Is the Retina display actually worth it?

[macster01]

Hey guys.

I'm planning to buy the mid 2012 macbook pro 15 inch within a few weeks.

For my business, I actually need to open up multiple small windows at once.

I'm wondering if the Retina display 2880-by-1800 resolution does actually increase the room for more windows to be placed on the screen?

If not, will the hi-res display on the non-retina macbook pro be sufficient enough for me?

Thanks!

 

[killmoms]

If you don’t need per-pixel accuracy, you could use the 1920 x 1200 mode on the Retina MBP, which would give you more desktop area than the 1680 x 1050 “high res” panel on the traditional MBP.

You could ALSO, if you were feeling brave (and unkind towards your eyeballs) use SwitchRes to force OS X to the full 1x panel resolution of 2880 x 1800, for the ultimate in “tiny interface.” 😉