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What resolution do you keep your screen set to?

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nstz

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Nov 8, 2016
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I'm curious about what the majority thinks looks best on their MacBook.
 
nstz said:
I'm curious about what the majority thinks looks best on their MacBook.
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On my 13" I've been using the second largest scaled option. Seems to look great and the size of objects on screen match up closely with my 29" 2560x1080 external display. If I was working without an external display I'd probably set it to the default or smallest scaling option though for more screen real-estate.
 
On my new 2016 MBP 15" I tried getting used to the default 1680 x 1050 but it was just too small. Bumped it down to 1440 x 900, which is what my old MBP was at.
 
I used 1680 x 1050 for the most of the 3 years i had my 13". I tried 1920 x 1200 for a bit, but it was simply too small. I expect to use 1920 x 1200 for my new 15" :D
 
13" here. I bounce back and forth between the HiDPI 1280x800 and 1440x900.
1680x1050 is too small for me. The native 2560x1600 is pretty funny to play with, however. Same resolution as my 27" iMac. lol.
 
2015 MBP 15" - 1920x1200
2013 MBP 13" - 1680x1050

Home display - LG 34" 3440x1440 UW QHD - waiting for one with higher vertical res but otherwise pretty great.
Work displays - Viewsonic 27" 2160x1440 + 27" 1080p

Looking to see what happens in the next year - a 38-40" with 2K vertical resolution and ultra-wide is probably the ideal setup vs usefulness vs font scaling/size for what I do.
 
wegster said:
2013 MBP 13" - 1680x1050
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Good eyesight must be great...! lol.
My 47 year old eyes don't like this resolution on a 13" display. Too small for me to use routinely though I've switched to it on occasion when I've need a lot of stuff on screen simultaneously.
 
MacBook Pro 13' : 1400 by 900
I have very good eye sight (25/20) but I want to enjoy typography on the retina display. The 1680 by 1050 is too small for that.
 
I have my 2016 13" MacBook Pro scaled to the highest resolution. Coming from a 16:9 aspect ratio display on my last laptop, the one on this feels massive, so I figured I'd get as much real estate as I could out of it.
 
The one that looks best is 1/4 the native display resolution, that is 1280x800 for the 13'' (2560x1440 panel) and 1440x900 for 15'' (2880x1800), because it's a direct 1 scaled pixel for 4 real pixels, aka @2x. Other settings look to me all slightly blurry. Those should also be the most performance-efficient ones in terms of UI smoothness, because scaling up to, let's say, 1920x1200 implies rendering much more pixels (3840x2400). It's just the way macOS and iOS scaling is designed.
 
1440 x 900 on a 13" TB MBP. I find it to be all-around perfect for my uses, including xCode
 
On the 2016 15" I went back to 1440x900, it's just so much more comfortable when reading quickly. If I need to have a video playing while doing work, I'll bump it back to the default 1680.
 
xraydoc said:
Good eyesight must be great...! lol.
My 47 year old eyes don't like this resolution on a 13" display. Too small for me to use routinely though I've switched to it on occasion when I've need a lot of stuff on screen simultaneously.
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Lol - I'm not far behind.
I think my eyes are focused 'perfect' looking at a screen, but starting to feel it longer and shorter distances some days. :(
 
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