who would buy a MBP standard res?

[Eddyisgreat]

I have the hi-res 17" and it's great. You really can show alot on the screen. I played with it once when they first came out and said "meh, it looks good, nothing special". After using it for a while, my 20" ACD looks old and crusty by comparison, though I still use it as the primary monitor when docked, since LED backlighting gives me a headache

 

[kolax]

I have the hi-res 17" and it's great. You really can show alot on the screen. I played with it once when they first came out and said "meh, it looks good, nothing special". After using it for a while, my 20" ACD looks old and crusty by comparison, though I still use it as the primary monitor when docked, since LED backlighting gives me a headache

Your 17" MacBook Pro is LED backlit. What do you mean?

 

[Eddyisgreat]

Your 17" MacBook Pro is LED backlit. What do you mean?

I've found that I get headaches whenever i don't have the brightness on max. Never had the problem on my old early 2008 penryn led backlight mbp but who knows. Both were Matte. There are some threads on Apple's official forums about it. I wouldn't believe it if I didn't experience it myself. Don't have a problem with the various CCFL displays I oft use either.


Topic : Eye strain from LED backlighting in MacBook Pro
Topic : Headaches with 24" LED Cinema Display

 

[kevink2]

I am quite happy with the 1440 x 900. I could probably go with a higher res but I really don't need any more stuff on my screen. Maybe it's because I remember the days when 1024x768 was great, anything more then that now I am pretty happy with, no need to go to extremes.

In my case I didn't want to drop in resolution when I replaced my old Windows laptop. If I can get used to a 12" screen with 1400x1050, I didn't want to drop when upgrading to a 15" screen

Though, admittedly, I wasn't immediately prepared for the hires screen on such a small display 3 1/2 years ago. I hadn't seen the computer in person before ordering. I also noticed that, a couple months later, Toshiba had dropped that configuration.

 

[deeesea]

I got the 1440 x 900 mbp. It looks all right to me, and I primarily hook it up with a external monitor, so I don't really mind that my laptops screen isn't super hires. I only use the screen as a place to keep my itunes and MSN conversations, and do all my browsing on the other monitor, so I don't mind it.

 

[sam500]

I have a 15" high res which is great but I do find some of the menu fonts a bit on the small side.

Has anyone tried messing around with the font size in configuration apps like Tinker Tool etc.?

 

[Luba]

I assume they Apple could have the MB displays resolution independent, why don't they? It would be perfect IMO to have the fonts a little bigger yet have the sharpness of better rez. IMO, a ppi of 130 or higher is really pushing it in terms of small font size. What's ideal? I don't know . . . 115 or 120??

The iPhone 4 has resolution independence. So the size of fonts is exactly the same as on the previous iPhones. But because of the increased PPI, everything is sharper.

Unfortunately on the Mac, higher resolution just means smaller fonts.

 

[tim100]

is the 15 inch res and dpi suitable for 2010? for a $2000 laptop is it ok?

 

[kolax]

I assume they Apple could have the MB displays resolution independent, why don't they? It would be perfect IMO to have the fonts a little bigger yet have the sharpness of better rez. IMO, a ppi of 130 or higher is really pushing it in terms of small font size. What's ideal? I don't know . . . 115 or 120??

Yeah but resolution independence isn't easy to implement for a number of reasons. The web itself, is the main one.

You can either increase the font size of a website (while keeping images the same size), but this means that the layout can get screwed up, such as text taking up two lines instead of one because the layout isn't being scaled, just the font size.

Or, you can scale the whole website. This means fonts, along with images and the layout get increased. This works great, but the problem is the images look pixelated because they are not being displayed at their native resolution.

I think 120 PPI is optimal for a laptop, until we have a resolution independent OS and web. And the web is a long way away from that.