MARCH 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 31
to go beyond the maximum scaled resolution offered
in the Displays system preference and get more screen
space. Still, Apple’s research showed that users want a
display larger than 15 inches, so it seems like moving
up to a 16in display is a good compromise. It’s bigger,
but it doesn’t move the footprint into the 17in realm,
where it creates an overall laptop size that’s too big for
a lot of people.
With a native 3,072x1,920 resolution, the 16in
MacBook Pro’s Retina display has smaller bezels than
the 15in model – the top bezel is 25 percent smaller,
and the side bezels are 34 percent smaller. Like other
The 16in MacBook Pro allows
users to adjust the refresh
rate of the built-in display