16" M1 MBP - run at higher resolution?

[Just sayin...]

Anybody here bump the resolution of your new 16" M1 MBP from the default of 1728×1117 to the higher 2056×1329 setting (via System Preferences -> Displays -> Scaled -> Slider to More Space)? I know the text says "Using a scaled resolution may affect performance" - but in the day since I've changed this setting, I cannot see any downside (performance, sharpness, color, brightness, scrolling, etc.). What am I missing here? The display looks great and I'd really like to know if I've given up something that I'm unaware of...

Thanks!

 

[flapflapflap]

any change in battery life?

 

[Just sayin...]

Thus far, after about 3 hours of listening to music, transferring files from my old XPS13 to this new system, loading software, browsing using both Safari and Chrome, etc. and I've gone from 100% to 96%. No battery data from before because system was plugged in. There is no way my observed 4% battery drop is representative of anything...

 

[javss]

can you post screenshots of the whole screen using both the lower 1728x1117 and the higher 2056x1329 resolutions? would love to see the difference in screen real estate. thanks!

 

[Just sayin...]

Sorry it's taken me a bit to get back to you on this. I've attached two screenshots: one at 1728x1117 and the other at 2056x1329 resolutions - with a split screen showing this thread on the left side and a blank Google Sheets spreadsheet on the right. You can see the number of rows/columns and the resolution/clarity. That said, the question still stands: is there some trade-off that I'm as yet unaware of by selecting the higher, scaled resolution?

 

[javss]

casperes1996 sums it up pretty well in this thread: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/default-vs-scaled-resolutions.2238947/

plus, the new M1 MacBook Pro 16in is more than capable of handling graphic intense load than the 15inch he talks about. so i really don't think there is a significant trade-off. and even if there is some, it will probably go unnoticed given that the scaling didn't really affect the performance of the 15 inch Intel MacBook Pros and the bump in graphical performance of the new M1 machines compared to the old Intel's is huge.

so it should mean you really don't have to worry about the performance taking a hit. hope this helps.