Thanks to Toshiba, Windows finally has a laptop with a high-resolution display to rival Apple’s vaunted Retina-sporting MacBooks.
The Toshiba Kirabook has a 13.3-inch, 2560-by-1440 resolution “PixelPure” touch screen, for a pixel density of 221 pixels per inch. That’s pretty close to Apple’s 13-inch, 2560-by-1600 MacBook Pro with Retina Display, which sports 227 ppi. By going with a 16:9 aspect ratio instead of the standard 16:10, Toshiba shaved off some of those vertical pixels, but the Kirabook has the advantage of a 10-point multi-touch screen.
So far, no other PC makers have announced Windows laptops with pixel densities above 200 ppi. Google’s Chromebook Pixel is the only other laptop to attempt such a high screen resolution, coming in at an eye-watering 239 ppi.
Although Toshiba is the first Windows notebook maker out of the gate with an ultra-high-resolution display, it probably won’t be long until other companies follow. Samsung has already showed a prototype Series 9 notebook running a Retina-level display resolution, for example, though that line’s recent refresh topped out at a 1080p display.
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