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Poll: What resolution are you using with your RMBP?
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2880 is the native resolution, it's just hidden.
nope, it looks quite finegot eye strain yet?
just turn up zoom / font size on some apps and all is well
It's not an option on the pref pane but there are multiple workarounds to enable it.
Oh, I see. Would that be very difficult to read? And also, would that mean that the general viewing experience is not as clear as the 1440x900(best for Retina) option?
2007 MBP that had a max res of 1440x900. I guess I'm very used to this screen space, so I rather just appreciate the clarity. As I said though, the extra screen space looks delightful. I imagine if I was coming from that I wouldn't be so picky.
Correct, it is smaller and thus harder to read, eyesight dependent. However you do get a vast working area.
So my assumption base on very little fiddling at Best Buy about zooming in with 2880 is true. That's pretty awesome to hear.nope, it looks quite fine
I find it ironic that with all this hype about the "oh so amazing" display and resolution, people are finally understanding what they bought. Essentially the new retina display has a lower native res than the high res non retina. Which makes it totally pointless in my eyes. 1400x900 is just not what I pay $3000 for.
I guess you didn't hear about the additional resolutions. Or the fact that you can run it at the 2880x1800. The retina screen looks sharper on 1680x1050 than the native HiRes MBP. A few moments to gain an understanding of how the display works would net you this realization.
Alright buddy. You're paying for an incredible 2880x1800 IPS display that you can use however you want. The UI defaults to a size similar to 1440x900. You can clearly and easily change it to be much smaller, up to a "like 1920x1200" setting, which looks just as incredible because you're still running the display at 2880x1800 and scaling down the assets.
Furthermore, the unscaled 2880x1800 tweak enables yet another option giving you absolutely insane amounts of screen real estate as long as you aren't far-sighted.
Go have fun with your pixelated 1680x1050 display
Can't answer the poll - it's so easy to switch on the fly with SwitchResX that I just pick what works best for the task at hand and the distance I'm at.
Haven't had a chance to test, but make sure to use gfxCardStatus to make sure you're running on integrated, or battery life goes down to about 4 hours even on mundane tasks.
I find the native 1440 x 900 Best for Retina mode the most pleasant to use. I dont have any serious display area needs, and Ive always found smaller widgets on these size screens less pleasant to use. Its the sweet spot for me.
Alright buddy. You're paying for an incredible 2880x1800 IPS display that you can use however you want. The UI defaults to a size similar to 1440x900. You can clearly and easily change it to be much smaller, up to a "like 1920x1200" setting, which looks just as incredible because you're still running the display at 2880x1800 and scaling down the assets.
Furthermore, the unscaled 2880x1800 tweak enables yet another option giving you absolutely insane amounts of screen real estate as long as you aren't far-sighted.
Go have fun with your pixelated 1680x1050 display
You guys just don't get it do you? I can set my display to anything I want! but if it's not 1:1 pixel native ratio it has been scaled, and scaling is crap! period.
"Guys, full 2880 is not an option. Your options are 1024x640, 1280x800, 1440x900(Retina), 1680x1050, and 1920x1200. The full retina option would be 1440x900; all the other resolutions are scaled." a nice well put quote from another user a few posts earlier.
Apple is running a new way of scaling the native 1440x900 panel up so it duplicate each pixel making a large scale looking less of a nightmare. The screen itself still only have a native resolution of 1440x900 which is why it is less sharp in any other resolutions than that. There is not much new about this, its still just a freaking LCD/LED screen.
if you are happy with your scaled resolution, good for you! But the old highres panel still has a higher native resolution (where everything is sharp ) than the retina.
Anyway, I'm done trying to explain to people what it is they are buying.
At normal viewing distances the scaling being used for the 1680 & 1920 modes is indistinguishable from a native panel.
In-panel LCD scaling tends to be crappy (what youve seen when lower resolutions were scaled to larger screens in the past). The scaling that happens on the MBPR is of much higher quality. Is there an exact 1:1 ratio between physical and software pixels in scaled modes? No. Does it matter for anything that doesnt require pixel-level accuracy? On the MBPR screen, no, it doesnt. It just looks fantastic.
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What? No, the machine is drawing everything at 2880 x 1800 to the screen (the native panel resolution), and all UI widgets and so forth are drawn with native, high resolution assets.
In-panel LCD scaling tends to be crappy (what youve seen when lower resolutions were scaled to larger screens in the past). The scaling that happens on the MBPR is of much higher quality. Is there an exact 1:1 ratio between physical and software pixels in scaled modes? No. Does it matter for anything that doesnt require pixel-level accuracy? On the MBPR screen, no, it doesnt. It just looks fantastic.
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What? No, the machine is drawing everything at 2880 x 1800 to the screen (the native panel resolution), and all UI widgets and so forth are drawn with native, high resolution assets.
Maybe by you. Not by me. I can tell the difference when scaled. When I need the real estate I do scale because it's still looks okay (and better than on a non-retina macbook). But just because you can't tell the difference, doesn't mean others can't.
I'm using my retina MBP at 1680x1050 and it's marvelous. Now I can't turn back to 1440x900, it's too big
Nice, that's the kind of answer my heart was looking for when I started this haha
Is there a way to get a numerical value for your resolution?
In other words, I just told all of you that I am using the setting one below Retina (which I am guessing is 680).
However, there are no numerical values for the settings, so when all of you give these resolution values, it's hard to determine which setting is which.
Is there a screen that tells me exactly what resolution I am running at?
Thanks
In other words, I just told all of you that I am using the setting one below Retina (which I am guessing is 680).
However, there are no numerical values for the settings, so when all of you give these resolution values, it's hard to determine which setting is which.
Is there a screen that tells me exactly what resolution I am running at?
Thanks
Theyre listed directly to the left of the selector in the preference pane, underneath the picture of the computer. Looks like n x n They are, in order of size from left to right: 1024 x 640, 1280 x 800, 1440 x 900, 1680 x 1050, and 1920 x 1200.
The panel itself is always driven at its native resolution of 2880 x 1800, and the rendered screen area is scaled up or down at the non-native modes to fit.