Is the retina display 4k resolution?

I have the 13in macbook pro with retina display. Apple says it has like millions of pixels but in terms of video, is it 4k? I know its higher than 1080, I would like to know what exactly it is. Thanks!

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)

Posted on Jun 14, 2014 9:01 AM

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Jun 14, 2014 12:16 PM in response to cinemadrew

It tells you the native resolution on the MacBook Pro Tech Specs page:

http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/specs-retina/


For the 13", it says "Native resolution: 2560 by 1600 pixels..." (The 15" is 2880 by 1800 pixels.)


So neither has enough pixels on the built-in display to fit any of the multiple definitions of 4K used in video. However, the 15" can drive an external 4K display, not sure about the 13".


Laptops with a 4K display are very rare. There is a new one by Toshiba, but it currently has too many compromises. If Apple does one they will wait until it can be done right.

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