I didn't return my Apple Studio Display

Re:I didn't return my Apple Studio Display by mort96 on Friday April 01, 2022 @01:04PM (#30880548)

Nah, that's not true. Linux also looks best at roughly that scale. Everything is way too big at 1080p@1x/4k@2x at 27" -- in both macOS and Linux. I'm not too sure about Windows, but given the fact that cross-platform apps like web browsers render everything at the same logical size across the systems, and the fact that browsers don't look hilariously out of place in Windows. I'm gonna assume that it applies to Windows as well.

I used to have a 27" 1080p monitor for my Linux box, now I have a 27" 1440p monitor and a 24" 1080p monitor. Everything looks less oversized now.

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Re:I didn't return my Apple Studio Display by skydhash on Friday April 01, 2022 @01:52PM (#30881142)

I don't know about 4k@27, but 1080@27 is indeed too big. The only thing I want to be big is the text - and icons maybe -, But I can't stomach big UI elements.

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Re:I didn't return my Apple Studio Display by mort96 on Friday April 01, 2022 @01:57PM (#30881224)

FWIW, 4k is 3840x2160, which is (19202)x(10802). So 4k@27 running at a 2x scale is exactly the same physical area per logical pixel as 1080p@27 running at a 1x scale.

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Re:I didn't return my Apple Studio Display by skydhash on Friday April 01, 2022 @04:01PM (#30882664)

I have a 1440p@27 monitor. That gives me enough real estate to actually use editors and IDE and have some real estate. I could probably do 4k, but maybe @32 inches and native resolution.

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