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You must have absolutely amazing eyesight. 2800x1800 is entirely too many pixels on a 15" screen. I could see a resolution that extreme on a 27" iMac, or possib
by aaronajp 15y ago
You must have absolutely amazing eyesight. 2800x1800 is entirely too many pixels on a 15" screen. I could see a resolution that extreme on a 27" iMac, or possibly even a 21.5" iMac, but on a 15" screen, no way.
Resolution for resolution's sake is pointless if its not useable.
- ugh 15y agoThat’s what the HiDPI mode suggests, though. If Apple wants to keep the size of UI elements constant (and I’m guessing they don’t want to make them larger) they have to quadruple the resolution. Anything less and they give the user less space to work with. This has not much to do with eyesight. UI elements would stay exactly the same size. That’s the point. It would be like the change from the iPhone 3GS to the iPhone 4.
- m3koval 15y agoThis is the point of resolution independence. Increasing resolution only shrinks graphical elements if the operating system isn't smart enough to render them using more pixels. With good resolution independence moving a higher resolution screen will make everything look sharper (higher pixel density) but not significantly smaller (same physical size). Compare the screen on the iPhone 4 to the iPhone 3G. Graphical elements are the same size on both but the iPhone 4 has twice the resolution.