[hjnilsson]

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).

[dTal]

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.

[hjnilsson]

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

[FireBeyond]

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.

[fomine3]

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

[theandrewbailey]

> 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.

[wang_li]

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

[ameen]

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

[dTal]

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.