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LemonSlice on 12 February 2014
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Pemalite said:

No way, the only reason why people think Macbooks have the best displays is because they're ignorant of other alternatives, you're paying a premium for that logo.

The upcoming Lenovo’s Y50 has a 4k display, that puts the "Retina" display to absolute shame. (Then again, Apples "Retina" in the mobile space isn't even 720P, it's a marketing term for those who aren't very knowledgable, nothing more.)
Then you have Toshiba's "Kira Book" with it's 2560x1440 displays. - Which, from someone who has three 1440P 27" monitors, are a delight to behold.

You also can't forget the Dell XPS 15 with it's 3200x1800 display, which the equivalent Macbook is $500 more and doesn't have a touch screen, premium? I think so.

If I was the Op though...  And I was looking into a notebook, I wouldn't look past an MSI GT70 or the cheaper GX60, mainly from a gaming perspective or Perhaps the Razer Blade notebook.

I took a look at the Kira Book, and I laughed. For the same price, you lose the 16:10 format, 160 pixels of vertical resolution and 100% of sRGB; two thunderbolt ports, you get Intel HD 4400 instead of Intel Iris (5100), slower processor, lower battery life, and no dual Mac/Win. Though it is half a pound lighter, has an extra USB port and a touch screen with Corning glass. For someone with three 1440p monitors (I feel ashamed to say I only have one), you should be able to see the benefit of outputting that resolution to the monitors if you need to, which with the Macbook Pro you can, to two of them. You should also see the benefit of not having it smeared with your greasy fingers.

Retina resolution on their devices (except it's too much on the iPad mini) is just about perfect, you really don't need 4K resolution on a 13" display. They're just trying to out-Retina Retina, but you can't really see the difference. They don't put the Retina to any kind of shame except in the numbers game.

The Y50 is totally the wrong class, and I don't know the price configuration nor do I know enough specs to compare. For a gaming laptop, a resolution that high can only be a burden (luckily it's only an option).