ExtremeTech: How to turn the iPad's Retina display into a PC monitor Display scaling makes the size of your Mac's interface more comfortable on non-Retina monitors but incurs some visual and performance penalties. We explain these effects and how much they matter. In a ...

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Yahoo: Retina Display Explained: How Apple Perfected Screen Clarity With Unseen Pixels Retina Display is the name for the high-resolution screen technology Apple uses on various models of the iPhone, iPad, and other Apple products. It was introduced with the iPhone 4 in June 2010. Read ... The Retina display in the iPad is beautiful.

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