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Particular
Mar 12, 2008, 10:18 AM
Any way to increase the resolution of the MBA in leopard beyond what is allowed in preferences? Any third party apps?



lancestraz
Mar 12, 2008, 10:21 AM
The max resolution your computer can display is hardware limited, not software.
It's like asking for a software update that will make your hard drive bigger.

Particular
Mar 12, 2008, 10:53 AM
thanks for the clarification

mcvaughan
Mar 12, 2008, 10:56 AM
Your best bet would be to just buy an external monitor.

Particular
Mar 12, 2008, 11:47 AM
I can't put an external monitor in my messenger bag

bjdraw
Mar 12, 2008, 11:55 AM
Leopard was supposed to have a "resolution independence" feature that would let you change the DPI of the UI, but I'm not sure what happened to that.

heatmiser
Mar 15, 2008, 12:36 AM
You could fake it in XP, as that OS supports scaling DPI below 100%. Vista supports scaling above, but not below 100%. OS X, needless to say, doesn't support scaling in either direction.

kockgunner
Mar 17, 2008, 06:55 PM
Leopard was supposed to have a "resolution independence" feature that would let you change the DPI of the UI, but I'm not sure what happened to that.

that would've been a great feature. i wonder if they're gonna add it through a software update or if they just scrapped it. if it's the latter, i'm mad!

lancestraz
Mar 17, 2008, 08:51 PM
that would've been a great feature. i wonder if they're gonna add it through a software update or if they just scrapped it. if it's the latter, i'm mad!
Leopard has some support for resolution independence; no applications take advantage of it right now, though.