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On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 5:54 PM, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > QHD type displays are a pretty new phenomenon in the PC laptop world. I > don't think it's necessarily fair to expect apps that might be 2-3 years > old to cater for today's hardware/software. > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Stephen Price > *Sent:* Thursday, 20 March 2014 8:41 PM > > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: OT: Windows on a Mac Pro > > > > Not unfair to expect at all. My laptop (Samsung Book 9 Plus) has 13" QHD > (3200x1800) screen and a good number of the apps are all kinds of messed up > due to not handling scaling right. If you don't scale its too tiny to see > (seriously small fonts on 13" screen - lucky I got glasses!) or you scale > stuff up 150 to 200%. Problem is SOME stuff gets scales (probably the > System font usage) and other stuff isn't. > > It's a problem now because they are so new (QHD and Retina screens) but > over time more developers will get them and in a few years it will all be > sorted out. Cutting/bleeding edge and all that. > > Visual Studio handles it really nice due to WPF scaling awesomeness. I've > seen some Installer dialogs so messed up I've had to drop the resolution > just to be able to see the Next button. Non resizable dialogs with scaling > are evil. > > > > The screens are so crisp and clear that you live with it. Just. > > :) > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 5:33 PM, Scott Barnes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I run windows 8 on MacBook Pro daily and no issues .. I use osx for design > tools and MacBook for dev work and seamless work. > > > > If you run parallels that is. If you run it native ie via boot camp again > it runs normal as you would with a PC laptop > > > > The old days of issues have long gone and the only frustrating thing I at > times notice is display settings for fonts etc aren't retina compliant at > times for some apps .. But that's unfair given well nobody expects to run > an app for PC under retina display > > > > > > On Thursday, March 20, 2014, Stephen Price <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I had a Mac book pro some years back. 17" top of the line. $4300 worth > (and the specs were not fantastic but the best one I could get...) > > I set it up to dual boot but I rarely booted into Mac OS. Was using > VMWare's Fusion to run windows as a VM when I did boot it as a Mac. > > > > My wife poured (accident?) a hot cup of tea onto it, which ran down the > lid and filled the perfectly watertight chassis via the hinge at the back. > I don't think any leaked out at all. I didn't even cry a bit. It was my > perfectly nonchalant reaction to this incident that told me quite loudly > that I didn't give a toss about it. Apple were more than happy to repair it > for about half of what it cost me (with no Guarantee it would ever be the > same). > > > > There are some Apple fanbois out there that would have hurt themselves if > this had happened to them, I'm sure. :) > > > > From memory it wasn't very hard to dual boot it, or even install Windows > replacing the Mac OS. > > > > On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 2:53 PM, ILT (O) <[email protected]> wrote: > > Mac Pro - $10K? > > I don't know if it's true, but I heard some time back that some developers > had bought *MacBook Pro* for its hardware, removed the Apple OS and > installed Windows 7. Apocryphal? > > I know a 14yo who uses his mother's desktop Mac (one of those things that > has everthing behind its screen) with Parallels - it performed well enough > for the commercial Windows games he's allowed to have, but it took a bit of > stuffing about with DVD drivers as I recall. December 2012. > ------------------------------ > > Ian Thomas > Victoria Park, Western Australia > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *David Connors > *Sent:* Thursday, March 20, 2014 2:30 PM > > > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: OT: Windows on a Mac Pro > > > > Do you mean Mac Book Pro or Mac Pro - that heniously expensive cylinder > they're releasing? > > > > Apple have a thing called BootCamp that dual boots into Windows, loads all > the right drivers and so on. > > > David Connors > [email protected] | M +61 417 189 363 > Download my v-card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors > Follow me on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/davidconnors > Connect with me on LinkedIn: http://au.linkedin.com/in/davidjohnconnors > > > > On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Bill McCarthy < > [email protected]> wrote: > > I remember someone on one of these lists was using it day to day. Just > concerned about stability, display drivers etc. > > > |-----Original Message----- > |From: > > > > -- > --- > Regards, > Scott Barnes > http://www.riagenic.com > > >
