Re:Apple Plans MacBook And MacBook Pro Kaby Lake Refresh For...
by lanna on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @12:07PM
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I think he meant that the newest 15" MBP with a 2880x1800 retina display is configured by default to show a scaled 1680x1050 desktop instead of the "native" 1440x900@2x you are thinking about.
Re:Apple Plans MacBook And MacBook Pro Kaby Lake Refresh For...
by coldtea on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @12:12PM
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Thanks, did they? I missed that! The spec pages still say:
15.4-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology; 2880-by-1800 native resolution at 220 pixels per inch with support for millions of colors
-- and lists a number of supported "scaled" resolutions.
I wonder why they made this move... People asking them for more real estate? Haven't gotten my MBPr yet, is the scaled resolutions workable?
Re:Apple Plans MacBook And MacBook Pro Kaby Lake Refresh For...
by gorodetsky on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @12:12PM
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That's exactly what I meant, apologies for confusion.
You seem confused. The default/native resolution IS Retina.
Retina is exactly about trading "extra screen real estate for image quality".
There's no "change", that was what Retina was about all along.
The other mode doesn't make much sense -- to have larger dpi but tiny screen elements on 15" or 13" screen, and scalable doesn't work as well with legacy apps and most stuff than "pixel doubling" does.