New Laptops/Ultrabooks with 2560x1440+ res screens...Text/Icon Size?

[hellfire88]

Quick question, I notice a lot of the new laptops/ultrabooks coming out from Dell, HP, Samsung, etc. come with (or the option for) a 2560x1440+ (some even 3200x1800) res screens in like 13.3-15" size.

My question is, does Windows 8 (or 8.1) have the "Hi-DPI" scaling like Macbook Pro Retina's do? Meaning while the resolution of the Macbook Pro Retina 15" is 2880x1800, the "default mode" in OSX is where it simply double-ups the pixels with a 1440x900 workable res. I really like this since I prefer the text size of 1440x900 but now that the pixel density is doubled (I think) it looks great.

Does Windows 8 (or 8.1) have this option (I'd prefer Windows to Mac for work-purposes)? Or can we just rely on the "100%, 125%, 150%" dpi scaling?

Thanks.

 

[Infohawk]

I wanted to start a post asking if it makes sense to get one of these (cost aside) at this point.

I don't think everything is going be as nice as it is on OSX. My understanding is that 8.1 allows for higher scaling but doesn't solve the underlying problems (see e.g., http://www.techradar.com/us/news/so...-you-shouldn-t-bother-getting-excited-1161343).

Overall, it seems pretty messy. If you look at some recent mobiletechreview.com reviews, they show you what it looks like. Some of it depends on the program. So Adobe Photoshop for example does not really support it and it is difficult to use.

It almost seems like it's better to not buy a high res monitor at this point.