1440x900 & 1280x800 Make me want to cry

[Jof]

Once had 1900*1200 (or something near that) on my 15" Dell and it was great - not tiny for me all all. In fact, I liked it so much it stopped me going to a MBP for ages until it was rudely stolen a year ago.

In the end a got a 15" MBP and actually the lower res isn't so bad:
1) Mac apps take up less vertical screen real estate in general.
2) Good use of Spaces and Expose mean that you have all the pixels you need.
3) Everything is very clear.

The only time I miss that res is when I'm either designing very large wireframes or working on very large project plans. Which is rare.

 

[hundert]

Add more pixels, but give us resolution independence please.

What do You mean by independence?

LCDs having native resolutions is crappy.

 

[Gabriel GR]

I'd like:

1440x900 for the 13"
1680x1050 for 15" and
1980x1200 for the 17".

Of course that's just me and people who read/type a lot might find the bump too uncomfortable.

In fact wouldn't mind the 13" staying at 1280x800 but I spent two days with a 15" and everything seemed too big too me.

A few days ago I had to work with a 15.4 Dell precision M with a 1980x1200 CCFL display. It only took an hour to get used to it and to be honest, I felt that my ACD 24" monitor's display was pretty pathetic afterwards.

 

[Dozerrox]

I wish people would understand that a higher resolution shouldn't mean smaller text/UI etc, just sharper. That's a fault in OS X that they should have addressed ages ago.

For sure, a resolution bump is required. With resolution independence. It seems so archaic when I use a laptop with diddly res nowadays.

 

[belvdr]

I wish people would understand that a higher resolution shouldn't mean smaller text/UI etc, just sharper. That's a fault in OS X that they should have addressed ages.

For sure, a resolution bump is required. With resolution independence. It seems so archaic when I use a laptop with diddly res nowadays.

If nothing else changes, and the resolution increases, things get smaller. I don't believe I've ever seen a resolution independent display, but I don't look that much either.

EDIT: Googling reschooled me on resolution independence. Forget my statement above.

 

[apolloa]

This thread is pointless. Isn't it obvious we would all love higher res screens, me included? But also higher res screens have only really come out AFTER the unibody was launched.
It's a case of if you get the same screen res with the next updates tough, don't buy a Mac.
But then again if they don't put a decent discrete GPU in it then there is no point anyway.

 

[Thunder82]

This thread is pointless.

Is it, really? seems that half of the responses are for an increase, and half are against. Yet the poll currently shows 80 for and 20 against an increase.

In the past, if a subject is highly debated, a CTO option may appear for some models - hopefully 15". (insert the matte vs glossy vs glassy subject)

 

[apolloa]

Is it, really? seems that half of the responses are for an increase, and half are against. Yet the poll currently shows 80 for and 20 against an increase.

In the past, if a subject is highly debated, a CTO option may appear for some models - hopefully 15". (insert the matte vs glossy vs glassy subject)

Yeah, I saw those results after I posted my reply, cannot believe people are happy with the current res offerings!!

Still it's pointless in my eyes as I would luurrrvveeee a higher res, 1080P please, if Alienware can do it so can Apple. But no doubt the GPU installed will struggle to run Crysis at that res anyway

 

[Gabriel GR]

I wish people would understand that a higher resolution shouldn't mean smaller text/UI etc, just sharper. That's a fault in OS X that they should have addressed ages ago.

For sure, a resolution bump is required. With resolution independence. It seems so archaic when I use a laptop with diddly res nowadays.

Resolution independence beats the purpose why most of us want a higher resolution. For me at least, higher resolution means smaller menus and fitting more windows in a single screen space.

Of course there are other advantages in high resolution such as detail but they are not my top priority.

 

[hellric]

I don't want more than 1440x900 for a 15 incher, when I want more for working on big spreasheet or multiple documents, I use my 24" external monitor; and for games, it's better not to have a too big resolution if the GPU isn't very powerful (and it will be the case again, obviously) so you can play in native resolution...

 

[PowerGamerX]

Meh. I think they have good resolutions on all the current models. I wouldn't want any higher, it would cause eyestrain for me, and my eyes are actually good too.

 

[Dozerrox]

Resolution independence beats the purpose why most of us want a higher resolution. For me at least, higher resolution means smaller menus and fitting more windows in a single screen space.

Of course there are other advantages in high resolution such as detail but they are not my top priority.

