What's a Good Sized Monitor?

[audreyh1]

I believe the 13" MacBook Pro retina display has even higher pixel density than your 15"

Beaten by the iPad Retina at 264 pixels per inch, and the iPad mini Retina, iPhone 4 and iPhone 5 at whopping 326 pixels per inch!!!!

But yes, the 2880 pixels wide in the 15 inch is better for photo editing even though the pixel density is "only" 220 pixels per inch. Still twice the normal laptop.

Once you get used to these "Retina" displays, everything else looks soft.

I wear reading glasses, and have for years. But I still really appreciate the sharpness of a Retina screen. IMO it makes reading a LOT easier.

 

[soupcxan]

Get the Dell 30" at 2560x1600 if your graphics card will support it.

 

[bUU]

I don't know of any with 2880 pixels across.

Samsung recently released a 28" monitor with resolution 3840 x 2160.

It depends on your needs.

Indeed. And that depends on the circumstance. When I'm working, I could be building a new release in one window, fixing a bug in another window, testing that fix in another window, and monitoring email in another window. After retirement, I won't have such needs, so probably won't need such big screens to allow me to monitor the several things I'm doing in parallel.