Anyone here with a RMBP running Win thru Bootcamp?

[intz2nu]

Would love to hear feedback if Windows looks better on a Retina Display than the adverage PC machine.

 

[polarbipolar]

In fact, that depends on what you mean by "looks better".
Of course with the latest bootcamp drivers windows uses the native screen resolution and pictures and text look beautifuly crisp and clear.

But Windows does not support scaling by far, so this means you would need to turn magnification on to at least 150% (if not 200%). At this point there are quite a lot of programs not supporting this windows magnification properly, which leads some letters to hide or extrude to the spaces they are not supposed to be in.

Apart from that, the performance itself is lightning fast and flawless
(rMBP 2.6/16/512 w/ Windows 8 Pro)

 

[nanolife]

In fact, that depends on what you mean by "looks better".
Of course with the latest bootcamp drivers windows uses the native screen resolution and pictures and text look beautifuly crisp and clear.

But Windows does not support scaling by far, so this means you would need to turn magnification on to at least 150% (if not 200%). At this point there are quite a lot of programs not supporting this windows magnification properly, which leads some letters to hide or extrude to the spaces they are not supposed to be in.

Apart from that, the performance itself is lightning fast and flawless
(rMBP 2.6/16/512 w/ Windows 8 Pro)

I share the same opinion and I'm using the exactly same configuration. (rMBP 2.6/16/512 w/ Windows 8 Pro)

 

[xxcysxx]

But Windows does not support scaling by far, so this means you would need to turn magnification on to at least 150% (if not 200%). At this point there are quite a lot of programs not supporting this windows magnification properly, which leads some letters to hide or extrude to the spaces they are not supposed to be in.

i've heard the newer parallels 8 has support for the retinas screen, does this mean windows will scaled properly and no magnification is required?
will text aligned properly?

 

[rockyroad55]

I have my resolution at 1680 instead of the full 2880 on Windows. Everything is way too tiny at full resolution, but it looks amazing though!

 

[stevelam]

i've heard the newer parallels 8 has support for the retinas screen, does this mean windows will scaled properly and no magnification is required?
will text aligned properly?

nope. all it does is adjust DPI to 200% automatically. some programs/popup windows with text will still be obscured.