Ivy Bridge Macbook Pro

[bluesbreaker589]

Apple Adds High-DPI Versions of Pointers in OS X 10.7.3 - Mac Rumors

Since December, there has been rumors that the ivy bridge refresh of the MBP line would include a high-dpi screen.

What do you guys think? Personally I think that they are most likely gearing up for a hi-res screen in their iMac lineup, since laptops with hi-res screens like that would suffer from diminishing battery lives.

[kornchild2002]

What is it with high resolution displays and Apple rumors now? Ever since the iPhone 4, every rumor surrounding the iPad has focused on adding a higher resolution display. Are the rumor mills going to start doing this with the MacBook Pro lines?

However, if you actually read the link you put up, it has absolutely nothing to do with high resolution displays but rather high DPI pointer icons in OS X 10.7.3 (which has been out for a ~1 week).

[saturnotaku]

Originally Posted by kornchild2002

What is it with high resolution displays and Apple rumors now?

No kidding.

Until Apple actually announces its upcoming products, no one anywhere has any idea of what's in store. The company is really good about keeping that stuff close to its vest.

[SemiExpert]

HiDPI is going to be a big selling point for higher resolution MBPs. To this day, poor scalability is a nuisance in Window PCs with hi-res displays and Windows 8 doesn't seem to have an equivilent to HiDPI. Advantage to Apple for portable workstations.

[Wolfpup]

Originally Posted by SemiExpert

HiDPI is going to be a big selling point for higher resolution MBPs. To this day, poor scalability is a nuisance in Window PCs with hi-res displays and Windows 8 doesn't seem to have an equivilent to HiDPI. Advantage to Apple for portable workstations.

*IF* it actually works. Right now Windows handles this better, and it STILL isn't suitable for many uses. Both OSes have been claiming for years "oh it's almost here, it'll be seamless", and to date....

I'm perfectly fine with today's resolutions anyway, but really don't want higher without FLAWLESS resolution independence.

Plus there's the issue of GPUs...Apple at best uses mid range ones, and just uses Intel's junk video in their lower stuff, which isn't real great for doing this either.

In the case of iOS, they've been able to (as Palm did) just quadrupole the screen's resolution so up-scaling is a simple matter.

[mmoy]

A 15 inch at quad resolution would be great for me. Ivy Bridge integrated can handle 4Kx4K and I don't have a lot of heavy graphics needs - I just want at least 1920x1200.

[jeep364]

What exactly are the benefits of this scalability business?

Does that mean smoother zooming in since the available pixels are sharper and clearer?

[Wolfpup]

No, like being able to flawlessly blow up a program designed for a lower resolution to a higher resolution. Windows has DPI settings that SORT of do that, and some resolution independence features, but there can be problems with the interface of a program or web page or whatever not being identical to how it originally looked, which is a problem for web development or the like. (EDIT: Well, honestly I haven't really tried them in Windows 7 yet.)

So far it's never been perfectly solved. The only things that have done it flawlessly are Palm and iOS, and there only because they've just quadrupled the number of pixels, so scaling is easy and flawless-one pixel just becomes four. WAAAAAAY harder on a PC where you're dealing with a huge number of resolutions, window sizes, etc.

[jeep364]

Originally Posted by Wolfpup

No, like being able to flawlessly blow up a program designed for a lower resolution to a higher resolution. Windows has DPI settings that SORT of do that, and some resolution independence features, but there can be problems with the interface of a program or web page or whatever not being identical to how it originally looked, which is a problem for web development or the like. (EDIT: Well, honestly I haven't really tried them in Windows 7 yet.)

So far it's never been perfectly solved. The only things that have done it flawlessly are Palm and iOS, and there only because they've just quadrupled the number of pixels, so scaling is easy and flawless-one pixel just becomes four. WAAAAAAY harder on a PC where you're dealing with a huge number of resolutions, window sizes, etc.

i see thanks

[bluesbreaker589]

Apple to disrupt notebook space with radically redesigned MacBook Pros

I don't know if this is a good thing or not. What's going to happen to discrete graphics? Is Apple going the way of low voltage processors only for mobile?