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Dealing with other lower-DPI screens is what I thought my problem would be, but the biggest issue I've found with moving to a Retina MacBook Pro are the drawbac
by mortenjorck 13y ago
Dealing with other lower-DPI screens is what I thought my problem would be, but the biggest issue I've found with moving to a Retina MacBook Pro are the drawbacks of the technology being so new.
Compared with my old CCFL-backlit desktop LCD, the Retina Display's backlight is far less uniform, and whites have a more readily perceptible color shift across the screen. It's not enough to qualify for a replacement (trust me, I tried), but it's nonetheless distracting enough to make me want to do most of my design work on my standard-DPI monitor.
- eropple 13y agoThe rMBPs I've run (including my own) across have had very uniform brightness and white color. I'm curious which manufacturer made the LCD in yours because--going from the usual problems with Apple LCDs. If you aren't aware, you can tease out the LCD manufacturer via the model string and this command: ioreg -lw0 | grep "EDID" | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r If it begins with LSN, it's a Samsung (which tend to be the good ones); if it's LP, it's an LG (which, unsurprisingly, tend to be the poor ones).
- mortenjorck 13y agoIt's an LG. No perceptible image retention, actually (the problem I was worried about), but I think I'd almost prefer it to these issues.
- rfnslyr 13y agoHow do you even notice these things? and whites have a more readily perceptible color shift across the screen Is yours dysfunctional? Retina screen has honestly been a godsend.
- mortenjorck 13y agoIt's a blessing and a curse. I'm sure at least 50% of people wouldn't even notice, and 90% wouldn't find it distracting. Alas, I do.