so .8" difference. It's not that noticeable just looking at it blank, but the extra space for how I set my stuff up on my typically crowded screen is noticeable to me. I could use another inch or two.

There are also more pixels per inch.