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>Retina screens mean considerably more work. On Lion you only had a fixed size bitmap that could be moved around easily Didn't the first retina MacBook Pro shi

by Hamuko 6y ago

>Retina screens mean considerably more work. On Lion you only had a fixed size bitmap that could be moved around easily Didn't the first retina MacBook Pro ship with Lion?

rbanffy 6y ago
I think the first Retinas didn't have fractional scaling. I think it was hard coded at 2x scale. Not sure, though. My 15" presents 5 possible scaling options.
- grishka 6y ago
  I still use the first-generation retina and it does have the same 5 scaling options.
  - rbanffy 6y ago
    With the original OS?
    - grishka 6y ago
      IIRC yes but the scaled options were so laggy they were hardly usable. It improved with updates.
      - rbanffy 6y ago
        Cool. Thank you. I didn't remember the UI details.
- lloeki 6y ago
  Technically, fractional scaling doesn't exist on macOS: it's integer upscaling to the nearest ceil(scaling), followed by downsampling.
Nursie 6y ago
The late 2013, 13" retina MBP shipped with Mavericks. It looks like a "Mountain Lion" version shipped earlier that year. Unsure if there were earlier ones.
- Hamuko 6y ago
  EveryMac.com says that the mid-2012 retina MBP shipped with 10.7.4. https://everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-i7-2.3-15-mid-2012-retina-display-specs.html https://everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook...