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I'm looking to upgrade from the 2013 Macbook Pro to the Macbook Air, I noticed that the pixels per inch are lower in the latest Macbook Air, but I assume that t

• asdff 1y ago
  If you use the macbook outside don't bother with the air. the current mbp has a brighter screen and imo it is only barely bright enough to be usable outside on max brightness. Not as bad as the 2012 era screens but nowhere close to your cellphone.
• dwd 1y ago
  Currently have a 14" M2 Pro and a 13" M4 Air in front of me. The Pro keyboard is loud and clicky and I much prefer the softer feel of the Air's. Its also half the weight and the battery seems to last twice as long. Screen is 3024x1964 @254 pixel density for the Pro. The Air says it is 2560x1664 @224 but interestingly if I do a full screenshot the resultant image is 2940x1912(?). The Air screen seems brighter, but who goes outside in the sun these days for any more than 10 minutes?
  • stefanfisk 1y ago
    What’s the scale factor on the Air? IIRC macOS renders at 2X even when doing fractional scaling.
    • dwd 1y ago
      In the default mode, the Mac draws on a canvas with 2940x1912px and downscales to fit the 2560x1660px screen. That seems to be a very inexact 1.7415x, but there's nothing stopping you running at 2560x1660px.