Today, Microsoft published a blog entry about Windows 8 and its requirement and ability to scale to different screen sizes and resolutions with differing ranges of pixel density. One interesting thing caught my eye which was this diagram.
Windows 8 - Common Screen Resolutions
The thing that interested me most was not what was on the right hand side of the diagram but the top left corner which shows a 10.1″ screen with 2560 x 1440 resolution for a staggering 291 PPI (pixels per square inch). This eclipses the benchmark currently set by the third-generation iPad currently available which weighs in at 2048 x 1536 (264 PPI). Of course, this is the highest of three common resolutions expected for tablet sized displays at 10.1″ so there might be an inference that only the higher end tablets will offer such resolutions. That said, the fact that it has been publicised might do well to tempt people to wait for Windows 8 tablets to land in October.
It remains to be seen if one of the five or so Windows 8 launch tablets will actually offer displays of this density but one can hope that one of them will or tablets arriving in time for Christmas this year will support it.
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