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braiden
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25 Jul 2012, 8:21 pm

I was wandering if I can force my 13" Early 2011 mac book pro to scale to a higher resolution. I have good eyes and want to be able to fit more on the screen. It is 1200x800 so if anyone knows how to force the display to run at a higher unsupported resolution. THANKS. And yes I know It is probably not possible.

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Yes I am drooling over the retina Mac book pro.



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26 Jul 2012, 5:32 am

no,

with flatscreen monitors there is a fixed upper resolution,
usually on a laptop that means around 1200x800.

there is no real benefit to get from scaling since its the physical screen thats limited.


also, the retina screen while nice, are not a new thing, its simply a high resolution screen, i have an old crt drawing monitor that can run a similar resolution.
when i first heard about it i actually had the impression they had created a true retinal display capable of providing LOS projection onto the retina directly.


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27 Jul 2012, 6:05 pm

Oodain wrote:
no,

with flatscreen monitors there is a fixed upper resolution,
usually on a laptop that means around 1200x800.

there is no real benefit to get from scaling since its the physical screen thats limited.


also, the retina screen while nice, are not a new thing, its simply a high resolution screen, i have an old crt drawing monitor that can run a similar resolution.
when i first heard about it i actually had the impression they had created a true retinal display capable of providing LOS projection onto the retina directly.



Thanks!