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Retina Displays Also Coming to Next-Generation iMac?

KylePowers said:
5120x2880? 3840x2400? Do LG/Samsung/whomever supplies iMac displays even have any of these in production!?
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My guess is that 166ppi panel is for the next 27" iMac?

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Rocketman said:
It appears ABC News has identified the MacRumors meme as a means to attract viewers and advertisers. I wonder if they have any original sources?
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I think that in some situations it's acceptable to quote other sources (e.g., "Reuters is reporting that...") as long as you make it clear that you haven't verified the information using your own sources. It gets crazy in the tech world, though, when one blog post can spawn multiple web articles.

I would hope and expect users to post methods after release of the new hardware and OS to discuss preferred means of settings changes to bring UI elements to more comfort for some users who need/like larger text with differing preferences on other UI elements.

I hope a thread starts then, and MR posts summaries of the "Top 5" best suggestions to a Page 2 article.

Rocketman
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Agreed. I'm all for higher-resolution displays as long as text and interface elements are appropriate for my vision. Other users will have different needs.
 
theSeb said:
No, thanks, David. What's the bloody point then? Less workspace for a minor difference in my pixel size? Yeah, great idea.
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I got a real kick out of that as well. While it may not be feasible/cost effective to quadruple the pixels, shrinking your effective working space isn't a good compromise. Reading that quote was about the best apologist response to losing working space (which in all honesty, you can't get enough of).

"This may be frustrating to some users, but I actually prefer my old 94ppi 24-inch Cinema Display to any of Apple's higher PPI displays. I like that the system default 12pt text is larger. The sacrifice is in the usable workspace, and that’s a matter of taste."

My 80 year old relatives also like making the UI huge on their display.
 
Please no to the doubled 1920x1200.

I am sitting here with a 24" dell monitor at that resolution. Adding in 3 more inches would make text and icons gargantuan.

At some point I want to get a 27" iMac, but if they did that I would be buying a refurb of the last generation just for the extra screen space. I could still use smaller fonts on the new version, but still window chrome will waste so much space.
 
Ryth said:
OMG...sensory overload.

My lord....now all they need to talk about is the Mac Pro and we're set.

I wouldn't be surprised to see the whole line-up revealed at WWDC.

MacBook Pro
iMac
Mac Pro
Displays

The graphic card(s) for that 27" are going to have to be very very powerful.

Man...if these are true, I'm now torn between a MBPro and iMac.
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Agreed, Mac Pro is sorely neglected, if in June it would be about 2 years since last update.

It would also be great if apple integrated touchscreen panels also.
 
This is what a 2x Retina MBP 13" (1280x800) would look like, for those curious. You have to use your imagination unless you actually have a 2560x1600 13" monitor.

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mdntcallr said:
Agreed, Mac Pro is sorely neglected, if in June it would be about 2 years since last update.

It would also be great if apple integrated touchscreen panels also.
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I am not in the camp that thinks the Mac Pro is dead, but I do believe Apple will have to do something more than just change the design to warrant such a long wait with updates to a high end tower.

I'd take a matte option in the 27" over a touch panel.
 
HOLY _____! :eek:

I can't stand being teased like this. I want that display so badly...

Obviously this will be an option like the higher res screen on the 15" MBP but just how much more will this option cost?
 
While cool in concept - Unless they're planning to cram some serious graphic power in the supposedly (rumored) thinner iMac, this is all pretty much useless.

The current iMac at current resolution struggles on current graphic tech.
So the assumed 7970m which people assume Apple will use is beastly for sure, but to drive one screen at 2x / 3x the current resolution?

May whatever power have mercy on you if you plan to run dual or triple screens off your iMac...
 
Mad Mac Maniac said:
"whole" line-up? What are the MBA and Mac Mini? Chopped liver?? (I'm on a 90's vibe. haha) They are both due for a refresh as well. Wouldn't that be ridiculous to update every single Mac at WWDC?
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It's not going to happen because the dual core CPUs for the MBP 13" and the ULV chips for the MBA will only be released later in the summer.

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mdntcallr said:
It would also be great if apple integrated touchscreen panels also.
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No, I don't think it would. Have you ever used one of those all-in-one computers with a touch screen for any amount of time? Horrible.
 
5120x2880?!?!!!! :eek:

My head would explode as my eyes beheld such sheer awesomeness.

Seriously, going off how amazing the iPad retina display looks... words cannot capture how insanely great a 27" retina display would be. :D
 
Unfair said:
While cool in concept - Unless they're planning to cram some serious graphic power in the supposedly (rumored) thinner iMac, this is all pretty much useless.

The current iMac at current resolution struggles on current graphic tech.
So the assumed 7970m which people assume Apple will use is beastly for sure, but to drive one screen at 2x / 3x the current resolution?

May whatever power have mercy on you if you plan to run dual or triple screens off your iMac...
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Perhaps they will begin to include dual graphics cards in the iMacs by default.... :D

Apple wouldn't ever let performance suffer. Look at how they handled the iPad. They literally quadrupled the graphics power to drive the retina display and achieve the same level of performance.
 
spcdust said:
What panel size are Sharp producing? Are you saying Sharp are producing 21", 27" and maybe 24" panels which are "Retina" resolution? I guess you're not referring to the 9.7" iPad panels?
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they are producing those panels they get orders for
 
Unfair said:
While cool in concept - Unless they're planning to cram some serious graphic power in the supposedly (rumored) thinner iMac, this is all pretty much useless.

The current iMac at current resolution struggles on current graphic tech.
So the assumed 7970m which people assume Apple will use is beastly for sure, but to drive one screen at 2x / 3x the current resolution?

May whatever power have mercy on you if you plan to run dual or triple screens off your iMac...
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this is my big concern also. if they don't get some serious fire power under the hood this is just going to cripple the machine.

also, for those who are saying that gaming in windows is better, although true, amd is starting to be against directx since it's blocking a big part of what the gpu's can do so maybe game programers will start using other universal api's instead.
 
If I read one more post that completely fails to grasp the concept of GPU demands on a retina-type display, then I'm going to have to really plumb the depths of my vocabulary to find some hitherto under-utilised curse words in order to adequately convey my exasperation. Please stop cluttering up this thread with your ridiculous comments about gaming/GPUs/processing power until you're really sure that you know what you're talking about.
 
I feel like I wrote this exact article elsewhere in these forums last night. I wonder if they cited me as a source.
 
Why haven't they ever implemented a GUI that's truly resolution independent? Meaning possible to run the monitor at the highest resolution and be able to set the sizes of menus and other interface elements separate from screen resolution (like is possible now with icons). Sure there are some issues with scaling graphics but it should be no problem with fonts.

A little of that is happening already, recent versions of Logic have an option to scale up plugin windows.
 
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