There is a hack you can do make Windows 8.1 scale up an application, it's described here http://www.danantonielli.com/adobe-app-scaling-on-high-dpi-displays-fix/
That same problem exists on the Microsoft Surface, btw. which also has a high DPI display On a mac, you'll be paying for a copy of windows, plus Parallels, I just think it's a bit much. It's fine if you're just going to use XSI sometimes with the intent of eventually giving up on windows over time. You also can avoid the issue by not using the built-in display (although you can't turn off the LCD without closing the macbook's lid and using an external keyboard) You would never turn down the screen resolution of the retina display for graphics work, the display will be blurry. Windows 8.1 will scale up some standard widgets like the menus, title bars, and the apps it ships with will scale. But third party apps do not scale by default (as you can see in that adobe screenshot), and you should already know that XSI doesn't support the "large font" setting in windows: the menus don't scale up and the command panel resizes incorrectly. On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 12:11 PM, olivier jeannel <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, so Graham said it works "very well" and Luc Eric describes the worst > nightmare... > I'm having hard time to figure... > > > Le 31/12/2014 15:37, Luc-Eric Rousseau a écrit : > >> On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 4:18 AM, olivier jeannel >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Tiny ? Tiny how ? Ain't SI able to use the complete surface of the screen >>> ? >>> Or are 2880 pixels making too tiny buttons ? >> >> >> Windows on a high DPI display is a nightmare. Most apps don't scale so >> the buttons are a 4 millimeter wide and the text is tiny. >> Worse, since there is that much more pixel to push, OpenGL performance >> is slow. Huge slow viewport, small UI - what's not to like! It's >> not a serious windows setup unless you hook it up to an external, non >> retina display, and a windows keyboard to have the ctrl/alt keys in >> the right place and a delete key. >> >> the power management issues are real. The macbook pro will run hot >> under windows and it will shorten its life. >> >> Other problem. Normally with the macbook pro you'll end up using >> thunderbolt, that's what's used with an external display for example. >> Well unlike OSX, thunderbolt is not hot-swappable on windows, so >> you'll need to reboot to connect the internet adapter. You get >> frustrating stuff like putting the macbook to sleep and sometimes the >> monitor is not detected, or everythign getting really confused when >> you switch between OS. I'm thinking it's better to buy a cheap PC >> than to bother with this. You have to buy a copy of windows anyway. >> >> >
