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I just got macbook pro 13inch retina and the default resolution is 1280px width, and maximum is 1600px.
If I connect this laptop to an external monitor via HDMI which has 1920px resolution, will the resolution really be 1920, since laptop's max is 1600?
I have a MacBook Pro Retina. I connected a 27" Asus Display directly to the HDMI port, and a 27" Samsung Display to the Thunderbolt port through a DVI to VGA adapter.
I now have three displays stacked horizontally, with quite some nice real estate. Both external displays are 1920 x 1080 and have the Mac with Retina resolution of 2560 x 1600. You can do at least the same with your 15" MacBook Pro Retina.
Hope this helps!!
Well looks like I found the answer to my problem. All I had to do was press the Option button when selecting "Scaled" from the Displays setting; this allowed me to select 3840 x 2160 (30Hz) and 2560 x 1440 (60Hz)
Well, to be more precise, the 2560x1440 resolution is not 60Hz but for a weird reason it shows 59Hz in System Information. Does anyone know how come?
Best Answer
Yes, you will get 1920x1080 resolution.
The native resolution of a 13" Retina Macbook Pro is actually much higher. From Apples website:
The 13" retina MBP can also handle 1080P and higher resolutions through HDMI:
http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/specs-retina/