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Purchased on Ebay- How do I know if the screen is actually a retina screen?

Hey Apple fans,


I recently purchased a 15" Macbook Pro 2.7GHz i7 (2012, Retina) on Ebay. Everything looks really nice, and it's still covered under Apple's 1 year limited warranty as the original owner purchased it refurbished from Apple. But, I still would like to know if there's anyway of physically being able to tell if it has an actual retina screen and wasn't swapped with a non-retina screen, if that's even possible.


I would really appreciate your knowledge, I've been thinking about this lately.


Note: I went into the Appel Hardware Test, and under Hardware Profile > Video Details: Display width (pixels): 1440 Display height (pixels): 900.


Thanks again,


Brian

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2), 2012

Posted on Mar 3, 2015 12:17 PM

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Mar 3, 2015 12:59 PM in response to OGELTHORPE

I checked everything in the software, and serial number, I know it's a retina Macbook. I just wanted to know if the screen could be replaced with a non-retina type and still show as retina. I've never heard of it being done, but was just asking to be sure.


Thanks for the help, it's a large purchase from a private party so I'm a bit cautious.

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Purchased on Ebay- How do I know if the screen is actually a retina screen?

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