I have been following this thread (and past related ones) with great interest as I will be forced to upgrade to a retina Mac in the next 6 months or so. Could someone post some screen shots that show the on-screen quality on a retina mac versus non-retina? How is the image quality on a non-retina external display hooked up to a retina Mac? Sounds like typing responsiveness is also an issue as well.
Steve On Oct 20, 2014, at 12:42 PM, Christopher Menzel wrote: > Stephan Witt wrote: >> >> Am 20.10.2014 um 17:44 schrieb Christopher Menzel <chris.men...@gmail.com>: >> >>> On Oct 20, 2014 7:46 AM, "Julio Rojas" <jcredbe...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Unfortunately, it is so. My wife has both versions and Lyx on Retina is >>>> not a useless application, but a very difficult one to work with. >>> My experience is quite different (though of course YMMV). There is no doubt >>> that the screen fonts in LyX ≤2.1.2 look much better on a non-Retina >>> display when examined close up; on a rMBP, the edges of font characters and >>> most icons are blurred and pixelated. But I find that, with the right >>> choice of screen fonts (notably, in my case, Georgia for the main text >>> font), if I am working at a comfortable distance from the screen (including >>> with the laptop in my lap), the blurred/pixelated edges of the fonts are >>> not noticeable. (For the record, my (corrected) vision is very good.) >>> That said, there is little doubt that the LyX user experience on the rMBP >>> will be much better still when the version with Retina support comes out, >>> and I eagerly await it. (IIRC Stephan thinks that might be around >>> Christmas.) >>> Stephan (or anyone), quick question: Is there any reason to think screen >>> fonts in LyX 2.1.2 will look appreciably better or worse on a new 5k-Retina >>> iMac than on a rMBP? >> >> Chris, frankly, I wasn't sure I understood Jerry's comment. >> Perhaps he's talking about speed and not about crisp fonts. > > Ah, yes, that could be (subject of the thread notwithstanding). Typing is a > bit laggy on a rMBP (assuming that's the sort of thing you have in mind by > "speed"). Since I mostly use LyX for writing papers and I tend to write > rather haltingly, the lag is not usually noticeable. But if I were using it > for tasks where I wanted to type full speed, especially if I were a really > fast typist, I can see that lag could be pretty annoying. > >> To answer your question: I have to check it first. > > Thanks! > > -chris
