[recoiledsnake]

>Sony, Asus, and Lenovo all have notebooks at similar prices, but none have a high density display and none have only solid state storage.

Huh what? A lot of ultrabooks have only SSDs, has the author been in coma for the last year?

Sony has a Vaio Duo 11" with a 1080p display. Lenovo and Asus also have or are about to have high density displays.

All in all, an empty uninsightful fluff piece.

Also, please get some contrast and test how your blog looks on the machines that aren't (retina) Macs.

http://contrastrebellion.com/

[ShaunK]

I just purchased an Asus UX51VZ with 2x128gb SSDs and a 15" 1080p display that weighs less than a Macbook Pro Retina, for $400 less than the Macbook would've cost. The Retina has a couple of big wins over the UX51VZ (battery life and higher resolution display) but I wouldn't put them in different classes, or claim that Asus isn't even trying.

[adrianmsmith]

"The new Metro side of Windows 8 scales well with Retina displays, but the old Windows desktop has never supported high DPI displays, and I don't think it's about to."

Also not true. Perhaps it doesn't work perfectly, but it's there, to say it "..has never supported high DPI displays.." is just completely wrong.

http://www.kynosarges.org/WindowsDpi.html

[davidcollantes]

Sony does not have any notebook with the high density display of Apple's, or the one Google is trying. 1080p is not a synonym of a high density (PPI) display.

[recoiledsnake]

>1080p is not a synonym of a high density (PPI) display.

Not on a 24" screen, but 11" at 1080p is pretty much there.

[davidcollantes]

Macbook Pro (retina): 2560x1600 at 227 pixels per inch.

1080p: 1920x1080 (assuming 16:9)

Really can't compare. I do not mean I have seen all, but no display I have seen (on notebooks) gets near Apple's "retina display." None. Google is trying with the Pixel.

[recoiledsnake]

You left out the DPI number for the 11" 1080p display.

Let me try:

Retina iPad: 264 PPI

13" Retina Macbook Pro: 227 PPI

10.6" Surface Pro: 208 PPI

11" Vaio Duo 11: 190 PPI

There is a difference but it is minor and I disagree with your statements you can't compare or that it doesn't even "get near". You'll be hitting the point of diminishing returns.

[dmatlack]

1080p at 11" is still low density when you consider all the 4-5" smartphones that have 1080p displays.

[cooldeal]

By the same token, Chromebook Pixel is low density compared to the 4.7" 1080p HTC One phone or the 9.6" new iPad with retina.