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Retina Resolution questions
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1648283" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>If you need further info on this…read the article (below). It's based on a 15" retina MacBook Pro…but the principle is the EXACT same for 13" MacBook Pro's. Here's the key quote from the article:</p><p></p><p><em>"By default, the Retina MBP ships in a <strong>pixel doubled configuration</strong>. You get the effective desktop resolution of the standard 15-inch MacBook Pro's 1440 x 900 panel, but with <strong>four physical pixels driving every single pixel represented on the screen</strong>. This configuration is the best looking, but you <strong>don't actually get any more desktop space</strong>. Thankfully Apple exposes a handful of predefined scaling options if you do want additional desktop space:"</em></p><p></p><p>I bolded the key phrases.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/5996/how-the-retina-display-macbook-pro-handles-scaling" target="_blank">AnandTech | How the Retina Display MacBook Pro Handles Scaling</a></p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1648283, member: 56379"] If you need further info on this…read the article (below). It's based on a 15" retina MacBook Pro…but the principle is the EXACT same for 13" MacBook Pro's. Here's the key quote from the article: [i]"By default, the Retina MBP ships in a [b]pixel doubled configuration[/b]. You get the effective desktop resolution of the standard 15-inch MacBook Pro's 1440 x 900 panel, but with [b]four physical pixels driving every single pixel represented on the screen[/b]. This configuration is the best looking, but you [b]don't actually get any more desktop space[/b]. Thankfully Apple exposes a handful of predefined scaling options if you do want additional desktop space:"[/i] I bolded the key phrases.:) [url=http://www.anandtech.com/show/5996/how-the-retina-display-macbook-pro-handles-scaling]AnandTech | How the Retina Display MacBook Pro Handles Scaling[/url] - Nick [/QUOTE]
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