I am thinking of ordering one once available, but I can’t find any info on the actual apparent resolution of the display. I read the specs and know what the overall resolution is, but in use does it look like 1280x800? If so, could I use it set to 1440x900 without a performance hit?
The laptop appeals to me but I need the screen real estate of 1440x900 or higher to work.
Yes, as I said I read the specs. Of course I would check there first.
However, with retina displays there is a default. For example, on my 2013 15" MBP the default "looks like" 1440x900. I can set it to 1680x1050 but I get "may affect performance" warning.
My question is, what is the default "looks like" on the M2 Air display and, if it's 1280x800 can it be set to 1440x900 without this performance hit?
Yes, as I said I read the specs. Of course I would check there first.
However, with retina displays there is a default. For example, on my 2013 15" MBP the default "looks like" 1440x900. I can set it to 1680x1050 but I get "may affect performance" warning.
My question is, what is the default "looks like" on the M2 Air display and, if it's 1280x800 can it be set to 1440x900 without this performance hit?
See:
Display
Liquid Retina display
At: MacBook Air with M2 chip - Tech Specs - Apple
See my reply. Despite having a retina display, my 15" says scaling the display to something higher like 1650x1080 will "affect performance." Or is that not the case, and I'm free to use any supported resolution with no performance hit? That would be fine.
Since retina is 2x, that would mean its default is 1280x800 (832)
The 14" MBP is 3024-by-1964 native, so it's 1512 x 982 at "default"
See https://9to5mac.com/2021/10/19/new-macbook-pro-screen-resolution-options/
Are you aware of what a Retina screen is and does? 1440x900 is pretty dismal in comparison to a 2K to 5K Retina's resolution.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retina_display
The default is 2560-by-1664.
As to what it would look like at other resolutions, I wouldn’t know, as I always use the default, recommended resolution on my iMac and MacBook Air.
Display resolution of M2 MacBook Air?
