Depending on what software you use most often, the experience with a high DPI display under Windows 10 may actually be worse than with a standard DPI display.įor the first time in 30 years, my primary computer is not a desktop machine. You might think that at least text should always scale properly, even if program icons don’t, but I haven’t found this to be true. You’re left with a choice between viewing programs at 100% scale where everything is tiny, or viewing them at a higher scale where everything is blurry. Older third party software generally doesn’t scale well. On a high DPI display, most of the built-in Windows programs scale nicely and look crisp, but a few items like file dialog boxes look blurry. Whether it’s in the OS’s own windows and settings programs, or in 3rd party software, I’ve only ever encountered one program that didn’t scale properly on a retina display. Under Mac OS, high DPI displays just work. Many programs scale correctly under Windows 10, but many don’t. Windows 10 has some work to do before it can match the Mac’s easy retina display support. The new machine is an HP EliteBook x360, so I can work on BMOW projects from anywhere instead of being tied to a desk.
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Now felt like the right time to update to Windows 10 and get some new hardware.
But the end of Windows 7 support is on the horizon. It worked well enough, aside from some quirks with USB 3.0 and bluetooth support under Boot Camp. The old PC was a Mac Mini running Boot Camp with Windows 7. Read on for my take on high DPI displays, desktop vs laptop, data and program migration, and Windows 10. Last week I replaced my primary desktop computer with a new laptop, and the setup has involved some bumps in the road. Upgrading to a new computer is exciting, but can also be a pain.