After tearing down the machine to discover how difficult it was to repair, iFixit has now attacked the Retina display of the next generation Macbook Pro and discovered some more positive things, 9to5Mac reports. Calling it an ‘engineering marvel’, it was thoroughly impressed with what it found, including the Retina display measuring only 7mm at its thickest point.
The Retina display is an engineering marvel. Its LCD is essentially the entire display assembly. Rather than sandwich an LCD panel between a back case and a piece of glass in front, Apple used the aluminum case itself as the frame for the LCD panel and used the LCD as the front glass. They’ve managed to pack five times as many pixels as the last model in a display that’s actually a fraction of a millimeter thinner. And since there’s no front glass, glare is much less of an issue.
Other interesting points include a strip of 48 LEDs that provide all the light for your display and the numerous films and sheets that manipulate the light before it reaches your eyes. It’s all complex stuff, and you really have to admire the effort and thought Apple put in to their products. It’s insane!
For more details, check out iFixit‘s full report here.
