Best monitors for macbook pro retine series#
The former display, despite being a year older, is a better display since it's from the higher-end U Series model line the P Series is the next step down. If you only need 61W power through USB-C, then I'd look at either the U2719DC or the P2720DC.
A 27" 1440p display has a pixel density of 108 ppi, which will result in a sharper image and a density closer to reference.
As a point of comparison, macOS in non-Retina mode is designed around a "reference" pixel density of 100-110 ppi, depending on whether you're working with desktop or laptop displays. Having just 1920x1080 resolution spread across a 27" display results in a very low pixel density of 81 ppi, which will cause text in particular to look noticeably grainy. In any case, if you want at least a 27" display, I would strongly encourage you to go for 2560x1440 resolution, not 1920x1080. Would have been helpful to just provide more details on the CPU though, since that was the differentiating factor I mentioned.
Best monitors for macbook pro retine plus#
It will have more extensive Ok, the Iris Plus 645 appears to be related to the Core 8th Gen CPU. And if you can't, go to, search the model of the display, go to the Documentation section, and open up the User Guide. Hopefully this gives you a few things to think about, but honestly you can find these specs just looking at the product pages of various displays. Picture-by-picture on a standard 16:9 display results in a pretty narrow workspace for each source.
In terms of picture-by-picture, I pretty much only see that on ultrawide displays right now, like the U4919DW that has a resolution of 5120x1440 (it's essentially two regular 1440p panels fused together). Or if you have a 2019 MBP with a 10th Gen CPU, you'd be fine running USB 3.x even with 4K 60 Hz - as long as you choose a display that supports DisplayPort 1.4/HBR3 on its USB-C input.
(You'd also need a display that supported being configured to set up the USB-C link to maximize video bandwidth by only running USB 2.0 data.) If you use 1440p or below, you should be fine keeping USB 3.x. If you want 4K resolution, then if your 13" MacBook Pro has an 8th Gen CPU, be aware that you'd only have USB 2.0 data speeds available when connected over USB-C, due to bandwidth requirements of 4K and the DisplayPort revision that the 13" 2019 MBP w/ 8th Gen CPU supports. But finding a display that has a USB-C input, built-in USB ports, and an HDMI input isn't all that difficult. There aren't very many of those within Dell's product line right now. If that isn't desirable, you'd have to look at displays that supply 90W or more. It will work with a lower wattage source, but you may see slower battery charging and/or reduced performance in that case. You don't have ANY preferences or requirements around size, aspect ratio, resolution, refresh rate, etc.? In terms of your requirements, the MacBook Pro 15" is designed for an 87W power source.