“This will likely be the last small update before my full review of the next-gen MacBook Pro with Retina Display,” Anand Lal Shimpi reports for AnandTech. “Many of you have asked for information about the behavior of Windows running on the next-gen Pro. After getting both Windows 7 and Windows 8 running on the machine, here are some quick thoughts.”
“Windows 7 won’t expose any resolutions higher than 1600 x 1200 without an actual NVIDIA driver, while Windows 8 will let you select the full 2880 x 1800 panel resolution,” Lal Shimpi reports. “Even without a working NVIDIA driver, I was able to get a feel for what a 2880 x 1800 setting would look like on a traditional desktop under Windows 8.”
Lal Shimpi reports, “Text is indeed very small, but I suspect those with very good eyesight could actually be ok with this. I would love to see Apple actually expose a native resolution option under OS X… Quick conclusions? Windows users will have to wait a bit for official driver support, and NVIDIA needs to hurry up with a GT 650M Verde driver. This is just an insane panel. I’m typing this on my 27-inch 2560 x 1440 display, and to think that the 15.4-inch panel next to it has 40% more pixels is mind blowing.”
More info and screenshots in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Alternate headline: “Turning silk into a sow’s rear.”
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