It's assumed Apple's stopped working on that in favor of HiDPI bitmaps and larger fonts. If they do the conversion they way they did iOS (from non retina to retina) then the user won't notice a difference with the exception of a much sharper screen. The text will scale perfectly and look sharper to boot.But is the Mac OS X any closer to having resolution independence?
I want to stop running my 1680x1050 15" MBP in the slightly blurry non-native 1440x852 resolution. (I do that because all the text at 1680x1050 looks too small.)
Oh he was talking about the left image. Got it. Should've thought of that.The text should not be so pixelated like the graphics. Text is a vector by default and will not get fuzzy when it's increased.
Why would this signal anything but "air display" for the ipad?
It's assumed Apple's stopped working on that in favor of HiDPI bitmaps and larger fonts. If they do the conversion they way they did iOS (from non retina to retina) then the user won't notice a difference with the exception of a much sharper screen. The text will scale perfectly and look sharper to boot.
Though it would be pricey, at least it is a pricey option for those HP notebooks, I would love an IPS display.Retina display would be awesome but I really want IPS display!!
You forget that you have the option to play the games at a lower resolution. With a retina display and a good scaling algorithm it should not result in fuzzy graphics like it does today. If you play on a 20% lower res it looks bad.The bad news is Apple will once again put in just enough horse power to drive the new display but we won't see any real improvement for gaming. Just like the iPad 3rd gen.
ask for more.
You forget that you have the option to play the games at a lower resolution.
It's assumed Apple's stopped working on that [Resolution Independence] in favor of HiDPI bitmaps and larger fonts. ... The text will scale perfectly and look sharper to boot.
We'll have retina display MBPs before summer!!
But is the Mac OS X any closer to having resolution independence?
I want to stop running my 1680x1050 15" MBP in the slightly blurry non-native 1440x852 resolution. (I do that because all the text at 1680x1050 looks too small.)
The point was that Apple will use a larger font so that the user will have no idea that anything has changed other than the screen sharpness increasing. Think about going from the iPhone 3G's screen to the iPhone 4's. They look identical (the font doesn't look smaller) other than the iPhone 4's screen is incredibly sharp. Same thing will happen here.At the moment, MacOS is designed for a resolution below 100dpi (extremely noticeable in the scaling of Office documents!) and current Macbooks already run above that. As a result, people above the age of 35 often have difficulty using MacOS.
If Apple simply quadruples the resolution, the squinting problem won't change. Especially since every Macbook form factor has its own resolution.
It is embarrassing that Microsoft has nailed resolution independence since Windows XP, while Apple has given up on it.