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udp on Jan 26, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: KDE Slimbook

27" at 2560x1440 is not high DPI and doesn't require UI upscaling. On e.g. a MacBook Retina you would not be able to read anything without upscaling because the pixel density is so high. It's the main reason I still use OS X on my MBP.

MBCook on Jan 27, 2017 | [–]

For reference, a Retina 5K iMac is 27" and its native resolution is 5120x2880, exactly 4x as many pixels.

theSpaceOctopus on Jan 27, 2017 | [–]

Thanks for the clarification.

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