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

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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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OGELTHORPE

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Mar 3, 2015 12:31 PM in response to FriendlyMacUser

Open System Report>Hardware overview. If the model identifier is 10. or greater, it is a retins MBP.

Mine is not a retina.

Ciao.

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Answer 2

Mar 3, 2015 12:38 PM in response to OGELTHORPE

But wouldn't that still remain unchanged if the screen was replaced with a non-retina screen?

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OGELTHORPE

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Mar 3, 2015 12:43 PM in response to FriendlyMacUser

FriendlyMacUser wrote:

But wouldn't that still remain unchanged if the screen was replaced with a non-retina screen?

A retina display cannot be rep;aced by a non retina display. If you are really nervous, open About this Mac and look at the Display:

This is from mine.

Ciao.

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Answer 4

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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Answer 5

OGELTHORPE

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Mar 3, 2015 1:02 PM in response to FriendlyMacUser

Very good. Enjoy the MBP. 🙂

Ciao.

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