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Author/Founder of @stratechery. Host of @exponentfm. @notechben for sports. @monkbent on other networks. Home on the Internet.

Taipei, Taiwan
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    Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 25 Jan 2014

    An 11.88″ retina MBA would have the same pixel density as the iPad Air. Makes sense to me. http://www.fpblog.net/blog/2014/1/20/an-1188-retina-macbook-air …

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      2. Tim Dierks‏ @tdierks 26 Jan 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent Macs have screen size flexibility iOS devices lack, no constraint to simple multiples. Could be almost any size/density.

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      3. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 26 Jan 2014
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        @tdierks it’s a supply chain argument

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      4. Tim Dierks‏ @tdierks 26 Jan 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent there's no deep supply dependence on screen size; the mother glass is cut down to final size relatively late in the process.

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      5. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 26 Jan 2014
        Replying to @tdierks

        @tdierks but there is on pixel density. That’s the point. I thought the original article laid it out well

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      6. Tim Dierks‏ @tdierks 26 Jan 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent It started with the precept that 2x was likely. 12" w/ 2760x1552 or something else with same density just as possible.

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      7. Tim Dierks‏ @tdierks 26 Jan 2014
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        @monkbent Concur that 326 is sweet spot, but Apple doesn't seem to have trouble sourcing displays at any density they want.

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      2. Shameer Mulji‏ @shameermulji 26 Jan 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent wouldn't make sense having this and the rumored 12.9" iPad. Too much overlap.

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      3. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 26 Jan 2014
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        @shameermulji why?

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      4. Shameer Mulji‏ @shameermulji 26 Jan 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent you have 2 devices, essentially the same size / portability, that could essentially do the same jobs as each other.

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      5. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 26 Jan 2014
        Replying to @shameermulji

        @shameermulji there is a much bigger difference between the iPad and MBA than there is between MBA and MBP, yet both are 13″

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      6. Shameer Mulji‏ @shameermulji 26 Jan 2014
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        @monkbent I can see a 12" rMBA / iPad working if it was a manifestation of this; http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2013/04/finally-apple-reveals-their-hybrid-notebook-tablet-details.html …

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      7. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 26 Jan 2014
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        @shameermulji no way.

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      1. Sijung‏ @vervaak 25 Jan 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent See more 11 inch than 13 inch airs in Japan. Tw is opposite.

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      1. AAPL Tree‏ @AAPLTree 25 Jan 2014
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        @monkbent The end of the two-MacBook Air lineup? (That is, if/when the non-retina MacBook Airs fade away.)

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