These days there has been talk about the possible implementation of Retina Displays in Apple's MacBooks, the Air, the Pro and the iMac, which will be equipped with such screens. Well, the high resolution screens could bring, unfortunately, an increase in the final price of Macs and I am talking about a possible increase of $100 in their final price. Those from cNET I claim that these screens have already entered the distribution chain of Apple partners and they are $100 more expensive than the normal ones used in current Macs, and the assumption is that users will bear this increase in price.
The feature, which could cost nearly $100 more than Apple currently spends, would make photos, applications, and text look sharper and clearer on Apple's computers. The company pulled the same trick on its iPhones and iPods, and more recently on the iPad. Computers have been the one holdout, but that's changing.
DisplaySearch Senior Analyst Richard Shim says that super high-resolution 13.3-inch and 15.4-inch panels that Apple would be a prime candidate to use are already available from suppliers.
13/15/17 inch Retina screens for Macs are already available for purchase at prices starting at $134 and in the case of the smallest screen we are talking about a price difference of over $60. Although it is assumed that users will bear the price difference, the reality is that Apple will also bear the costs, as it did in the case of the iPad 3 tablet. There Apple reused some old components to keep the costs at an acceptable level and incurred a increase of several tens of dollars in the price of the Retina screen, and the same thing will happen now.
Even if Apple will launch Macs with extremely good screens, the company cannot raise prices, otherwise it risks losing some of its customers.
