[I_am_tiberius]

Ok, as far as I know the DPI problem starts with M1 macs, meaning the text rendering looks terrible if DPI is < 150.

[stephenr]

AFAIK it’s nothing to do with Intel/Arm swap over.

macOS in recent years dropped support for antialiasing because Apple (+ the UltraFines they sold) displays are all[1] high dpi.

The other issue with a PPI of 150 is you’ll likely end up needing to use a non-evenly scaled resolution to get things “sized” right, so even basic things like a 1px line won’t be crisp, because it won’t be rendered as 1 solid pixel.

1: Yes I know the 24” 4K isn’t quite the same “high dpi”.

[3oH2y869]

Is there any fundamental guidelines one can follow as far as PPI goes so that the monitor doesn't look miserable? I am looking for something reasonably large and quality that doesn't break the bank.

[wmf]

You want 100-130 dpi or over 200 dpi. Avoid the bad zone in between (which includes most monitors on the market).

[3oH2y869]

Thank you so much for your helpful responses. At 100dpi how does the monitor look compared to the Macbook retina screen? Does it look fuzzy?

[I_am_tiberius]

ok thanks. makes sense.