In windows you can select the size between 3 options.

 

[Gabriel GR]

In windows you can select the size between 3 options.

I know. It's pretty cool. I always use the smallest size.

 

[patrickdunn]

Why would anybody care about higher resolution?! If words are small or harder to read, dial it back a bit. You can always decrease the resolution.

 

[Gabriel GR]

Why would anybody care about higher resolution?! If words are small or harder to read, dial it back a bit. You can always decrease the resolution.

Because each panel has only one native resolution and when you lower it things start to blur.

 

[dusk007]

Patrick but in this case you'd run on a not native resolution (unless you go from 1600 width to 800) and that usually looks bad.
I don't see why so many want higher resolutions as it seems most people just want it because a lot of Windows Notebooks have it.
For the average User there is little benefit in higher resolutions. Everything is smaller only high def content looks a little better. When gaming you need much more GPU Power too utilise the res, or everything you get is worse not better quality.

I checked the higher res. in the poll but only because I need it for programming on the go, where I need as much screen real estate as possible. But for most people I know I wouldn't recommend a higher res than 1440x900 on 15". I'd like 1600x1080 and if they make the dreaded switch to 16:9 which I doubt I would even go for 1920x1080 to get as much out of this stupid ratio as possible.

The best thing would be a build to order option.

 

[student_trap]

I vote for staying at the current resolutions

the last thing that I want are smaller pixels.

I don't want to have to use eye-strain-o-vision just to use my computer.

 

[Eleventeen]

I voted for higher res because I enjoy having the extra screen real estate for design work, and my current Early '06 MBP replaced a 3 yr old Dell that had the first 15" 1680 x 1050 screen they had and I missed that.

In reality, day to day, it doesn't matter much because my MBP spends more time than not connected to an external monitor. It's most likely replacement will probably be the 13" for portability's sake (lugging it almost everywhere now) because I wouldn't use InDesign/Illustrator on the LCD a whole lot.

 

[Thunder82]

For the average User there is little benefit in higher resolutions.

Part of the reason that I started this thread.. I think this poll shows that this statement isn't necessarily true. If you only use your computer at home to surf the web and occasionally check email, sure, theres no need for increased resolution. For those that actually demand a lot from their notebooks, I don't see how increased resolution & workspace wouldn't help.

If your eyes can't handle it, I feel sorry for you because higher resolution is glorious! (up to a point - which i suppose is the question at hand) Either way, I wish Apple would CTO screens, it certainly seems to be a commonly discussed (and disagreed upon subject) between Apple customers.

 

[student_trap]

Part of the reason that I started this thread.. I think this poll shows that this statement isn't necessarily true. If you only use your computer at home to surf the web and occasionally check email, sure, theres no need for increased resolution. For those that actually demand a lot from their notebooks, I don't see how increased resolution & workspace wouldn't help.

If your eyes can't handle it, I feel sorry for you because higher resolution is glorious! (up to a point - which i suppose is the question at hand) Either way, I wish Apple would CTO screens, it certainly seems to be a commonly discussed (and disagreed upon subject) between Apple customers.

yeah I can totally see how some people might want/need it, and I am all for custom configurations. But i'd hate it to be the only option

 

[Tyrion]

Also, with true resolution independence (which I only recently learned OS X still doesn't have), legibility is not a problem at all.
Give us FullHD already, Apple.

 

[Prhymeate]

Given that apples are popular amongst the design community, isn't screen real estate very important to those consumers? To me it seems counter productive for them not to up the resolution at least a little bit. I realise there is the option of connecting it to a larger screen, but that isn't very portable.

 

[roliath]

I have a 15in, and 1440x900 seems ideal for me.
I wouldn't mind 1600x900, but for the 6 months i've had my mbp the resolution has never been an issue for me.

 

[Jaro65]

I would really prefer for my 15" MBP to have 1680x1050 screen resolution. The 1440x900 is a bit constraining when trying to use with some technical applications. From my perspective, the 17" resolution of 1900x1200 is great. The screen resolution was one of the reasons that drove me from the 15" MBP to the 17" one.

 

[airplaneman]

Good, but could be better.

I too would love a higher res screen, but when comparing to other brnads - the resolution is already higher than most. 3 people in my family own 15" laptops, all are 1280x800, the resolution of the 13" MBP.

I agree with ^ that guy.

These resolutions are not at all bad, but I would not complain if they increased them