Whats better Retina display or hd super amoled screen (samsung)

whats better Retina display or hd super amoled screen (samsung)

Retina display is better.If you've seen if you put your face straight up to the screen of the iPhone 4 you can't see the pixels

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  • I'm trying to decide whether to buy ipad or cheaper tablet.  What is retina display and what is diff betw ipad and mini with only wifi? What is mini missing?

    I'm trying to decide on tablet to buy -- what is the difference between mini and ipad?  What is retinal display?  Why do some have wifi only and some have wifi cellular?  Why would I need cellular?
    I keep hearing that apple computers don't pick up viruses like pc (of which I have had my fair share) so that is why I am considering -- but there are some really attractive deals for cheaper tablets.

    A simple answer to a loaded question?  Not here!
    1.     For starters, I can't recommend the newest iPad AIr or iPad Mini.  The previous versions worked perfectly though if you want to go the Apple route.  That alone will save you a few bucks.  Best Buy undercuts Apple prices by a few $$ and has bonus sales around this time of year.
    2.   You get what you pay for.  I like the Samsung Galaxy Tabs a lot.  Good hardware and software.  App store has plenty to offer.  You also have size options like you do with Apple.   Since I have the Galaxy S3 phone, the Galaxy tabs are very familiar.  The Surface (smaller one) is big for a tablet, it works great, but is subject to the frailties that plague PCs to some degree.   I don't like the keyboard, but do like the kickstand.   I don't know about the availability of Apps for the Surface, I think it may be a major downside to the device.  The Surface is not cheaper than iPad either.  As for the cheaper Tablets, they will be in the landfill before Apple introduces a new gadget (that's pretty often....)   The Kindle is still primarily, an eReader.
    3.   Wifi or wifi and cellular - If you have a smart phone and can tether a tablet, you don't need cellular on the tablet.  With more places offering free hot spots, wifi is more than adequate. ( I use very little cellular on my mini)
    4.    iTunes and the App store;  I will start by saying I am cheap.  If the App isn't free, it has to be really valuable to me or I won't buy it.  I paid for Pages on my iPad 2 years ago and I bought a password wallet that syncs on all my devices on all platforms.  Aside from that I buy music to add to the CDs I imported to iTunes.  If you don't like iTunes and don't want to use it, keep looking at android tablets.
    5.    ios 7 - Never has Apple made such a big deal and been so poorly prepared to introduce a new ios.  It has devoted Apple heads steamed.  I count myself one and have had no problems with my devices, educated user I hope, or just really lucky.
    6.    I really USE my tablet.  I use it for work, for financial management and communications.  I rarely have to resort to the desktop as almost everything is possible on the iPad.  I love it's portability!  Documents and data flow back and forth with the cloud I never worry about losing anything or finding anything.  Photos download automatically from my Android smart phone with Dropbox App and are instantly available to load on all devices.
    7.    If you are a big PC hacker type, the switch to ios is culture shock.  The first time on the new iMac I was at my wits end trying to navigate.  I only had to stop working so hard and it all fell into place.
    My personal experience:
        I have the iPad 2, (wifi only) and the first mini (with 4G LTE) and I had a 4th generation iPod touch and now have a 5th Gen iPod touch (which I really like a lot).  My son has an iPhone 4S and the iPad with retina display.  Both my sons have had iPods through the years.
       My 50 year old eyes prefer the bigger screen of iPad 2 and typing is much easier.  But I love the portability of the smaller tablet, so one for home, one for the road.  Thanks to iCloud what ever is on one is also on the other, documents, data, contacts, etc.   Retina display, my son has it, I don't, I can't say I miss it.  It does make pictures look better, if you are a photo person, the retina display is worth it.
    I also have transitioned from PC to Apple completely, I bought an iMac 4 years ago and it is as fast as it was on day one, no crashes, repairs, viruses.  I just bought a Mac Mini and I also use Apple Airport extreme for router and I have an Apple TV (the only disappointment, I prefer the Roku 2)
    I'm sure that was more than you asked for.....

  • When I turn on my Macbook pro retina display i get a black screen and i noticed that the machine gets very hot, any clue how to make it work?

    When I turn on my Macbook pro retina display, a black screen show up while I hear the normal start up sound.  I noticed that the machine gets very hot, any clue how to make it work?

