My Biggest Gripe With the MacBook Pro

[RupTheKid]

I finally gave up, which is the shame, because I love the MacBook Pro. Sleek interface, OS X is excellent, dual boot...the thing is a dream. THE SCREEN RESOLUTION KILLS ME...anybody else have this problem? Why can't that gorgeous 15.4" screen be 1680 or optionally 1900? I just can't seem to have enough windows open to multitask without pulling my hair out.

Seriously...if they upped the resolution, I could live happily as an Apple fanboy. Well, that and some better AutoCAD support. Until then, it's Dell for me.

Is this a deal breaker for anybody else? Am I being unreasonable?

 

[TheStu]

I don't think you are being unreasonable, and there have been reports of people transplanting in WUXGA screens into their MacBook Pros, though I haven't seen anyone do it on an nVidia MBP. Now, about your AutoCAD problem.... that can be cured by dual booting.

 

[BlueAcolyte]

a 15' 1920x1200 screen maketh my eyes hurt. Too dense for such a small screen.

 

[Ichigo]

I'm quite happy with the resolution. Any more and the text size would be just a bit too small.

But yeah, if you want a higher resolution, you have to go elsewhere.

 

[postmortemIA]

I have 15.4" Dell with 1680x1050 and it is great for serious work, but for casual reading or fun (games)... not so

So it is a trade off.

Now that I'm done with school I wish that my screen has resolution 1440x900.

 

[themisfit610]

Yeah - 1920 should only be on >20" screens.

 

[slugg]

I have 1680x1050 on my 20.1 inch monitor... I can't imagine it on a 15.4 inch. The pixel density would definitely strain my eyes. Then again, I do set all my fonts and window boarders to very small settings...

 

[fatpat268]

Originally posted by: slugg
I have 1680x1050 on my 20.1 inch monitor... I can't imagine it on a 15.4 inch. The pixel density would definitely strain my eyes. Then again, I do set all my fonts and window boarders to very small settings...

I have 1440x1050 on my 12 inch laptop. It took some getting used to, but it looks fine.

But I can see how a lot of people wouldn't like that kind of resolution on such a tiny screen.

 

[vbuggy]

You mean the gorgeous screen with a big dollop of yellow at the bottom?

 

[TheStu]

Originally posted by: vbuggy
You mean the gorgeous screen with a big dollop of yellow at the bottom?

I've never seen the yellow issue on any of my friend's MacBook Pros... I thought that had been more or less completely sorted out.