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I leave my 15" rMBP in 1920 mode. Having two full A4 or 8.5x11 sheets of paper next to each other is too valuable when studying or doing research. The texts are

I leave my 15" rMBP in 1920 mode. Having two full A4 or 8.5x11 sheets of paper next to each other is too valuable when studying or doing research. The texts are invariably in PDF format. If I'm working on my notes, I'm on the web, if I'm working on a paper, I'm in LibreOffice. If I'm working on code, it's in emacs. Generally, inputs are on the right, and the working text is on the left. I frankly have no other use for such an incredible machine. I just wanted the screen.

kbutler 14y ago
How does the retina screen scaled 1920x1080 compare to a laptop with native 1920x1080? I'd expect the native 1920x1080 to actually yield a sharper image than retina scaled down. I realize Apple doesn't provide a native 1920x1080, but it's not hard to find in non-Apple 15" laptops, at an easy $1,000 cost savings for higher-performance components (but less thin-and-light).
- driverdan 14y ago
  > How does the retina screen scaled 1920x1080 compare to a laptop with native 1920x1080? IMO it looks much better. Only rasterized objects are scaled. Fonts and native components still render at full DPI. > I realize Apple doesn't provide a native 1920x1080, but it's not hard to find in non-Apple 15" laptops, at an easy $1,000 cost savings for higher-performance components (but less thin-and-light). Good luck finding one with equal or better build quality that will run a POSIX OS flawlessly (no driver issues, no hacking configs or recompiling, etc) and costs $1000 less. I looked at a lot of other hardware before buying my 15" rMBP and couldn't find anything that measured up.
- niels_olson 14y ago
  I have owned a Dell Latitude D820 with a WUXGA (1920 X 1200) screen since 2006(-ish?). It is good, but not nearly as good at the Retina, and the screen is more square, making two sheets side-by-side feel awkward.

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I leave my 15" rMBP in 1920 mode. Having two full A4 or 8.5x11 sheets of paper next to each other is too valuable when studying or doing research. The texts are

by niels_olson 14y ago

kbutler 14y ago
How does the retina screen scaled 1920x1080 compare to a laptop with native 1920x1080? I'd expect the native 1920x1080 to actually yield a sharper image than retina scaled down. I realize Apple doesn't provide a native 1920x1080, but it's not hard to find in non-Apple 15" laptops, at an easy $1,000 cost savings for higher-performance components (but less thin-and-light).
- driverdan 14y ago
  > How does the retina screen scaled 1920x1080 compare to a laptop with native 1920x1080? IMO it looks much better. Only rasterized objects are scaled. Fonts and native components still render at full DPI. > I realize Apple doesn't provide a native 1920x1080, but it's not hard to find in non-Apple 15" laptops, at an easy $1,000 cost savings for higher-performance components (but less thin-and-light). Good luck finding one with equal or better build quality that will run a POSIX OS flawlessly (no driver issues, no hacking configs or recompiling, etc) and costs $1000 less. I looked at a lot of other hardware before buying my 15" rMBP and couldn't find anything that measured up.
- niels_olson 14y ago
  I have owned a Dell Latitude D820 with a WUXGA (1920 X 1200) screen since 2006(-ish?). It is good, but not nearly as good at the Retina, and the screen is more square, making two sheets side-by-side feel awkward.