    If the Mac is too hot to touch, take it in for service.
    Apple - Find Locations

  • Is there any way to play 1080p videos on the iPad with Retina Display without watching in full screen?

    When I watch 1080p videos from iTunes on my iPad, they are stretched to fit the whole screen (with black borders) even though there aren't enough pixels in the video. This means that the videos are not crisp as one would expect on a retina display, but slightly blurry, as they are not pixel perfect. Is there any way to make the video smaller? Or does anybody know any 3rd-party apps which can do this?

    There isn't as far as I can find - I've had a play around and can't find any way.

  • MacBook Pro with retina display (2014) stuck on login screen after latest Yosemite update

    Yesterday I ran the latest Yosemite update. The MacBook restarted afterwards, but the login screen won't respond to trackpad or keyboard. The MacBook is fully charged, BTW. I've shut down by holding the power key until it powers off, let it rest, and powered up again. I get the chime and the login screen, but I can't select anything either with trackpad or keyboard.
    OH

    Sorry folks, this is me again.
    NEVER MIND. I closed the lid, opened it, and all is well. I don't know what was going on, but it seems to have resolved itself.

  • Cracked mini screen(not retina display)  how much is replacement screen?

    Just dropped iPad mini, severely cracked screen.  Need to know how much a new screen is.

    Apple does not replace screens.  Apple will offer you an out of warranty replacement for about 50% of the cost of the device when new.

  • TS3533 How can I shut down my PowerBook wiyh retina display in case of black screen and nonresponsive keyboard after sleep?

    Installed OS 10.82 and EFI update and put the system to sleep. Trying to wake it again resulted in black screens and an irresponsive keyboard: there seems to be no way to shut the system down in this case. My solution was to unplug the machine and let it blow the fans and run "by itself" untill it after several hours shut down because of low battery charge. After plugging it in again, it would start on key board command and now works fine.
    Question: Is emptying the battery really the only way shut the laptop down in this case?

    All you should need to do is push and hold the on/off button for a few seconds. It should shut it down cold.
    If it doesn't you may have a defective machine.

  • Retina Display Export Settings?

    I recently bought a new 13 inch Macbook Pro with the Retina Display and was super excited to use it with Lightroom 4. I began to edit and export photos for airplane-pictures.net for upload. The website requires that the photos be a .jpg file between 1024px and 1600px on the long edge and less than 3MB. On my old MBP (Macbook Pro), I always exported photos with the same settings at 1280px on the long edge with 72ppi, and a quality of 80 and high sharpening for screen. I did the same thing with my new Retina Display MBP and the photos look terrible. There is an excessive amount of jaggies that make the image look really over sharpened and even out of focus before and after uploading. (I have tried adjusting quality, pip, and screen sharpening but they have resulted in no improvement) However, if I keep those settings, but I don't resize the image at all and leave the "resize to fit" box unchecked and is opened in Preview, the photos look beautiful, AND they are fit perfectly in my 1280px screen. So it's like the photo is automatically resized when I export it without checking the box and it seemingly fits at 1280px, however the website will not accept at the large proportions of something like 5363px × 3352px. Does that make sense? In short, when I resize the photo in export to 1280px, it looks awfully out of focus and over sharpened, but when I don't resize the image and open it in Preview it fits to my screen and looks gorgeous! Has anyone used Lightroom 4 with the Retina Display and figured out some sort of solution? Again, when I used these same settings on my OLD MBP the photos looked just as great.
    Thank you in advance!

    The website needs to understand how to serve images to retina (or the windows equivalent - hiDPI) machines. Many are not. Many websites need some extra code: for example this: Jao's photo blog: A much simpler way to serve retina displays the right images . Image sites like flickr, smugmug, 500px etc, all do this correctly if you upload large enough images but those are exceptions. Also, even if you are using a website that understands how to do this, your browser might not be new enough to ask for the higher res image. Only newer versions of Firefox and Chrome do this. Safari has always done it right since the retina machines came out and on iPads and iPhones.
    My guess is that the website you are using is not doing this right. Which is not surprising as these displays are still fairly uncommon. So your website probably resizes the image at the size it is thinking it is displaying on normal screens.
    Lastly, high sharpening is usually too much. Also think about the size you need. A 13" retina has a 2560-by-1600 pixel resolution. A 1280 pixel wide image will look good when it takes up about 50% of the width of your display. At that size it will be about 1 pixel in the file per pixel on the screen. If it is displayed larger, it will look unsharp. So think about how wide on the display it will be shown and determine from that your maximum size you need. Preview is not a good gauge as it by default doesn't show 1:1. You need to change the setting in the preview preferences->images to be "1 image pixel equals 1 screen pixel" and then do a command-zero on your exported file to see what it actually looks like. Also, this only works correctly if you set the resolution of your screen in System preferences to "best for display"

