Running Windows 8 on the Retina Display MacBook Pro [Images]

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Posted June 15, 2012 at 9:37pm by iClarified

AnandTech has put Windows 8 on the new Retina Display MacBook Pro and managed to run the OS at a full 2880 x 1800 resolution.

Unfortunately, the GeForce GT 650M doesn't have native driver support in Windows 7 or Windows 8 yet.

Even without a working NVIDIA driver, I was able to get a feel for what a 2880 x 1800 setting would look like on a traditional desktop under Windows 8. If you remember back to our scaling and display analysis articles, Apple doesn't offer a desktop resolution equivalent higher than 1920 x 1200 under OS X. The thinking being that unscaled 2880 x 1800 would just be too small for the desktop, icon text and default UI elements... Text is indeed very small, but I suspect those with very good eyesight could actually be ok with this. I would love to see Apple actually expose a native resolution option under OS X.

Check out some screenshots of the new notebook running Windows 8 in 2880x1800 below...

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Running Windows 8 on the Retina Display MacBook Pro [Images]

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wizz - June 16, 2012 at 9:12pm

I can't wait for Windows 8!!! That looks great! I was never a fan of Mac OS, to mee it looks like it was created for apes. I do have a Macbook Pro because I like the way it looks but I run Win 7 on it, a much better combination. My question is why does apple release retina display if they don't even use the full resolution it offers?

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Macsck - June 16, 2012 at 10:24pm

im with you bro. I had a mac running bootcamp windows 7 for a long time. actually several macs... theres NO difference between macs and PCs. but one thing tho I want you to know... this will blow your mind!!!!. I thought I had the best of both worlds but what I noticed was when I switched back to a PC... (wait for it)... it was so much better! seriously. Window's works on a PC A LOOOOOOOOT better than on a MacBook. you can sense the lag on a MacBook and of course the battery drain. If you switch to a window's dedicated PC with similar specs like i5 2nd gen 4gb ram and even intel HD and you run windows on it... omg the difference is so nice. Mac's lag a little with windows bootcamp

Fukujama - June 16, 2012 at 2:58pm

Who needs freaking windows anyways.

Jaime - June 16, 2012 at 2:03pm

I don't think this news was worth posting. Sucky news better than no news?

Tames - June 16, 2012 at 1:52am

I am super gay

Tames - June 16, 2012 at 1:51am

I'm gay

Andrew - June 15, 2012 at 10:08pm

So... And now what?

kiniu - June 15, 2012 at 10:33pm

crap? i really dont thing so.... mac is way behind windows and new windows 8 will take over the whole looooots and you know it... i really will not open my bank account on the mac... full on holes anyway. apple make it faster run for windows otherwise you will stay where you are now....

RX31 - June 16, 2012 at 12:14am

Why would apple want to NOT stay where they are? Why would you want to leave being on top!

Nitro Junkie - June 16, 2012 at 1:05am

Macs are full of holes? Are you kidding me? A Windows pc is way more vulnerable than a Mac.

NoGoodNick - June 16, 2012 at 4:27am

Between people shouting that everyone is gay, and the traditional "PCs are better", "No, Macs are way better" argument, there's not much being said here. The whole point of a retina display is that most of the pixels are invisible, so you only display enough for the image to make sense. But I can't imagine the PC display would look very good until MS customizes it to take advantage of the display, which I suspect won't happen until they come out with their own version of a retina display.

Sabtain - June 17, 2012 at 2:10am

There's a reason why for the past few years mac numbers have been increasing 3x faster than windows and customer satisfaction is higher