MacBook Air 11" Screen Big enough (For those of you with the MBA 11")

[curtoise]

Yes I already said that if you're running in native mode (requires a utility) then this entire discussion is way out in left field. Most people care about how Apple designed OSX to run not how we can scale it down to native resolution.

By your standards, if we run the 11" and the 13" MBAs at native resolution, the 11" would end up looking like a better contender against the 13". . But the way Apple presents the 11" right now makes it look like a big waste of space.

What is this (require utility) that you always mention? Where we can download this utility and how is going to affect the 11 running in 'native resolution'?

I'm confused.

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You seem to be missing the point. While the 13" Air and the 15"rMBP have the same resolution out of the box, the latter is capable of a much higher resolution, and thus far more actual screen space, than the former. You can open the display preferences pane in system preferences and set the resolution to 1680x1050 or 1920x1200. You only need a special utility if you wish to run the machine at its native resolution of 2880x1800.

How I can get this special utility?

 

[iPlodder]

What is this (require utility) that you always mention? Where we can download this utility and how is going to affect the 11 running in 'native resolution'?

It won't have any effect on the 11" MBA the utility only works on retina 13" and 15" MBP.

 

[dmk1974]

What is this (require utility) that you always mention? Where we can download this utility and how is going to affect the 11 running in 'native resolution'?

I'm confused.

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How I can get this special utility?

Not sure what he's using, but I use QuickRes.

 

[Diversion]

I was mistaken, I thought the MBAs were being scaled even though it said it was running at the native resolution. The 13 is still a much larger, more square screen that's easier to read and fit windows on. And if may have been my 11" but my new 13's screen is far superior/clearer (could be the Samsung vs LG deal)

However with SwitchResX you can create a fake double res and run it and it looks pretty convincing and gives you true real estate.. it may be a bit hard to deal with this "fake" res since it's not native but it does a pretty good job. I'll be messing with a false double-res on my 13" MBA for a day and i'll report back.

The extra room might come in handy as long as my eyes don't bleed.

 

[iPlodder]

However with SwitchResX you can create a fake double res and run it and it looks pretty convincing and gives you true real estate.. it may be a bit hard to deal with this "fake" res since it's not native but it does a pretty good job. I'll be messing with a false double-res on my 13" MBA for a day and i'll report back.

Are you saying that with SwitchResX you can set a 1366x768 screen to run at a higher resolution?

 

[Diversion]

Are you saying that with SwitchResX you can set a 1366x768 screen to run at a higher resolution?

It's not really running at a higher resolution since the LCD has a native resolution cap... It's running a higher resolution shrinked to fit your screen.. It works well a long as you don't go too large, then it becomes too hard to read any text on the screen. 1920x1080p is a mode that is already enabled when you install SwitchresX and it looks pretty decent on the screen, everything's still legible.

 

[iPlodder]

It's not really running at a higher resolution since the LCD has a native resolution cap... It's running a higher resolution shrinked to fit your screen.. It works well a long as you don't go too large, then it becomes too hard to read any text on the screen. 1920x1080p is a mode that is already enabled when you install SwitchresX and it looks pretty decent on the screen, everything's still legible.

Interesting, I'll have to have a play with that.

 

[CARABAO]

It's not really running at a higher resolution since the LCD has a native resolution cap... It's running a higher resolution shrinked to fit your screen.. It works well a long as you don't go too large, then it becomes too hard to read any text on the screen. 1920x1080p is a mode that is already enabled when you install SwitchresX and it looks pretty decent on the screen, everything's still legible.

I tried this already, but it gave me headaches. The artifacts from the scaling make reading a pain. But that's just me... Clever app though.