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by batista 5097 days ago
>It's weird because the iPhone 4 pioneered the "Retina" marketing and didn't need "Retina ready" websites.

That's because webpage images in an iPhone 4 screen are resized to be smaller anyway (to fit), whereas in a 15" MacBook Pro you see them in their original dimensions but with half the detail of nearby fonts, hi-dpi images or vector assets.