The seventh beta of Apple’s upcoming macOS Monterey operating system, which was released later this week, may have just revealed the display resolutions for Apple’s upcoming “M1X” 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro notebooks.
The resolutions, which were noted in the System Information app, and discovered by Steve Moser, listed as “3456 x 2234 Retina” and “3024 x 1964 Retina” and do not correspond to resolutions of the built-in displays on any current or previous Apple products. Based on the resolutions themselves and their relationships to each other, it seems likely that these new resolutions are for the upcoming MacBook Pro.
The current 16-inch MacBook Pro has a native display resolution of 3072 x 1920, while the current 13-inch MacBook Pro’s native resolution is 2560 x 1600, giving both machines a pixel density of 226–227 pixels per inch.
Such an upgrade would represent an increase in pixel density to around 250 pixels per inch, which would arguably allow for native 2x Retina as the default setting for these new machines for the sharpest possible image.
Apple is rumored to be introducing the redesigned MacBook Pro models before the end of the year, likely at another media event in October or November.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
Via MacRumors and @SteveMoser