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Ultra high res displays are extremely expensive - 4K monitors are over $10k. Apple will democratize them by having a better manufacturing process to make them a few hundred or less. Plus, i would bet Apple can bake in resolution independence into OSX far quicker than Redmond will.

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Typical chicken/egg problem. They're over 10k because of low production runs and they're targeted towards industries that spend big, like the medical industry. If they were sold to the mass market then they would be close in price to your typical 32" LCD TV. Why are 16:9 ~21" 1080p screens so cheap, because they're parts from small LCD TVs! It's really the lack of demand that causes it. The sony LCD projector screen I quoted for example (it didn't have a backlight, it was just the lcd), you could purchase for around or under a $100.

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