Thanks to Twitter feedback from users like @jmckee, we heard that you wanted more info on Apple’s new retina display for the updated MacBook Pro, announced earlier this week at WWDC. Ask and you shall receive!

Apple’s retina displays are finally coming to the desktop (via laptop), bringing with them a whole new set of opportunities. You’re probably familiar with the retina displays from your iPhone 4/4S or iPad. So you know that retina displays are made up of pixels, with each pixel being able to change color to form a small part of an image. Having more pixels means having a higher-quality version of the image.

Most phones have a lower number of pixels, which sometimes makes images appear a little fuzzy because our eyes are able to make out each individual pixel. It’s kind of like standing too close to the TV. For anyone who has ever used a retina display on an iPhone, you can tell the difference immediately. The fuzziness is gone. And it looks more like a photograph than a computer screen.

What started out on the iPhone moved to the iPad and now to Apple’s laptops. Each iteration of the retina display has doubled the number of pixels, bringing the MacBook to an astonishing 2880w x 1880h. The typical HDTV is 1920w x 1080h. That means your laptop will have a higher-quality image than even your living room big screen. Awesome.

Thanks to Twitter feedback from users like @jmckee, we heard that you wanted more info on Apple’s new retina display for the updated MacBook Pro, announced earlier this week at WWDC. Ask and you shall receive!

Apple’s retina displays are finally coming to the desktop (via laptop), bringing with them a whole new set of opportunities. You’re probably familiar with the retina displays from your iPhone 4/4S or iPad. So you know that retina displays are made up of pixels, with each pixel being able to change color to form a small part of an image. Having more pixels means having a higher-quality version of the image.

Most phones have a lower number of pixels, which sometimes makes images appear a little fuzzy because our eyes are able to make out each individual pixel. It’s kind of like standing too close to the TV. For anyone who has ever used a retina display on an iPhone, you can tell the difference immediately. The fuzziness is gone. And it looks more like a photograph than a computer screen.

What started out on the iPhone moved to the iPad and now to Apple’s laptops. Each iteration of the retina display has doubled the number of pixels, bringing the MacBook to an astonishing 2880w x 1880h. The typical HDTV is 1920w x 1080h. That means your laptop will have a higher-quality image than even your living room big screen. Awesome.