  • Macbook Pro vs Macbook Pro with retina display

    Hi,
    I'm getting a new laptop in december and I'm trying to figure out wich one I should buy. Here are my two options:
    Macbook Pro (non retina)
    2.3GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz
    8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB
    500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm
    SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
    MacBook Pro 15-inch Hi-Res Glossy Widescreen Display
    And
    Macbook Pro (with retina)
    2.3GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz
    16GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM
    256GB Flash Storage
    I use a ableton live and logic (a lot) with many plug-ins and final cut for some basic video editing. I was wondering if the processor is good enough and if the RAM is gonna be a factor.
    I also heard that having only one stick of ram is not as good as having two.
    The hard drive is not really an issue because I keep most of my stuff in external hard drives.
    Thanks a lot.

    In reality the Retina display isn't that really noticeably better than  a high resolution display, we compared them side by side ourselves.
    The difference is the non-Retina has a anti-glare option, uses less power, can be upgraded by the user later, can play cd/dvd's, the optical drive replaced with another drive for more storage, more RAM added and first and foremost, runs a heck of a lot cooler and has no screen image issues like the Retina displays have.
    If you search these forums and online, you'll see what I mean about these Retina displays, ghosting, spots etc. apparently a problem with LG Retina displays and Apple is in competition with Sam Sung but they make the better Retina displays.
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4034848
    So you won't know what you'll get in the box, but you can find out.
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4342365?start=0&tstart=0

  • MacBook Pro Retina Display Support ?

    I just purchased a new MacBook Pro Retina Display laptop, and would like to know when I can expect Adobe to upgrade the CS6 suite of apps to take advantage of the Retina display.

    Don Quinn wrote:
    Am I the only one confused why people buy into doubly dense displays and then want to dumb them down by making elements on them twice as large?  That seems wasteful. Scoot your chair closer to the screen. I hold an iPhone 4 closer to my face than a 2nd gen iPod touch. It is no big deal. They look the same that way.
    The retina display does not introduce a new issue. Dot pitch has been increasing for years. We see people that will adjust their LCDs to a non-native resolution (ie: running 1024x768 on a 1280x1024-capable display). Or they will adjust their system settings to display larger fonts. Instead of buying the right monitor for their needs and eyesight, they misuse an expensive display. I would love to have the pixels that they are not using. A pixel is a terrible thing to waste.
    You show a complete lack of understanding of the problem, and what the Retina display brings to the table. It's not just a higher density display — it's roughly double the resolution. You even said it, but did you think it through? According to your suggestion, we should run the display at the double resolution and deal with half-sized UI elements. Can I say, "yuck!"? Just TRY to use Photoshop with buttons this small:
    http://d.pr/i/LVTH (screenshot of Photoshop CS6 on my rMBP at the highest resolution) Squeeze that into a 15in. laptop screen and you'll see the problem.
    Most are smaller than my mouse pointer. Some apps that don't support the display are completely unusable. I tried playing Team Fortress 2 soon after getting my rMBP and found that the settings UI is so small it's impossible. The doubled resolution isn't so we get more screen real estate — it's so we get super-crisp images and a level of detail in the photos and graphics we work on that parallels printed work. Hell, I'd settle for just getting the workspace Retina supported. I don't care if the UI is grainy, I just want my photos and prints to be crystal clear.
    I'm STILL waiting on word (any word at all) from Adobe that even HINTS on Retina support. I refuse to purchase software because odds are, it'll be in 6.5 and I'll have to purchase all over again. I'd go Creative Cloud but I'm not paying $50/mo for ugly software from a company who could be a bit more loving to the consumer. Also, I just can't afford it. I'm unfortunately stuck waiting with just Pixelmator (which is Retina supported already... ahem) until Adobe says something. ANYTHING. Instead, you could hear a pin drop in the silence. WE JUST WANT TO KNOW

  • Retina Display or not?????

