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There were no LCD screen for laptops either in 2010. But market created it to fit demand, and now there are a lot of options.

It is extremely likely other companies will step up with new offerings. But it will take 2-3 years (where Apple will reap the benefit of being early).

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I can't make any sense of this? Laptops have been around since the early 90s and have always used LCD screens - what else? Anything with a CRT wouldn't fit on your lap. Jeff Goldblum even used one to repel an alien invasion in 1996.

Sorry. I meant high resolution screens. There were hardly any “retina” laptops (and no desktop screens) when apple started introducing theirs in 2012.

This is wrong.

Dell had a 2560x1600 LCD in 2007. https://www.cnet.com/products/dell-ultrasharp-3007wfp/specs/ https://www.dell.com/downloads/emea/general/ultrasharp%20300...

Dell and Sony also had laptops going as high as 4K in 13" form factors around the same time. Yes they were high end. So too was the MBP.

That's correct but Apple shows that software support for HiDPI is also important, compared to Windows/Linux.

> There were no LCD screen for laptops either in 2010.

I remember using laptops with LCD screens in 2010, and even before. They weren't even Apple laptops.

I’m quite certain that the earliest laptops largely relied on LCD screens in the ‘80s. I’ve no idea what that commenter means.

I wonder if they meant IPS LCD screens, because most laptop screens used TN Panels.

It's still untrue; I don't know when the first IPS screens were but I picked up a Thinkpad X61T with an IPS screen on ebay; that was released in 2007.

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