[coldtea]

>c) I don't get why Apple changed default/native resolution to be non-retina trading extra screen real estate for image quality.

You seem confused. The default/native resolution IS Retina.

Retina is exactly about trading "extra screen real estate for image quality".

There's no "change", that was what Retina was about all along.

The other mode doesn't make much sense -- to have larger dpi but tiny screen elements on 15" or 13" screen, and scalable doesn't work as well with legacy apps and most stuff than "pixel doubling" does.

[lanna]

I think he meant that the newest 15" MBP with a 2880x1800 retina display is configured by default to show a scaled 1680x1050 desktop instead of the "native" 1440x900@2x you are thinking about.

[coldtea]

Thanks, did they? I missed that! The spec pages still say:

15.4-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology; 2880-by-1800 native resolution at 220 pixels per inch with support for millions of colors

-- and lists a number of supported "scaled" resolutions.

I wonder why they made this move... People asking them for more real estate? Haven't gotten my MBPr yet, is the scaled resolutions workable?

[gorodetsky]

That's exactly what I meant, apologies for confusion.

[coldtea]

I was profoundly shaken, but in the end, in the interest of discussion, I decided to accept the apology.