According to the iFixit teardown, this assembly is only 7mm thick in the center with a panel glass thickness of 1.5mm. The glass spans practically edge to edge (although the active area is around a half inch inset inside that, more on top to accomodate the camera). Also the righthand cables were cut and there are two 3/8″ long quite deep scratches in one area. The unit arrived with a screwdriver crunch in the controller PCB and the internal copper planes are visible, so hopefully it works without shorting. I ordered them about a week apart so only the first one has yet arrived. I bought two of them on eBay for pretty cheap as semi-damaged top assembly pulls from complete laptops. It is the LG version, model number LP154WT1(SJ)(A1). I believe my panel is from a Late 2012 Macbook Pro Retina 15″ unit. The largest of these is the display from the 15″ Macbook Pro Retina. Of course Apple makes a couple more Retina products which are better suited to everyday use. They’re a nice portable size, but they’d look silly sitting on your desk as your primary monitor. The only major issue with the iPad display is it’s less than ten inches diagonal. I may not be a Mac, but Apple gets my thanks for dragging the market out of the 1080p rut. Mass production is a beautiful thing sometimes. It’s crazy that you can pick up a panel that would until recently have cost hundreds or thousands for 60 bucks. Since starting work on the iPad 3 LCD, I have become fascinated with Retina displays.
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