![]() The display also has less glare than the non-Retina MacBook Pro Apple says it has reduced glare by 75 percent. The Retina display is an in-plane switching (IPS) panel, which allows for a wide 178-degree viewing angle. Of course, some apps and tasks do work best with a 15-inch screen, but I bet some longtime users of the 15-inch MacBook Pro will decide that it’s time to switch to a 13-inch Retina model. Unless your eyes can’t tolerate the small on-screen sizes, it’s hard to argue that you can’t get enough workspace on a 13-inch laptop with a Retina display. Display preferences for the 13-inch MacBook Pro. (It’s possible that using the Retina MacBook Pro at these very high-scaled resolutions can adversely affect performance, though I didn’t record any benchmarks at these settings.) You can also use third-party software to set the laptop at its native 2560-by-1600 resolution. For example, QuickRes can set the Retina display to a mind-boggling 3360-by-2100 resolution, which made the icons and text on screen much too small for my eyes. ![]() The 1680-by-1050 setting (what OS X calls More Space) gives you more room to work, and with the help of third-party software such as the free QuickRes ( ), you can use scaled resolutions that go beyond 1680-by-1050. If you’ve eschewed 13-inch laptops because they don’t offer enough on-screen real estate, it’s time to reconsider. The 13-inch non-Retina MacBook Pro (left) and the 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro (right).
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