MacBook – How to get VMWare Fusion 6 to display in Unity with full resolution on a Retina display

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As a long time (intimately familiar with 3.11) Windows user I finally made the jump to OS X. I was excited to take advantage of the massive resolution on my new MBP, and it's as awesome as I thought it would be.

However, Unity + Windows looks terrible. I realize Windows was not built to take advantage of such jaw-dropping resolutions, but I still want it to run at native resolution. I find myself enjoying the OS X environment, and reluctant to leave it for a full screen Windows VM; Unity is becoming a must.

I've tried checking the 'Use Full Resolution' setting to no avail.

(Not sure if it makes a difference, but I'm running the Windows 8.1 preview)

How can I prevent Unity mode from displaying Windows in a clunky-looking, zoomed-in, pixelated view?

Best Answer

I had the same issue with Windows 7 guest on a MBP 2013 retina display. It was solved for me by unticking the "Automatically adjust user interface size in Windows" checkbox.

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