    Hi!
    I have a MacBook Pro whitout a retina display (15 in) and my mom would like to buy it to me for around $1500... I was wondering if i should change for a MacBook Pro with retina display (which is more expensive) or get another one (the same one, without retina display).
    I surely want to stay with a MacBook but I also wonder if a MacBook Air might be more appropriate.
    I use my MacBook for school (projects and stuff and I have Word and Pages and everything like that). Also, I use Aperture. I would like to be able to bring it with me at school... The new MacBook Pro (with retina display) is lighter than the one I have, which I find really cool!
    I don't know if I can get the MacBook Air with retina display with a 15 in screen but if I can't, than I don't want it. I like to have a big screen to look at.
    Thanks for helping!
    XOX
    **One more thing... I have the Office for Mac set on my actual computer but I don't have the CD with the software because my school installed it on my Mac. Is there a way to copy it on my new computer? I would erase it from this one though. I just don't want to pay for it since my school already did. I change school for next year too, so I won't be able to get it anymore (from the school)... Thanks!
    **Also, English isn't my mother tongue so I might sound a little weird... Sorry about that!

    I am in the same situation trying to decide on retina or not. For the last couple weeks I have been doing my research and comparing all the prices and spec for spec it seems like the retina is cheaper than the non-retina and on top of that comes with the amazing screen. So I decided upon the retina.
    As for Microsoft Office, I believe it is possible to copy over the files from computer to computer. The issue is when you tansfer it to a new computer and you open it the first time it requires a license key/number. This would be what is on the original case of the purchased discs. So unless you can get another liscence key/number the files will do you no good.
    If you are worried about price you should check out the refurbs, last i saw there was a base model retina at 15% off. Also you said you were in school so you should see if you are eligable for education pricing if you want a custom one.

  • MacBook pro retina display is not turning on even though the computer is on.

    My Mac book pro retina display has a solid black screen. I can hold the power button down to turn it on and off, but the screen never activates.

       Restart.
       Press F2 key couple of times.
       Reset PRAM.   http://support.apple.com/kb/PH18761
    Reset SMC.     http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
    Choose the method for:
    "Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".
    Best.

  • Stains on RETINA DISPLAY - Who can spot them?

    There are two small 'stains' close to both bottom corners on my retina display.
    Only visible when screen is grey - then these areas are lighter / whiter - it looks to me as they come from the assembly process when someone would hold the glass in those places. They were smaller originally but are getting more visible.
    Any idea if there is a solution?
    Anybody with the same issue?
    Attached the one on the left bottom corner: the lighter part close to the Select word ...

    Maybe this is your case http://www.staingate.org

  • How do i clean the screen of my macbook with retina display?

    how do i clean the screen of my macbook with retina display?

    To clean the screen on your MacBook, MacBook Pro, or MacBook Air, first shut down the computer and unplug the power adapter. Dampen the included cleaning cloth with just water and wipe the screen. Do not spray liquid directly onto the screen.
    Important: The bottom case of the MacBook (13-inch, Late 2009) and MacBook (13-inch, Mid 2010) uses a soft nonslip material. Use a 3M Gray Microfiber or soft dye-free, lint-free cloth to clean the bottom case.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1544

  • Should I get the Retina Display?

    Hi!
    I have a MacBook Pro whitout a retina display (15 in) and my mom would like to buy it to me for around $1500... I was wondering if i should change for a MacBook Pro with retina display (which is more expensive) or get another one (the same one, without retina display).
    I surely want to stay with a MacBook but I also wonder if a MacBook Air might be more appropriate.
    I use my MacBook for school (projects and stuff and I have Word and Pages and everything like that). Also, I use Aperture. I would like to be able to bring it with me at school... The new MacBook Pro (with retina display) is lighter than the one I have, which I find really cool!
    I don't know if I can get the MacBook Air with retina display with a 15 in screen but if I can't, than I don't want it. I like to have a big screen to look at.
    Thanks for helping!
    XOX
    **One more thing... I have the Office for Mac set on my actual computer but I don't have the CD with the software because my school installed it on my Mac. Is there a way to copy it on my new computer? I would erase it from this one though. I just don't want to pay for it since my school already did. I change school for next year too, so I won't be able to get it anymore (from the school)... Thanks!
    **Also, English isn't my mother tongue so I might sound a little weird... Sorry about that!

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