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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Yosemite or how to make OSX look like iOS  :(
Date: 29 Jul 2014 20:38:38 GMT
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On 2014-07-29, Lloyd <lloydp21@live.com> wrote:
>> In article <lr8rl8$djg$1@dont-email.me>, Lloyd <lloydp21@live.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> >> As far as Yosemite being designed for Retina Displays... if that's
>>> >> true, it's a pretty stupid move.  It's Microsoft Zune stupid.
>>> >>
>>> >> I work in Pre-Press at at Printing company.  We use many Macs... none
>>> >> of which are Retinas.  Catering to the minority of users at the expense
>>> >> of the majority of users is just plain dumb.  That's not a word I'm
>>> >> used to using when it comes to Apple.
>>> >
>>> > apple sells a *lot* more laptops than desktops and the macbook pros
>>> > have retina displays (other than the 3 year old model).
>>> >
>>> > it's a very smart move to support retina since upscaled graphics and
>>> > text doesn't look as good on retina displays, and because future
>>> > systems will be retina.
>>> >
>>> I don't have a problem with having support for retina, but I do have a
>>> problem with not giving enough control to change things around for those of
>>> is that don't have retina displays.
>>
>> change what?
>>
> System fonts, Safari color scheme, line widths and the list goes on.i

This has nothing to do with high resolution displays, and more to do
with simple theming, which has never been directly supported by Apple.
So nothing new to see here.

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