Retina MBP Help

[wiznet]

Wait - so judging by what I've been seeing here - you can't run at 2880 x 1800 on OSX? Or "native resolution"? Somebody help me out with this... what's the deal?

Why would they advertise a resolution you can't even use? Or am I just taking things the wrong way ( long day ) ...

 

[Stetrain]

In all of the software scaled options, you're using all 2880x1800 pixels.

The default option has the equivalent "real estate" to a 1440x900 display, but much sharper since you're actually running at 2880x1800. There are also options to increase or decrease the effective "real estate" through software scaling:

To recap, Retina Display MBP owners now get a slider under OS X's Display Preferences that allow you to specify desktop resolutions other than 1440 x 900. At 1440 x 900 you don't get any increase in usable desktop resolution compared to a standard 15-inch MacBook Pro, but everything is ridiculously crisp.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5998/macbook-pro-retina-display-analysis

 

[wiznet]

Ah, thanks very much!

 

[thundersteele]

But the OP is right, the highest "classical" resolution is 1920x1200... you can not run it such that you get the work space of a 2880x1800 screen - except if you install windows on it

 

[Stetrain]

But the OP is right, the highest "classical" resolution is 1920x1200... you can not run it such that you get the work space of a 2880x1800 screen - except if you install windows on it

Or disable HiDPI mode manually. That would give you 2880x1800 worth of real estate with tiny UI elements and text.