RMBP Users: What Resolution are you Running?

[bioyuki]

Curious to see what folks are using on their RMBP. I'm going back and forth between 1680x1050 and 1920x1200.

 

[thatguy215]

Does scaling up to 1920x1200 reduce the screen quality?

 

[Masterfox72]

Wait you guys blew 2000 on a laptop and don't run it at its full resolution?

 

[samac92]

Wait you guys blew 2000 on a laptop and don't run it at its full resolution?

I'm running at full res as I plan to sue Apple for eyestrain, just like I sued them because I turned my iPod up too loud.

 

[Masterfox72]

I'm running at full res as I plan to sue Apple for eyestrain, just like I sued them because I turned my iPod up too loud.

I didn't mean for my post to be mean, and I know as you increase the resolution text and things get smaller, but if most people can't even run the retina display at full resolution, you won't even get the display benefits. Then why she'll out so much for it if you can't use it's full potential?

 

[rudyrudell]

there are more benefits then just desktop space in regards to resolution though

 

[samac92]

I didn't mean for my post to be mean, and I know as you increase the resolution text and things get smaller, but if most people can't even run the retina display at full resolution, you won't even get the display benefits. Then why she'll out so much for it if you can't use it's full potential?

I was only joking, but the whole point of the increased resolution is to make everything much sharper, not solely to increase real estate.

 

[Stetrain]

Wait you guys blew 2000 on a laptop and don't run it at its full resolution?

The default mode is "Looks like 1440x900". You're still actually running at 2880x1800, but everything is sharper and more detailed (like iPad 2 to iPad 3). There are also "Looks like 1680x1050" and "Looks like 1920x1200" modes, but they aren't literally running at 1680x1050 and 1920x1200.

They're actually pixel doubled modes, so the "Looks like 1920x1200" mode is actually running at 3840x2400. It then gets downscaled to 2880x1800.

Basically you get to decide how much screen real estate you want, while still using all 2880x1800 pixels for the final product. It's better quality than simply running at non-native resolution, since it's still using the double size Retina graphics. People who have used both in person say that the "1680x1050" and "1920x1200" modes both look better than the previous high-res 15" MBP and 17" MBP respectively.

 

[Xcelerate]

Lol at over 40% of people running 2880x1800 (but seriously, I like that resolution).

 

[bioyuki]

Lol at over 40% of people running 2880x1800 (but seriously, I like that resolution).

Yeah I'm surprised that many folks are running it at native. I do wish Apple gave us the option though.