Even if you find a sharp enough monitor, you may have trouble connecting it to your Mac. The market is full of 27-inch and larger screens that support only 1080p resolution and a pixel density of around 100 pixels per inch, about half of any Retina display you’re used to. Alas, those monitors are costly and, in my opinion, underwhelming apart from their pixel density.īuying a monitor is like navigating a minefield. Instead, Apple endorses the $700 24-inch LG UltraFine 4K Display and the $1300 27-inch LG UltraFine 5K Display by virtue of selling them-and them alone-in the online Apple store.
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