Retina Display Application Updates

[JamesOK]

I was wondering if anyone knew when applications such as Pages and Office will be updated for Retina Display. I want to purchase Office 2011 for Mac but worried about the distortion.

 

[dianeoforegon]

My understanding is Lion Mail has not been upgraded but Mountain Lion Mail has. Taking this analogy to Microsoft Office, I wouldn't expect retina display to be added to Microsoft Office until v15. This is a guess on my part and not based on insider info.

I have seen screen shots showing Office 14 on a retina display and there was little difference. I expect that the larger the screen the more fuzzy it looks.

More info:

http://roaringapps.com/search:mountain-lion-retina-applications

See this discussion on AskDifferent Retina Macbook Pro: fonts look terrible

http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/54905/retina-macbook-pro-fonts-look-terrible

 

[JamesOK]

Thanks for your response.

 

[yimmay]

Wrong. Mail app looks beautiful in Lion on MBPr.

I've got no idea when Apple's 'Office' suite will be updated.

Edit: Running at 1680x1050 the MS Office suite is usable, granted it doesn't look as good as retina optimized apps.

PS. I've also found a retina fix for Firefox. Woot =)