1440x900 option for 13" MBP? (anti-glare especially)
Now that Apple finally has display resolution options for at least one model -- the 15" MBP -- I'm hoping they'll extend that idea to the 13" MBP too.
Consider these screen size/pixel density numbers:
15.4" @ 1440x900 -> 110.3 ppi
15.4" @ 1680x1050 -> 128.6 ppi
13.3" @ 1280x 800 -> 113.4 ppi
13.3" @ 1440x900 -> 127.7 ppi
I've seen the 15.4" 1680x1050 model and it's a got nice display, not that squint-inducing for me because of the smaller pixels (and the smaller everything else that currently goes with that -- iOS seems further along with enforcing resolution independence than OS X).
A 13.3" display at 1440x900 would have almost exactly the same pixel density. I've often been torn between the easier portability of a 13" model but wanting a bit more screen real estate that 1280x800. I currently have a 15" MBP, but my next upgrade would easily be a 13" instead if I could get a 1440x900 anti-glare display -- an upgrade I'd be inclined to make as soon as such a model was available.
Would fear of eating into the sales of 15" MBPs stop Apple from providing such an option?
Consider these screen size/pixel density numbers:
15.4" @ 1440x900 -> 110.3 ppi
15.4" @ 1680x1050 -> 128.6 ppi
13.3" @ 1280x 800 -> 113.4 ppi
13.3" @ 1440x900 -> 127.7 ppi
I've seen the 15.4" 1680x1050 model and it's a got nice display, not that squint-inducing for me because of the smaller pixels (and the smaller everything else that currently goes with that -- iOS seems further along with enforcing resolution independence than OS X).
A 13.3" display at 1440x900 would have almost exactly the same pixel density. I've often been torn between the easier portability of a 13" model but wanting a bit more screen real estate that 1280x800. I currently have a 15" MBP, but my next upgrade would easily be a 13" instead if I could get a 1440x900 anti-glare display -- an upgrade I'd be inclined to make as soon as such a model was available.
Would fear of eating into the sales of 15" MBPs stop Apple from providing such an option?
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But don't count on the anti-glare. Apple has determined that's a "pro" feature.
Now that Apple finally has display options for at least one model -- the 15" MBP -- I'm hoping they'll extend that idea to the 13" MBP too.
The 15" is the second one to get the option, the 17" had the option a long time ago
The 15" is the second one to get the option, the 17" had the option a long time ago
I'm talking about display resolution options much more than I am about the anti-glare option (although I'd want that too). As far as I recall. the 15" MBP is the first time Apple has let you choose between two different display resolutions for one model of laptop computer.
But don't count on the anti-glare. Apple has determined that's a "pro" feature.
Even thought it's typically the least "pro" of the "pro" group, often lacking features that the 15" and 17" models have, I did say I was hoping for anti-glare (and much, much more importantly, 1440x900 resolution) on a 13" MBP - a 13" MacBook Pro.
But I'd settle for 1440x900. Its a good idea but I've who knows if Apple will ever do it.
I'm talking about display resolution options much more than I am about the anti-glare option (although I'd want that too). As far as I recall. the 15" MBP is the first time Apple has let you choose between two different display resolutions for one model of laptop computer.
Before Apple updated the default resolution for the 17" to 1920x1200 it used to be 1680x1050 and at one point you could pay extra to have to 1920x1200....now it's standard though
The resolution of the items on the screen are still 72 DPI you are only seeing more area, such as going from a normal to wide angle lens on a camera.
What we need is programs and screens that are independent of the 72 DPI requirement.
By this I mean that an inch on screen is an inch on paper no matter what the screen density is. that you could set the resolution the same way that you see the scale on a map.
This would mean that if the screen density is 125DPI the text or oblect would be rendered at 125 DPI not 72DPI giving better resolution and detail to the text or object.
This would give a better screen depection of what something would look like when output and would mean that what somwting would look like on diferent screen densitys would go away.