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I currently spend about 60 hours a week working with my 15" rMBP. I tried the 2880 x 1800 and 1650 x 1050 resolutions; but in the end I gave up and went for the

by cstross 14y ago

I currently spend about 60 hours a week working with my 15" rMBP. I tried the 2880 x 1800 and 1650 x 1050 resolutions; but in the end I gave up and went for the native emulated 1440 x 900. Because what that gives you is in effect an incredibly crisp 1440 x 900 pixel display with sub-pixel anti-aliasing (as far as the GUI furniture is concerned), and large enough to work on comfortably without squinting. Disclaimer: I have 48 year old eyeballs with dormant peripheral retinopathy in one eye, a damaged (by surgery) fovea in the other, and a (different in each) mixture of presybyopia, myopia, astigmatism, and a squint due to muscle weakness (in the left). My eyeballs need all the tender loving care I can lavish on them, hence the rMBP. Your priorities may (and probably do) differ, but if you've got eyesight issues, this screen is simply a joy to use.

scrumper 14y ago
This may be a bit mean but I'm picturing you looking a bit like Marty Feldman. Sorry. I have sympathy though: I have keratoconus in both eyes as well as severe astimgatism. I find the 1680x1050 antiglare screen on my 15" MBP just about perfect. I have a 27" Thunderbolt panel too, which looks great but for some reason I find it hard to focus on for long periods. My eyes kind of 'slip off.' Tip: enable "Use scroll wheel with modifier keys to zoom" in Universal Access->Zoom->Options. Ctrl+scroll (ie two finger vertical swipe, or mouse wheel) will now zoom the window around your pointer. It's a massive help for tired eyes; you can just enlarge the stuff you're working on. I don't have to go in far for it to make a huge difference. (I found it somewhat humbling to have a legitimate need for an accessibility feature.)
mwill 14y ago
I agree and want to add this: If you take a look at your requirements and how you use the screen, and compare them to my own, you can see how incredibly versatile a screen like this is. I really hope both the hardware and software that makes it happen becomes widespread. Theres a level of flexibility and choice I didn't realise I wanted until I got used to quickly switching between scaled the various default osx scaling and full native res at the drop of a hat, to suit whatever I'm doing.

by cstross 14y ago

scrumper 14y ago

This may be a bit mean but I'm picturing you looking a bit like Marty Feldman. Sorry. I have sympathy though: I have keratoconus in both eyes as well as severe astimgatism. I find the 1680x1050 antiglare screen on my 15" MBP just about perfect. I have a 27" Thunderbolt panel too, which looks great but for some reason I find it hard to focus on for long periods. My eyes kind of 'slip off.' Tip: enable "Use scroll wheel with modifier keys to zoom" in Universal Access->Zoom->Options. Ctrl+scroll (ie two finger vertical swipe, or mouse wheel) will now zoom the window around your pointer. It's a massive help for tired eyes; you can just enlarge the stuff you're working on. I don't have to go in far for it to make a huge difference. (I found it somewhat humbling to have a legitimate need for an accessibility feature.)

mwill 14y ago

I agree and want to add this: If you take a look at your requirements and how you use the screen, and compare them to my own, you can see how incredibly versatile a screen like this is. I really hope both the hardware and software that makes it happen becomes widespread. Theres a level of flexibility and choice I didn't realise I wanted until I got used to quickly switching between scaled the various default osx scaling and full native res at the drop of a hat, to suit whatever I'm doing.