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For one model. You have to pay extra. And in the grand scheme of things it’s not a very large increase. (Besides, the OP was corrected on that point already – m
by ugh 15y ago
For one model. You have to pay extra. And in the grand scheme of things it’s not a very large increase. (Besides, the OP was corrected on that point already – more than once. I didn’t think it was necessary to also correct him or her. That would have been redundant.)
What I wanted to try and explain was why Apple didn’t substantially and across the line increase the resolution of its computers during the last years, option for a bit more resolution on the 15" MBP notwithstanding.
- prof_hobart 15y agoIt's 36% larger, which is fairly significant - and of course you have to pay more for it - you're getting more. My point is that I don't think resolution independence has a great deal to do with it. Very few Windows laptops offer much option either (the Dell ones I've just looked at offer 1366X768 and that's it, and from when I last looked round at laptops this seemed to be pretty standard). The reason is simply that companies like to limit the range of products they need to manufacture. Making the same size screen with 15 different resolutions would be hugely costly compared to sticking with 1 or 2.
- ugh 15y agoYou wouldn’t have to pay extra if the extra resolution were default. (You would, but I guess you know what I’m talking about.) That’s exactly what I’m talking about. Apple can’t just increase the resolution for everyone and that’s what they would like to do. To be able to do that they need resolution independence.
- prof_hobart 15y agoNo I don't know what you're talking about. Are you trying to suggest that if MacOS were resolution independent, they would start including 1680x1050 as standard on all 15" Macs?
- ugh 15y agoThey would be able to increase the resolution, sure. Why do you think otherwise?
- prof_hobart 15y agoThey would be able to. But that's not what I asked. The question was - would they choose to? As I've mentioned, few if any PC laptop manufacturers choose to, so is there any reason to think that Apple would?
- ugh 15y agoRetina iPhone.
- prof_hobart 15y agoAnd this isn't limited to Apple - Android manufacturers offer handsets in a variety of different resolutions. But that variety is not reflected in typical Windows laptops, so clearly the mobile phone market is not a good comparison for the laptop market.
- ugh 15y agoSigh. Well, then. I guess you just don’t get it.
- prof_hobart 15y agoYou're right. I don't.
- prof_hobart 15y agoIt's 36% larger, which is fairly significant - and of course you have to pay more for it - you're getting more. My point is that I don't think resolution independence has a great deal to do with it. Very few Windows laptops offer much option either (the Dell ones I've just looked at offer 1366X768 and that's it, and from when I last looked round at laptops this seemed to be pretty standard). The reason is simply that companies like to limit the range of products they need to manufacture. Making the same size screen with 15 different resolutions would be hugely costly compared to sticking with 1 or 2.