Retinafied 13-inch MacBook professional not a given, however screens on faucet

Displays that might be used on a 13-inch MacBook professional Retina are slated to start production this quarter, however "business plans" for Apple aren't definite nevertheless, an analyst told CNET.

Retina-class thirteen.3-inch displays with a pixel density of two,560-by-1,600 are slated for production this quarter (Q3), said Richard Shim, an analyst with DisplaySearch.

But when this might end in a Retina-endowed 13-inch version of the MacBook professional is unclear at the instant, in step with Shim.

Production of the thirteen.3-inch Retina-class show is a couple of quarter behind the Retina screen employed in the fifteen.4-inch MacBook professional. The PPI (pixels per inch) on the 13-inch show is 227, denser than the 220 PPI of this fifteen.4-inch Retina.

Taipei-based Digitimes, that routinely reports chatter from Asia-based suppliers, saidTuesday that Apple is asking its producing partners to start supplying parts for a replacement 13-inch MacBook professional model within the third quarter.