I thought I was going crazy when my new m4 seemed "fuzzier" on my external 4ks. I tried replicating settings from my old MacBook to no avail. I wonder if Apple is doing this on purpose except for their own displays.

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NBJack 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

It's a bit nit-picky on my part, but this bizarre world of MacOS resolution/scaling handling vs. other operating systems (including Windows 11 for crying out loud) is one of my biggest gripes with using Apple hardware.

I remember having to work hard to make my non-Apple display look 'right' years ago on an Intel-based mac due to weirdness with scaling and resolutions that a Windows laptop didn't even flinch handling. It was a mix of hardware limitations and the lack of options I had to address the resolution and refresh rates I had available over a Thunderbolt doc that I shouldn't have to think about.

I honestly hope they finally fix this. I would love it if they allowed sub-pixel text rendering options again too.

	▲	Sir_Twist 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17477526 This reminds me of this comment, which I feel is a somewhat unsatisfying explanation, given that despite these difficulties, Windows somehow makes it work.

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semi-extrinsic 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I don't understand what is fuzzy about "lodpi". I've been using it for 8 years on a 4k 43" screen with 1x scaling. Can't say I noticed any difference when switching several times per day between Linux and an M1 MBP, nor any difference when upgrading to an M4 MBP.

	▲	eckelhesten 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		That's because 4k on a 43 inch TV is lodpi

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paozac 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Same here, I tried all combinations with BetterDisplay but kept getting fuzzy fonts. It was very frustrating on a large 5k2k display

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Mindwipe 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Given how on fire the rest of MacOS currently is I think incompetent management simply not caring about regression testing is more likely.