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No, it's not a Windows problem. Actually Windows 8.1 has a pretty reasonable Hidpi support with infinetly adjustable scaling factor. I have my 28" 4k set to 175

No, it's not a Windows problem. Actually Windows 8.1 has a pretty reasonable Hidpi support with infinetly adjustable scaling factor. I have my 28" 4k set to 175%, but I could also put it to 300% which would be ok for 250dpi. Overall I get better results than with various linux desktop managers. Win 8.1 also allows to set the dpi independently for each connected monitor. That's important when you connect a 4k screen to an average notebook or a tablet to a TV. The main problems are the applications (Steam - I'm looking at you) which were not written to support a higher DPI. Some of them will simply be lineary upscaled by Windows which causes bluriness but at least makes them usable. However other ones will have tiny user interfaces. But with 150dpi they are at least still usable when you have to set them to non-scaling (100%). I think it will still take some time until the problems are fully resolved. Most developers have no hidpi screens and therefore can't even see the problems they're supposed to fix.

shmerl 12y ago
> Win 8.1 also allows to set the dpi independently for each connected monitor. That's important when you connect a 4k screen to an average notebook or a tablet to a TV. Yes, that's one of the biggest missing pieces in KDE so far. DPI changes universally, so you can't comfortably use monitors with drastically different resolutions in multiscreen setup because of that.
Macha 12y ago
I had to turn scaling off on my 1080p 15" laptop on 8.1. Too many applications that did scaling poorly, including some built-in applications. On top of that, when an application that is doing scaling wrong launches an explorer window to pick a file, etc., if it's settings are wrong the file picker window will also have the same blurry text etc. as the parent application.
zanny 12y ago
> Actually Windows 8.1 has a pretty reasonable Hidpi support http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=10&qpcustomd=0 http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.... It is a Windows problem when 80% of your userbase is not using the version with high dpi support. Your mileage may vary with the accuracy of that site, but in general practice it should be well known that Windows 7 install base easily eclipses Windows 8 two or three fold. Hell, there are still almost as many XP installs as 8.
- squeaky-clean 12y ago
  >It is a Windows problem when 80% of your userbase is not using the version with high dpi support. But what's the percentage of the user base with high dpi monitors using the version with high dpi monitor support? It doesn't really matter if 80% of people running at 1366x768 can't support high dpi. I'm sure if you're buying a 4k monitor, you're making sure you install an OS version that supports it.

shmerl 12y ago

> Win 8.1 also allows to set the dpi independently for each connected monitor. That's important when you connect a 4k screen to an average notebook or a tablet to a TV. Yes, that's one of the biggest missing pieces in KDE so far. DPI changes universally, so you can't comfortably use monitors with drastically different resolutions in multiscreen setup because of that.

Macha 12y ago

I had to turn scaling off on my 1080p 15" laptop on 8.1. Too many applications that did scaling poorly, including some built-in applications. On top of that, when an application that is doing scaling wrong launches an explorer window to pick a file, etc., if it's settings are wrong the file picker window will also have the same blurry text etc. as the parent application.

zanny 12y ago

> Actually Windows 8.1 has a pretty reasonable Hidpi support http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=10&qpcustomd=0 http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.... It is a Windows problem when 80% of your userbase is not using the version with high dpi support. Your mileage may vary with the accuracy of that site, but in general practice it should be well known that Windows 7 install base easily eclipses Windows 8 two or three fold. Hell, there are still almost as many XP installs as 8.

squeaky-clean 12y ago
>It is a Windows problem when 80% of your userbase is not using the version with high dpi support. But what's the percentage of the user base with high dpi monitors using the version with high dpi monitor support? It doesn't really matter if 80% of people running at 1366x768 can't support high dpi. I'm sure if you're buying a 4k monitor, you're making sure you install an OS version that supports it.