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> but it's more important that it takes desktop computing is finally moving on from ridiculous low res displays.

The question is, how long will it take until high res becomes available broadly? Apple had to create their own¹ display here, and I doubt they'll share the secret sauce lightly. I suspect they're already holding back, since I'm in search for some Hi-Res desktop display for some time now. Almost everybody cheats by simply upping the display size, instead of the pixel density. And it's not like the retina display hasn't been around for 2 years now!

It's either that, or they're simply scooping up all or a significant amount of the available supply for themselves.

¹To some extent, i.e. at least the controller chip