Text looks sharp and images look beautiful. I took the above screenshot on my 13-inch MacBook Pro at the default screen resolution of 1280 x 800.
Look at the comparison below to see the difference. If I could raise the resolution, since the MacBook supports three times the resolution density, then I could see more in each application window. I don’t use two windows open side-by-side because each window only displays at 640 pixels wide. However, less content fits on the screen at once and constrains productivity. The screen looks crisp and sharp at this lower MacBook screen resolution. However, the computer ships set at 1280 x 800. For example, the 13-inch MacBook Pro that I’m using now offers an actual resolution of 3840 x 2160. Users no longer see raw resolution numbers like 1920 x 1080. It also shows more on the screen at once.Īpple changed the way users control their MacBook screen resolution a few generations ago. This results in smaller text and things like buttons or borders. That’s why many users want to change their MacBook screen resolution. However, because of the way Apple designed them, the effective MacBook screen resolution doesn’t show as much on the screen as user might expect from a screen with a 2304×1440 resolution. The MacBook Retina display on the MacBook Pro and the new MacBook with a 12-inch Retina Display looks beautiful.
