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Re:Apple Says There Won't Be a 27-Inch iMac with Apple Silicon by pathartl on Monday November 06, 2023 @02:39PM (#38167742)
I don't understand why 5K @ 27" is so sought after. My partner uses a 4K 32" display currently and if I'm at a normal sitting distance, I couldn't tell the difference between it and a 5K Studio Display. The 32" is 137ppi which sounds low, but with your eyes at 25" away it's still "retina".

As I sit at my desk now looking at my 27" 1440p (108ppi) display at a distance of 23" I really cannot fathom having double the pixel density. Could it be better? Sure! I chose 144Hz over density, but double the amount of pixels? No way in hell

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Re:Apple Says There Won't Be a 27-Inch iMac with Apple Silicon by kcb on Monday November 06, 2023 @04:14PM (#38169105)
macOS fractional scaling never looked good for me on a 4K 32" screen. At 5K you can get a clean 2560x1440 integer scale.
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Re:Apple Says There Won't Be a 27-Inch iMac with Apple Silicon by canes123456 on Monday November 06, 2023 @04:53PM (#38169562)
4k on 32” doesn’t look good on windows either.
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Re:Apple Says There Won't Be a 27-Inch iMac with Apple Silicon by kcb on Monday November 06, 2023 @07:29PM (#38171385)
That's what I'm running now with 125% scale and it looks perfect to me.
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Re:Apple Says There Won't Be a 27-Inch iMac with Apple Silicon by SomeoneFromCA on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @04:11AM (#38174760)
I run it in KDE at 168% scaling. Yeah I like everything big and very smmoth.
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Re:Apple Says There Won't Be a 27-Inch iMac with Apple Silicon by kecupochren on Monday November 06, 2023 @04:15PM (#38169133)
4k 32" is 77% less pixels than 5k 27". That many pixels make night and day difference in text sharpness
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Re:Apple Says There Won't Be a 27-Inch iMac with Apple Silicon by canes123456 on Monday November 06, 2023 @04:53PM (#38169556)
4k on 32” is usable but is very clearly much less sharp than 4k on 27”. If you can’t tell the difference, you might need to update your glasses or contacts.
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