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Just bought a MacBook Pro with Retina display - installed Windows 7 using Bootcamp - recommended screen resolution of 2880x1800 results in TINY graphics - reducing the resolution results in blurry, grainy look - suggestions?

My new MacBook Pro with Retina display has screen resolution of 2880x1800. That looks great on the Mac OS because the graphics I'm sure were designed for optimal viewing at that resolution. I used Bootcamp to install Windows 7. The recommended resolution is still 2880x1800, but Windows was not designed for that resolution on such a small screen, so the graphics are microscopic. When I reduce the resolution to the next lower size 1920x1200, the graphics are a good size, but the lettering is fuzzy and blurry. Any suggestions?

Posted on Sep 6, 2012 7:55 AM

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Posted on Sep 6, 2012 9:39 AM

Wait for Apple Windows drivers to catch up with the Hardware.

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Jan 13, 2013 8:04 PM in response to ACushman

To my knowledge there still hasn't been any type of driver to resolve this issue. What I did to resolve the "fuzziness" and still be able to read text without being 3" from the screen was to turn the resolution all the way up to max and then turn the dpi up to 150%. It's not a perfect solution but it was the best one that I have found. The text is much crisper and you still get good screen real estate. I highly doubt Apple will ever release any type of driver support that will make windows look as nice as OS X on the retina display.


If anyone finds or has found a better solution, let me know!

Mar 7, 2014 12:43 PM in response to ACushman

I found it helped to change the DPI in windows from 100% to 200%. You might even try 300%. Some things still look smaller than they should, but for the most part this solved my issue without having to drop the screen size


Right click the desktop and press Screen Resolution. Click the test that says "Make text and other items larger or smaller". Select a pre-defined scale from the available selections or click Custom DPI. Drag the scale to the right until the text shows at the size you want. Press ok and apply. You will have to logout and back in for the changes to take effect.


This is the best solution as non retna / 4k displays had a usual DPI of 96 to 100. These retna displays and 4k is like over 250-300DPI and that is why you need to adjust because Microsoft hasn't addressed this issue yet, where apple does with their ios and osx devices

Just bought a MacBook Pro with Retina display - installed Windows 7 using Bootcamp - recommended screen resolution of 2880x1800 results in TINY graphics - reducing the resolution results in blurry, grainy look - suggestions?

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